"Site","Description","Coordinates","Climate","Core","Elevation","Geology","History","Hydrology","Landform","Vegetation","All terms","Site ID","Soils","Vegetation","Nid"
"1986-01-01","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","3605"
"1986-12-31","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","3606"
"Abeja Spring (Station No. 23)","This specific monitoring location is about 650 m up the Abeja channel from the previous location.  Here bedrock forces any streamflow to the surface.  There is also a spring at this location from which water originates during relatively wetter periods","","","FALSE","1788 M","","","Ephemeral flows during storm events. Underlying bedrock forces water to surface through here.","Sort of a mini canyon with outcrops of the parent bedrock rising on both sides of the channel.","Juniper and Falugia lining wash. Juniper and creosote on hillslopes.","climate, inorganic nutrients","","Puertocito-Rock Outcrop Complex","Juniper and Falugia lining wash. Juniper and creosote on hillslopes.","3577"
"Albuquerque Lightning Detection Station","","","","FALSE","","","","","","","disturbance, lightning","","","","3625"
"Albuqueruqe cottonwood ET (SHK)","","","Semi-arid.","FALSE","1496 M","Alluvial floodplain.","Native understory vegetation invaded by T. chinensis and E. angustifolia and overbank flooding eliminated by surface water controls in early to mid 20th century.","Riverine, shallow water table.","Riparian","Phreatophyte (P.  deltoides-dominated, T. chinensis, E. angustifolia, and S. exigua understory).","","","Sand/silt, saturated at 1 - 2 m depth.","Phreatophyte (P.  deltoides-dominated, T. chinensis, E. angustifolia, and S. exigua understory).","4024"
"Ann Cross Nutrient Plot 1000 (SE Corner)","Five Points Area","","","FALSE","","","","","","","","58","","","624"
"Ann Cross Nutrient Plot 1100 (SE Corner)","Five Points Area","","","FALSE","","","","","","","","55","","","625"
"Ann Cross Nutrient Plot 1200 (SE Corner)","Five Points Area","","","FALSE","","","","","","","","53","","","626"
"Ann Cross Nutrient Plot 1200 -- SE Corner","Five Points Area","","","FALSE","","","","","","","","54","","","627"
"Ann Cross Nutrient Plot 200 (SE corner)","Deep Well Area","","","FALSE","","","","","","","","50","","","628"
"Ann Cross Nutrient Plot 500  (SE Corner)","Five Points Area","","","FALSE","","","","","","","","51","","","629"
"Ann Cross Nutrient Plot 600 (SE Corner)","Five Points Area","","","FALSE","","","","","","","","52","","","630"
"Ann Cross Nutrient Plot 700 (SE Corner)","Five Points Area","","","FALSE","","","","","","","","56","","","631"
"Ann Cross Nutrient Plot 800 (SE Corner)","Five Points Area","","","FALSE","","","","","","","","57","","","632"
"Arroyo Milagro Chihuahuan Desert","Arroyo Milagro is the site at which much of the Colorado pinyon (Pinus edulis) tree ring research was conducted on the Sevilleta LTER, as well as re-sampling of historic BLM 1976 vegetation transects, and juniper-creosote distribution. Most of the pinyons and junipers that were at this site died out in the 50's drought.  This is the general area of Mesa Del Yeso, where there are extensive gypsum deposits.","","","TRUE","1700 M","","","","","","","","","","633"
"Bajada del Diablo, Chubut, Argentina (BDD)","Bajada del Diablo, Chubut, Argentina.","","Cold arid with a dry season.","FALSE","1503 M","","","","Mountain foothills.","Desert shrubland.","","","","Desert shrubland.","3214"
"Belen cottonwood ET (BLN)","","","Semi-arid.","FALSE","1458 M","Alluvial floodplain.","Native vegetation invaded by E. angustifolia; overbank flooding diminished by surface water controls in early to mid 20th century. Remains flood-prone. Former river channel.","Riverine, shallow water table.","Riparian.","Phreatophyte (E. angustifolia- and S. exigua-dominated).","","","Sand/silt, saturated at 0 - 2 m depth.","Phreatophyte (E. angustifolia- and S. exigua-dominated).","4025"
