Ground cover condition
1 Prepare the Ground Cover Condition
Worksheet, pen and clipboard.
2 Stand at the beginning of the
monitoring site transect.
At each step look down and note
the ground cover and productive
plants visible at the toe of your shoe.
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5
Record each observation on the
Score Sheet.
Tally the observations and calculate
percentages for groundcover and
productive plants coverage.
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3
Step out along the transect for 25
even paces.
Note: Carry out the assessment of
productive plants at the same time as the
groundcover assessment.
Scoring Ground Cover Condition
Score groundcover and productive plants coverage using the table below:
Results % Less than 50 50 to 70 70 to 90 More than 90
Scoring guide Poor Moderate Good Very good
Score 0 1 2 3
Enter the groundcover and productive plants coverage percentages on the
Bullseye Score Card.
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