From park office and maintenance shed, drive down road towards Sandburg Home. Take first left onto small dirt/grass road. Pass through gate to agricultural field where creek passes under road. Plot is in the vicinity. From old shed, plot conduit is about 20 m NNE of base of 80 cm tuliptree with lots of poison ivy at base. Tag #7 is 0.5 m west towards edge of wooded area/field interface, and conduit is about 0.5 m west of base of tree.
Layout Fields:
Shape
Rectangular
Area
1000
m²
Permanence
not permanent
Environment Fields:
Elevation
676.96079897102
m
Slope Aspect
135
º
Slope Gradient
10
º
Topographic Position
Midslope
Landform
slope
Surficial Deposits
Granitic
Landscape Narrative
Environmental_Comments: Field mowed occasionally. Area between field and small woodland patch being managed to take out invasive exotic species like Ligustrum sinense. Exotic plants; mowing/management of this area since Carl Sandburg's time (probably before).; Landscape_Comments: Rolling hills of mowed field/woods.
Representativeness
Not very - 1-ha plot includes mowed field, successional forest and creek habitat