"Belen Grassland"," East of Belen, NM","","","FALSE","1550 M","","","","","C4 grassland","","","","C4 grassland","3643"
"Belen Lowland","East of Belen, NM","","","FALSE","1700 M","","","","","C4 grassland, forb, piñon-juniper","","","","C4 grassland, forb, piñon-juniper","3644"
"Biome Transition Area","eastern half of the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, at the southern edge of McKenzie Flats","","Precipitation measurements from a meteorological weather station 15 km northwest from study area indicate that non-monsoon averages are 101 mm and monsoon averages are 146 mm.","FALSE","1696 M","","","","","grassland with advancing juniper trees and creosote bushes","","","","grassland with advancing juniper trees and creosote bushes","3215"
"Black Butte Mixed Grass","The Black Butte Mixed Grass site is located just inside the gate and to the south of Black Butte. This site is grassland, characterized by Oryzopsis hymenoides, Sporobolus giganteus, Sporobolus flexuosus, Bouteloua eriopoda, and occasional shrubs, including Gutierrezia sarothrae and Yucca glauca.  Forbs include Senecio douglasii, Baileyi multiradiata, and Sphaeralcea spp.","","","TRUE","1666 M","","","","Basalt formation.","Grasses include blue grama (Bouteloua gracilis), black grama (B. eriopoda), galleta grass (Pleuraphis jamesii), dropseed (Sporobolus spp.), Indian ricegrass (Oryzopsis hymenoides), and burro grass (Scleropogon brevifolius).  Creosotebush (Larrea tridentata) also occurs frequently.","","47","","Grasses include blue grama (Bouteloua gracilis), black grama (B. eriopoda), galleta grass (Pleuraphis jamesii), dropseed (Sporobolus spp.), Indian ricegrass (Oryzopsis hymenoides), and burro grass (Scleropogon brevifolius).  Creosotebush (Larrea tridentata) also occurs frequently.","634"
"Black Grama Burn (GB)","The grassland burn (GB) site is located on the east side of the road toward Five Points from Deep Well.","","","FALSE","","","","","","This is a Chihuahuan desert grassland dominated by black grama (Bouteloua eriopoda) with some dropseed (Sporobolus spp.).","","34","","This is a Chihuahuan desert grassland dominated by black grama (Bouteloua eriopoda) with some dropseed (Sporobolus spp.).","653"
"Blue Grama Grassland (B)","The Blue Grama core site is one of five core SEV LTER study sites. Meteorological trends, rodent abundance, pollinator diversity, phenology, and NPP are all being investigated. Additional studies have examined the Bootleg Canyon fire of 1998 and subsequent effects on the patch dynamics of grasses.","","","TRUE","1670 M","","","","","Vegetation is characterized as Plains-Mesa Grassland, dominated by blue and black grama (Bouteloua gracilis & B. eriopoda) and galleta grass (Pleuraphis jamesii).","","","","Vegetation is characterized as Plains-Mesa Grassland, dominated by blue and black grama (Bouteloua gracilis & B. eriopoda) and galleta grass (Pleuraphis jamesii).","3564"
"Bootleg Canyon","","","","FALSE","","","","","","","","","","","636"
"Bosque del Apache NWR","This 57,191 acre refuge straddles the Rio Grande Valley in Socorro County, New Mexico.","","","FALSE","","","","","","","","59","","","637"
"Bosque del Apache saltcedar ET (BDAS)","","","Semi-arid.","FALSE","1373 M","Alluvial floodplain.","Native vegetation invaded by T. chinensis and overbank flooding diminished by surface water controls in early to mid 20th century. Remains flood-prone.","Riverine, shallow water table.","Riparian.","Phreatophyte (T. chinensis-dominated).","","","Sand/silt with clay lenses, saturated at 0 - 4 m depth.","Phreatophyte (T. chinensis-dominated).","4023"
