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EONUM: _________
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COLORADO NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM
PLANT ELEMENT OCCURRENCE FIELD FORM
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY-WARNER COLLEGE OF NATURAL RESOURCES
Mailing Address: CNHP, 8002 Campus Delivery, Fort Collins, CO 80523-8002
Physical Address: 254 General Services Bldg., Fort Collins, CO 80523
Attn: Jill Handwerk (970) 491-5857
Element Common Name(s):
Element Scientific Name:
(For a list of elements tracked by CNHP, refer to http://www.cnhp.colostate.edu/list.html)
Survey Date:
(yr-m-d)
Observer(s) Name & Affiliation:
Observer(s) Address & Phone Number:
Data Sensitivity
Data Sensitive Element Occurrence:
Y
N
If yes, list reason (i.e., landowner requests confidentiality):
Ownership
Owner Type:
Private
USFS
BLM
State
Military
Owner Name (or National Forest, BLM District, etc.):
Owner Comments (special requests, permissions, circumstances):
Indian
BuRec
NPS:
Other:
Locational Information (REQUIRED; please complete as many fields as possible)
(Provide a photocopy of map with location of the occurrence marked or outlined)
USGS Quadrangle Name:
Quadcode (if known):
Surveysite Name (from 7.5’ quad):
County:
Elevation (range if applicable):
feet
meters
Legal Description: Township
Range:
Section:
¼ Sec:
Additional T/R/S, Sections or ¼ Secs:
Coordinates: UTM Zone:
12
13
Northing:
_ Easting:
Datum:
NAD27
NAD83
WGS84
Other:
Addtl. Coords.:
UTM Zone:
12
13 Northing:
Easting:
Label/Comment:
UTM Zone:
12
13 Northing:
Easting:
Label/Comment:
UTM Zone:
12
13 Northing:
Easting:
Label/Comment:
UTM Zone:
12
13 Northing:
Easting:
Label/Comment:
GPS Type:
autonomous (uncorrected)
differentially corrected
Other:
Directions (REQUIRED)
Driving and hiking directions and prominent topographical features:
Mapping Data
OBSERVED FEATURE:
Small Area (<12.5 m (41 ft.) in length and width)
If not using a GPS, your point(s) drawn on map or approximated UTM coordinates are accurate to within
meters
feet
miles of the actual location.
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Linear Area (> 12.5 meters long and < 12.5 meters wide)
Draw line or mark endpoints on linear feature (stream, road, etc.) on map. Estimated dimensions of observed
feature: Length:
(m)
Width:
(m)
Large Area (>12.5 m (41 ft.) in diameter)
Polygon drawn on map should delineate the smallest area within which you are confident the observed feature is
contained. Estimated size of observed feature:
sq. meters
sq. miles
acres
Element Occurrence Details (REQUIRED)
SIZE/POPULATION BIOLOGY (area of occupancy, population abundance, density, fluctuation):
Estimated Number of Individuals (or exact count, if feasible; if plants are spreading vegetatively, indicate number of aerial
stems):
Estimated Population Size:
Number of Subpopulations (if applicable):
Size of Area Covered by Population:
none (point)
Comments:
acres
CONDITION (productivity, vigor/health, evidence of reproduction, health of population, degree of anthropogenic disturbance,
naturalness of hydrology, and other ecological processes):
Phenology: Vegetative:
% Flower:
% Fruit:
%
Reproductive Success: (evidence of seed dispersal and establishment):
Age Classes Present:
Symbiotic or Parasitic Relationships (e.g. pollinators):
Evidence of Disease, Predation or Injury:
Comments:
LANDSCAPE CONTEXT (biological structure, species composition, degree of fragmentation and connectivity, condition,
and extent of surrounding landscape; abiotic physical/chemical factors):
Comments:
General Habitat Comments (describe the general landscape surrounding the EO):
Dominant Plant Community (list dominant species currently present, include age structure if known):
Additional Associated Plant Species:
Topographic Position (refer to data dictionary):
Aspect: (refer to data dictionary):
% Slope: (refer to data dictionary):
Slope Shape:
Concave
Convex
Straight
Other
Light Exposure:
Open
Shaded
Partial shade
Other
Moisture:
Dry
Moist
Saturated
Inundated
Seasonal seepage
Other
Soil Texture:
Geomorphic Land Form (e.g., glaciated mountain slopes and ridges, alpine glacial valley, rolling uplands, breaklands, alluvialcolluvial-lacsutrine, rockslides, etc.):
Management Comments
Evidence of Threats and Disturbance (e.g. effects on population viability due to mining, recreation, grazing, exotic species;
past/present/future recommendations; comments on any management needed to ensure continued existence of the EO, as well as
the chances and means of fulfilling those needs):
Predominant Land Uses:
Exotic Species:
Protection Comments (Are there any protection plans or strategies in place?; comments on any legal protection to ensure
continued existence of the EO, and the chances and means of fulfilling those needs):
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Documentation
Photographs Taken:
Photo Number(s):
Y
N
Repository:
Specimens Taken:
Collection Number(s):
If yes, indicate: Photographer:
Y
N If yes, indicate: Collector:
Repository:
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Size
Comments:
A
B
C
Condition
Comments:
A
B
C
Landscape Context
Comments:
A
D
D
B
C
D
Eorank Summary Comments:
Eorank:
A
B
EO Rank Specs Applied:
C
Y
D
E
N
F
H
X
Subrank:
EO Rank Specs Version Date:
i
r
(yr-m-d)
Bestsource:
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