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    <projectDescription>Investigation of fern species in Garibaldi Provincial Park</projectDescription>

    <startDate>9/02/02</startDate>

    <stopDate>9/05/02</stopDate>

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      <authorLocation>Garibaldi Provincial Park</authorLocation>

      <locationNarrative>Near Whistler</locationNarrative>

      <confidentialityStatus>5</confidentialityStatus>

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      <area>41</area>

      <standSize>extensive</standSize>

      <placementMethod/>

      <permanence>false</permanence>

      <layoutNarative>odd-shaped</layoutNarative>

      <elevation>1145</elevation>

      <elevationAccuracy>25</elevationAccuracy>

      <slopeAspect>13.2 </slopeAspect>

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      <topoPosition>High slope (shoulder slope, upper slope, convex cr</topoPosition>

      <landform>aluvial fan</landform>

      <geology>Slope a Modified Deposits: Solifluction, landslide</geology>

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      <soilTaxonSource>null</soilTaxonSource>

      <notesPublic/>

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      <state>BC</state>

      <country>Canada</country>

      <observation>

        <authorObsCode>Fern-1-2002</authorObsCode>

        <obsStartDate>2002-09-03 00:00:00-07</obsStartDate>

        <obsEndDate>2002-09-04 00:00:00-07</obsEndDate>

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        <coverMethodId/>

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        <methodNarrative>Used BCVS protocol</methodNarrative>

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        <autotaxonCover>false</autotaxonCover>

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        <originalData>Victoria, BC</originalData>

        <effortLevel>Very thorough</effortLevel>

        <plotValidationLevel>(3) fully compliant with recommendations</plotValidationLevel>

        <floristicQuality>Moderate</floristicQuality>

        <bryophyteQuality>Moderate but incomplete</bryophyteQuality>

        <lichenQuality>Low</lichenQuality>

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        <landscapeNarrative>Lacks pollution</landscapeNarrative>

        <homogeneity>compositional trend across plot</homogeneity>

        <phenologicalAspect>vernal</phenologicalAspect>

        <representativeness>vegetation differences from similar sites in area owing to chance dispersal to insular habitats.</representativeness>

        <basalArea>95.12</basalArea>

        <hydrologicRegime>Tidally flooded</hydrologicRegime>

        <soilMoistureRegime>Xeric</soilMoistureRegime>

        <soilDrainage>Well Drained</soilDrainage>

        <waterSalinity>Brackish (0.5-30 ppt)</waterSalinity>

        <waterDepth>42</waterDepth>

        <shoreDistance>17</shoreDistance>

        <soilDepth>null</soilDepth>

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        <dominantStratum>Nonvascular</dominantStratum>

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        <growthform2type>Palm shrub</growthform2type>

        <growthform3type>Aquatic herb</growthform3type>

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        <revisions>false</revisions>

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