"Bronco Well","Follow I-25 to Highway 60 and exit west.  From the interstate entrance ramp loop, turn right at the RV Park and Horse Motel and continue straight across the Rio Puerco Bridge then past a paved county road heading west. The Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge gate will be directly in front of you. The A.T.T. road will be the first right. Continue straight towards Ladron Peak, passing under several powerlines. Soon after passing Bronco Road the well will be on the left.","","","FALSE","1546 M","Located on quaternary rift fill (Santa Fe Group).","","","","There are some cholla trees in the vicinity,","","","","There are some cholla trees in the vicinity,","3987"
"Bronco Well Mixed Shrub","Bronco Well is located near the northern boundary of the Sevilleta NWR, approximately four miles west of the AT&T on the road to Red Tank.","","","TRUE","1547 M","","","","","","","14","","","638"
"Burn Exclosure (BurnX) Black Grama","The BurnX study area is located on the southern end of Mckenzie Flats.","","Long-term mean annual precipitation is 243 mm, about 60% of which occurs during the summer.  Long-term mean monthly temperatures for January and July are 1.5°C and 25.1°C, respectively.","TRUE","1635 M","Deep (20,000 ft) alluvial and eolian deposits.","McKenzie Flats encompasses an area of approximately 50 square miles. McKenzie Flats was one of the primary livestock grazing areas of the Sevilleta NWR.  Cattle have been excluded from the site since 1973.","Surface water only during rain events, no arroyos.","McKenzie Flats is a broad, nearly flat grassland plain between the Los Pinos Mountains and the breaks on the east side of the Rio Grande.","The terrain was generally mixed-species desert grassland, dominated by black grama (Bouteloua eriopoda), blue grama grass (B. gracilis), sand muhly (Muhlenbergia arenicola), various drop seeds  and sacatons (Sporobolus spp.), purple three-awn (Aristida purpurea), and burrow grass (Scleropogon  brevifolia).  Shrubs were common in Five Points area; these were creosote bush (Larrea tridentata)  and snakeweed (Gutierrezia sarothrae).","","40","Turney Series:  fine-loamy, mixed, thermic Typic Calciorthids.  Berino Series:  fine-loamy, mixed, thermic Typic Haplargids.","The terrain was generally mixed-species desert grassland, dominated by black grama (Bouteloua eriopoda), blue grama grass (B. gracilis), sand muhly (Muhlenbergia arenicola), various drop seeds  and sacatons (Sporobolus spp.), purple three-awn (Aristida purpurea), and burrow grass (Scleropogon  brevifolia).  Shrubs were common in Five Points area; these were creosote bush (Larrea tridentata)  and snakeweed (Gutierrezia sarothrae).","639"
"Canyon del Ojito Spring","Enter Alamillo Gate.  After some distance, you will pass a met station with tiltmeter and solar panel on the right. Park shortly after that and, from the west side of the met station, walk north/northeast to the canyon mouth. Within 10-15 minutes, there will be a “bowl” visible on the topographic map. Descend and go west (to the left) into the canyon. It becomes narrow and tall.  After approximately 15 minutes there will be a slot canyon. Up the shoot there is a small pool (the spring) with an active source 1-2cm long, which stirs up the sand where it’s entering the pool.","","","FALSE","1576 M","The spring is located in tertiary volcanics.","","The spring issues from fault in the basalt, producing a small pool. The rate of water flow is high enough to stir the sand near the outlet.","","In the arroyo salt cedar and willows are present.","","","","In the arroyo salt cedar and willows are present.","3986"
"Canyon Well","Proceed through the Black Butte Gate. Go straight onto Five Points Road to Palo Duro Road. There is a sign on the right for Canyon Well. The well is down the road on the right.","","","FALSE","","Quaternary alluvium.","","","","Limited vegetation nearby.","","","","Limited vegetation nearby.","3995"
