Wildlife Utah Big Game Range Trend Studies

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Data collected this year is still preliminary. Corrections may be made before this years data is finalized.
Location Information
USGS 7.5 min Map Info
GPS (0' Stake)
Transect Information
Browse Tag # (0' Stake)
Transect Bearing
Length
Belt Placement
Belt Marker Placement
Directions to Site
Site Information
A disturbance Table will go here if one exists
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A Seed Mix table will go here if one exists
Wildlife Habitat and Vegetation History
Table 20R-03.3 - Wildlife Seasonal Habitat. UDWR wildlife habitat and seasonality.
Species Habitat Season Brood/Young Rearing

Table 20R-03.4 - Vegetation History. The dominant vegetation type(s) and phase of woodland succession (Tausch, Miller, Roundy, & Chambers, 2009).
Year Vegetation Type Woodland Succession
Site Notes
Soils
Table 20R-03.5 - Soil Analysis Data. List of chemical and textural soil characteristics determined by laboratory analysis.
Site Potential
Trend Summary Tables
Table 20R-03.6 - Shrub/Tree Summary. Average modified Daubenmire quadrat and line intercept cover by year for shrubs/trees.


Year
Quadrat Cover (%) Line-intercept Cover (%)
Preferred
Shrub
Other
Shrub

Tree
Preferred
Shrub
Other
Shrub

Tree

Table 20R-03.7 - Herbaceous Summary. Nested frequency and average modified Daubenmire quadrat cover by year for herbaceous functional groups.


Year
Nested Frequency Quadrat Cover (%)
Annual
Grass
Perennial
Grass
Annual/Biennial
Forb
Perennial
Forb
Annual
Grass
Perennial
Grass
Annual/Biennial
Forb
Perennial
Forb

Table 20R-03.8 - Basic Ground Cover. Average modified Daubenmire quadrat cover by year for basic ground cover types.
Cover Type (%)
Year Bare Ground Cryptogams Litter Pavement Rock Vegetation

Table 20R-03.9 - Pellet Group Data. Quadrat frequency and pellet group transect data for animal pellets. Rabbit pellet groups are not sampled in the pellet group transect.

Year
species
Quadrat Frequency
Year Days Use Per Acre (ha)

Table 20R-03.10 - Grass Species. Nested frequency and modified Daubenmire average cover by year.
GRASS SPECIES
year Nested Frequency
year Average Cover (%)
a - Annual; n - Noxious Weed; i - Introduced Species

Table 20R-03.11 - Forb Species. Nested frequency and modified Daubenmire average cover by year.
FORB SPECIES
year Nested Frequency
year Average Cover (%)
a - Annual/Biennial; n - Noxious Weed; i - Introduced Species

Table 20R-03.12 - Shrub and Tree Species. Average modified Daubenmire quadrat and line intercept cover by year.
SHRUB SPECIES
year Line Intercept Cover (%)
year Quadrat Cover (%)
t - Tree Species; p - Preferred Browse; i - Introduced

Trend Summary - Detailed UNKNOWN Species Summary (Species not yet categorized)
Table 20R-03.??
Unknown Types
year Nested Frequency
year Average Cover (%)

Table 20R-03.13 - Shrub/Tree Characteristics. Population characteristics of shrub/tree species populations including density reproduction (seedlings), age distribution, utilization, vigor and average size (height/crown) of plants.



Year
Density Age Class Distribution Utilization
Poor
Vigor
(%)
Average
Height
Crown
(cm)
Plants Per Acre Excluding Seedlings
Moderate
(%)

Heavy
(%)
Excluding
Seedlings

Seedling
Young
(%)
Mature
(%)
Decadent
(%)
t - Tree Species; p - Preferred Browse; i - Introduced Species

Table 20R-03.13a - Aspen Characteristics. Characteristics of aspen populations including density, size class distribution, and vigor of plants.


Year
Density Size Class Distribution Utilization Poor
Vigor
(%)
Plants
per Acre
Class I
(%)
Class II
(%)
Class III
(%)
Class IV
(%)
Moderate
(%)
Heavy
(%)
  • Class I - Less than or equal to 1.5 feet
  • Class II - Greater than 1.5 feet to 5 feet
  • Class III - Greater than 5 feet and up to 1 inch diameter at breast height (dbh)
  • Class IV - Greater than 1 in diameter at breast height (dbh)

Table 20R-03.14 - Tree Characteristics. Point-quarter tree density, size class distribution, and average diameter.


Year
Density Size Class Distribution Average
Diameter
(cm)
Trees
per Acre
Seedling
(%)
1-4'
(%)
4-8'
(%)
8-12'
(%)
>12'
(%)