- DATE: May 9, 2012
- MONITORING POINT: Grassland Monitoring Point 3
- AVERAGE HEIGHT HERBS (CM): 50
- HIGH HEIGHT HERBS (CM): 300
- THATCH DEPTH (CM): 5
Plant Coverage
- Carduus pychnocephalus 75%
- Silybum marianum 25%
- Brassica nigra 1%
- Bromus diandrus 1%
- Bromus hordeaceus 1%
- Eschscholzia californica 1%
- Geranium dissectum 1%
- Avena barbata 1%
- Hypochearis radicata 1%
- Medicago Polymorpha 1%
- Rumex crispus 1%
- Lolium multiflorum 1%
- Trifolium hirtum 1%
- Vicia species 1%
Total: 112%
Circular Thistle patch, 10m diameter. Silybum clumps surrounded by Carduus.
Also photos 3882-3887(6/24) and 635-640 (11/9).