"Cerro Montosa Pinyon Juniper Dendrometer","Trees with dendrometers are located in or near the 1 ha plot established by Roman Zlotin in 1998.  This 1 ha plot was established to quantify berry and mast production (SEV163) and is just west of the Cerro Montosa meteorological station.","","","FALSE","","","","","","","","31","","","641"
"Cerro Montoso Pinyon Juniper (P)","The Cerro Montosa Pinyon-Juniper site has been the location of major Sevilleta LTER research since 1989. Meteorological trends, net primary productivity, rodent and ground-dwelling arthropod populations, mycorrhizal responses to fertilizer, pinyon-juniper fruit and nut production, and pinyon mortality are all being investigated at this site. Previous studies have included analyses of pinyon tree rings for regional climate reconstruction.","","","TRUE","1976 M","","","","","The vegetation is New Mexico Pinyon-Juniper Woodland, dominated by Colorado pinyon (Pinus edulis) and one-seed juniper (Juniperus monosperma), and accompanied by gray oak (Quercus grisea).  There is a diverse shrub component, including scrub live oak (Q. turbinella), mountain mahogany (Cercocarpus montanus), broom snakeweed (Gutierrezia sarothrae), sacahuista (Nolina microcarpa), red barberry (Mahonia haematocarpa), Apache plume (Fallugia paradoxa), tree cholla (Opuntia imbricata), skunkbush (Rhus trilobata), and banana yucca (Yucca baccata).  Grass diversity is also high, and open spaces between trees are dominated by blue grama (Bouteloua gracilis), with hairy and sideoats grama (B. hirsuta and B. curtipendula) and black grama (B. eriopoda) also being significant. Other common grasses include purple threeawn (Aristida purpurea), wolftail (Lycurus phleoides), mountain and ring muhly (M. montanus and M. torreyi), and New Mexican porcupinegrass (Heterostipa neomexicana). Common forbs include small-flowered milkvetch (Astragalus nuttallianus), white sagebrush (Artemesia ludoviciana), Fendler’s arabis (Arabis fendleri), Fendler’s sandmat (Chamaesyce fendleri), New Mexico thistle (Cirsium neomexicanum), false pennyroyal (Hedeoma oblongifolia), bastard sage (Eriogonum wrightii), pingüe rubberweed (Hymenoxys richardsonii), large four o’clock (Mirabilis multiflora), Fendler's penstemon (Penstemon fendleri), and globemallows (Sphaeralcea hastulata and S. wrightii).","","","","The vegetation is New Mexico Pinyon-Juniper Woodland, dominated by Colorado pinyon (Pinus edulis) and one-seed juniper (Juniperus monosperma), and accompanied by gray oak (Quercus grisea).  There is a diverse shrub component, including scrub live oak (Q. turbinella), mountain mahogany (Cercocarpus montanus), broom snakeweed (Gutierrezia sarothrae), sacahuista (Nolina microcarpa), red barberry (Mahonia haematocarpa), Apache plume (Fallugia paradoxa), tree cholla (Opuntia imbricata), skunkbush (Rhus trilobata), and banana yucca (Yucca baccata).  Grass diversity is also high, and open spaces between trees are dominated by blue grama (Bouteloua gracilis), with hairy and sideoats grama (B. hirsuta and B. curtipendula) and black grama (B. eriopoda) also being significant. Other common grasses include purple threeawn (Aristida purpurea), wolftail (Lycurus phleoides), mountain and ring muhly (M. montanus and M. torreyi), and New Mexican porcupinegrass (Heterostipa neomexicana). Common forbs include small-flowered milkvetch (Astragalus nuttallianus), white sagebrush (Artemesia ludoviciana), Fendler’s arabis (Arabis fendleri), Fendler’s sandmat (Chamaesyce fendleri), New Mexico thistle (Cirsium neomexicanum), false pennyroyal (Hedeoma oblongifolia), bastard sage (Eriogonum wrightii), pingüe rubberweed (Hymenoxys richardsonii), large four o’clock (Mirabilis multiflora), Fendler's penstemon (Penstemon fendleri), and globemallows (Sphaeralcea hastulata and S. wrightii).","3565"
