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GRADING SCALE
Santa Margarita Ecological Reserve
Each field trip will be graded according to the following scale.
The results will be averaged.
All assigned components included no
0
Quality of presentation
needs work
0
Additional components
none
0
partial
4
good
1
good
1
yes
6
superior
2
superior
2
Habitat types observed:
chaparral, coastal sage scrub and riparian forest
Notes: The Santa Margarita Ecological Reserve contains a portion of
the Santa Margarita River, the last free-flowing river in southern
California.
For example, a field trip section might be graded as follows:
all assigned components included, presentation needs work
=> 6 points
all assigned components included, presentation satisfactory
=> 7 points
additional comments of fair quality included => 8 points
The Santa Margarita River
Some problems the area faces include invasion by exotic
species – particularly Arundo donax, which grows along rivers
and takes up a lot of water. Another problem is development
ion the region, which cuts off wildlife corridors.
all assigned components included, presentation good => 8 points
additional comments of fair quality included => 9 points
additional comments of good quality included => 10 points
Example of
additional
components (not
assigned) of good
quality
See the following example
Of a 9 point project
Arundo donax
FIELD TRIP CHECKLIST FOR
Santa Margarita Ecological Reserve
Example of assigned
components with superior
presentation
___ PHOTO OF THE SANTA MARGARITA RIVER
___ PLANT SPECIMENS
SPECIMEN
DESCRIPTION
Ceanothus
shrub, approx. 8” tall, small leaves
Deer weed
Shrub, approx. 1m tall, blah, blah …yellow
flowers
Yerba Santa blah, blah, fuzzy leaves, …blah, blah, blah
___ SPECIES LIST
SPECIES
DESCRIPTION
Red-tailed Hawk
blah, blah…
Southern Alligator Lizard Lizard, 3” length, brown and gray
splotched on top, white underside,
blah, blah, blah …
San Diego Banded Gecko
Blue tail, blah, blah…
California Quail
Brown patch on … blah, blah…
___ PHOTO OF AN ORGANISM OF YOUR CHOICE
Yerba Santa
coastal sage scrub/chaparral
blah, blah, fuzzy leaves, …
Deer weed
coastal sage scrub, most common a few years after a fire
about 1m tall, blah, blah …
Alligator Lizard photgraphed 9/17/02
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