COLWELL, ALISON --COULTER, CHARLOTTE --MOORE, PEGGY
AC04-20
2004-06-05
6/5/04
United States, California, MARIPOSA, TOP OF THE LEDGE TRAIL (HISTORIC), GLACIER POINT AREA
37.729074 -119.576433
11 272947E 4178881N
1996 meters
6550 FT
ALONG THE LEDGE TRAIL, WHICH WAS CONSTRUCTED DOWN THE CENTER OF A CREEK FROM THE GLACIER POINT VICINITY. SITE IS A NE FACING, CONCAVE CLIFF WITH WET FEATURES. THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF RECENT FIRE IN THE VICINITY. DOMINANT SPECIES ON THIS SLOPE ARE RIBES NEVADENSE, CORNUS SERICEA, HOLODISCUS MICROPHYLLUS, JUNIPERUS OCCIDENTALIS, ABIES CONCOLOR, AND PINUS JEFFREYI. CRACKS AND LEDGES OF THE ROCK OUTCROP ARE DOMINATED BY SAXIFRAGA MERTENSIANA AND MOSS. SLOPE IS 45 DEGREES. ASPECT IS 30 DEGREES. SURFICIAL GEOLOGY IS GRANITIC. COWARDIN SYSTEM IS UPLAND. SOIL TEXTURE IS LOAM. SOIL IS WELL DRAINED. PLANT ALIANCE IS PINUS JEFFREYI WOODLAND ALLIANCE. PLANT ASSOCIATION IS PINUS JEFFREYI-ABIES CONCOLOR WOODLAND.