"Chamical, La Rioja, Argentina (CHA)","Chamical, La Rioja, Argentina.","","Subtropical dry.","FALSE","1503 M","","Grazing, now a government agricultural station.","","Mountain valley.","Grassland with mixed Larrea/Fabaceae shrubland.","","","","Grassland with mixed Larrea/Fabaceae shrubland.","3213"
"Cibola Spring","Follow Highway 60 east. Enter through the Black Butte gate and take either side of the diamond-shaped fork to Tomasino Road. The spring is to the east down the arroyo after Tomasino Well and the old structure on right.","","","FALSE","1696 M","The spring sources from fault between Pennsylvanian Madera Limestone and Permian Abo Sandstone.","","The spring sources from fault between Pennsylvanian Madera Limestone and Permian Abo Sandstone. Waters source from the arroyo gravels and form a slot canyon in the limestone downstream from the spring.","","Some salt cedar and other scrub brush.","","","","Some salt cedar and other scrub brush.","4002"
"Creosote_seedling","Five Points is the general area surrounding the intersection of several roads in the center of the east side on the Sevilleta NWR. Seedlings were discovered adjacent to road running west from Five Points Some of the seedlings were in the vicinity of a small clump of creosote bushes adjacent to the road while the majority of them were 20-30 m south and closer to the northern edge of al large patch of creosote.  All of the marked seedlings are south of the road.","","","FALSE","1610 M","","","","","","","37","","","642"
"Deep Well Blue/Black Grama Mixed","Deep Well is located on McKenzie Flats and is site of the longest running SEV LTER met station, number 40, which has been active since 1988.  In addition to studies of meteorological variables, core line-intercept vegetation transects and line-intercept transects from the 1995 & 2001 Deep Well fires are sampled here.  The mini-rhizotron study, blue and black grama compositional comparison, blue and black grama patch dynamics investigation, and kangaroo rat population assessement are all ongoing here.  Deep Well Blue/Black Grama Mixed is also the location of the warming an","","","TRUE","1600 M","","","","","The vegetation of Deep Well Blue/Black Grama Mixed is Chihuahuan Desert Grassland, dominated by black grama (Bouteloua eriopoda) and blue grama (B. gracilis).  Other grasses found at the site include dropseeds (Sporobolus spp.) and threeawns (Aristida spp.).  Shrubs are uncommon but those that occur include Yucca glauca, Ephedra torreyi, and four-wing saltbush (Atriplex canescens). Herbaceous plants include Plantago purshii, Hymenopappus filifolius, and globe mallows (Sphaeralcea spp.).","","","","The vegetation of Deep Well Blue/Black Grama Mixed is Chihuahuan Desert Grassland, dominated by black grama (Bouteloua eriopoda) and blue grama (B. gracilis).  Other grasses found at the site include dropseeds (Sporobolus spp.) and threeawns (Aristida spp.).  Shrubs are uncommon but those that occur include Yucca glauca, Ephedra torreyi, and four-wing saltbush (Atriplex canescens). Herbaceous plants include Plantago purshii, Hymenopappus filifolius, and globe mallows (Sphaeralcea spp.).","3566"
"Esquival Well","Follow I-25 to the San Acacia exit and proceed west. Take the immediate right onto a frontage road that goes north (parallel to I-25). The frontage road will dead end at the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge gate. Go through the gate and follow the dirt road on the left (Esquival Road). Keep straight and turn right at the first fork. Drive straight through the 4-way intersection and head toward the Esquival sign. Once down from the mesa, cross under the power lines and keep straight. At the next fork, proceed left. Do not take the road heading for the power lines.","","","FALSE","1595 M","Quaternary rift fill, several meters south of the bank of the Rio Salado.","","","","Scrub brush.","","","","Scrub brush.","3990"
