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Site BM 2-2

 
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BM 2-2 located in the Bodie Hills
The location of BM 2-2 is located in theBodie Mountain allotment at at an elevation of 8,700 feet on a cold loamy slope ecological site with a 5 to 10 percent slope.  The key specie is Thurber needlegrass (Stipa thurberiana) in a Sagebrush (Artemisia tridenta) and Bitterbrush (Purshia tridentata) vegetation community type.

BM 2-2 located in the Bodie Hills

 

 

1969

 

% Composition - 100.00

% Cover - 2.75

Seedlings - 2.00

% Litter - 0.30

Total - 105.50

BM 2-2 located in the Bodie Hills

 

1980

% Composition - 96.51

% Cover - 10.85

Seedlings - 0.00

% Litter - 1.84

Total - 109.20

BM 2-2 located in the Bodie Hills

1991

% Composition - 90.32

% Cover - 16.02

Seedlings - 9.00

% Litter - 42.75

Total - 158.09

 

BM 2-2 located in the Bodie Hills

 

 

2001

 

% Composition - 48.65

% Cover - 12.39

Seedlings - 2.00

% Litter - 30.18

Total - 93.22

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Last updated: 01-07-2011