Title Page
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SITE NAME
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Date and Time
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Officer Assessing
- Rick Thomason
- Ernie Marks
- Jeff Newton
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Location plus Latitude and Longitude
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Biomass kg/ha perennial & annual pasture plants
- < 250
- 250 - 500
- 500 - 750
- 750 - 1000
- 1000 - 1500
- 1500 - 2500
- > 2500
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Height (cm) average height tussock leaves excluding seed heads
- <5cm
- 5 - 10cm
- 10 - 15cm
- 15 - 20cm
- 20- 30cm
- > 30cm
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Dominant Pasture - what plant/s contributing to the majority of available feed.
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Dominant Pasture Growth Phase - Development stage of dominant pasture species.
- P1 - short leafy growth in tussock - or new
- P2 - We’ll developed leafy tussock
- P3 - Stem and seed growth
- P4 - Mature plant
- Butts or coarse stems
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Pasture Quality - the value comprising > 70% of the pasture
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Perennial Pasture Density - (don’t include annual pasture plants)
- None
- Isolated
- Very Sparse
- Sparse or Open
- Med - Dense
- Closed or Dense
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Pasture Ground Cover - % attached pasture tussocks & canopies
- <10%
- 10 - 30%
- 30 - 70%
- >70%
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Declared Pest Plants (DPP)
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Declared Pest Plant Density
- Closed Dense
- Mid Dense
- Sparse or open
- Very sparse
- Isolated
- None
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Declared Pest Plant Reproductive Status
- Both seeding and flowering
- Seeding
- Flowering
- None
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Pest Animals
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Woody Plant Density (all woody plants >2m tall include woody DPP > 2m
- Closed Dense
- Mid Dense
- Sparse or open
- Very sparse
- Isolated
- None
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Photograph of site