"Fertilizer Plots","The fertilizer plots are located less than one mile from the Black Butte gate on the east side of the road to Five Points.","","","FALSE","","","The site was burned in 2003 during a prescribed fire conducted by the US Fish and Wildlife Service.","","","Vegetation includes blue grama (Bouteloua gracilis), black grama (B. eriopoda), galleta grass (Pleuraphis jamesii), dropseed (Sporobolus spp.), and burro grass (Scleropogon brevifolius).","","30","","Vegetation includes blue grama (Bouteloua gracilis), black grama (B. eriopoda), galleta grass (Pleuraphis jamesii), dropseed (Sporobolus spp.), and burro grass (Scleropogon brevifolius).","644"
"Fertilizer Plots (BGB) - Hobo 7","A tipping-bucket precipitation gauge and Hobo datalogger (#340922) have  been installed at this location to  continuously measure rainfall.","","","FALSE","1592 M","","The site was burned in 2003 during a prescribed fire conducted by the US Fish and Wildlife Service.","","","Mixed grass comprised of blue grama (Bouteloua gracilis), black grama (B. eriopoda), galleta grass (Pleuraphis jamesii), dropseed (Sporobolus spp.), and burro grass (Scleropogon brevifolius).","","","","Mixed grass comprised of blue grama (Bouteloua gracilis), black grama (B. eriopoda), galleta grass (Pleuraphis jamesii), dropseed (Sporobolus spp.), and burro grass (Scleropogon brevifolius).","3210"
"Field Station","Just north of UNM's Sevilleta Field Station","","","FALSE","1466 M","","","","","","","15","","","645"
"Field Station Mixed Shrub","The UNM Field Station and USF&WS Headquarters are the primary support facilities for all research conducted on the Sevilleta NWR. As such the area has also been important as a research site - especially as regards meteorology and monitoring of rodent populations for Hantavirus.","","","TRUE","1466 M","","","","","","","","","","686"
"Fire Seasonality Study","This study is located 3 miles south of Black Butte gate on the west side of the main road.","","","FALSE","","","","","","Chihuahuan Desert Grassland, dominated by Bouteloua eriopoda.","","23","","Chihuahuan Desert Grassland, dominated by Bouteloua eriopoda.","646"
"Fish & Wildlife Services Building Well","The site is located at the back of the US Fish and Wildlife Service visitor center.","","","FALSE","1475 M","The site is located on quaternary rift fill.","Site of the present US Fish and Wildlife Service visitor center.","The well is ~350 feet deep.","","There are some cacti nearby.","","","","There are some cacti nearby.","4006"
"Five Point","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","3588"
"Five Points","Five Points is the area which encompasses the Five Points Black Grama and Five Points Creosote Core study sites and falls along the transition between Chihuahuan Desert Scrub and Desert Grassland habitats. Both sites are subject to intensive research activity, including NPP measurement, phenology observation, pollinator diversity studies, and ground dwelling arthropod and rodent population assessments. There are drought rain-out shelters in both the Black Grama and Creosote sites, as well as the mixed-ecotone, with co-located ET Towers.","","","FALSE","1615 M","","","","","The Five Points Creosote site is characterized as Chihuahuan Desert Scrub, dominated by a creosotebush overstory with broom snakeweed, purple pricklypear (O. macrocentra) and soapweed yucca as notable shrubs. The site is also characterized by numerous dense grass dominated patches, reflecting proximity to the Five Points Black Grama site and the relatively recent appearance of creosotebush. Dominant grasses are black grama, fluffgrass (Dasyochloa pulchellum), burrograss (Scleropogon brevifolia), bush muhly (M. porteri), and galleta (Pleuraphis jamesii). Notable forb species include field bahia (Bahia absinthifolia), baby aster (Chaetopappa ericoides), plains hiddenflower (Cryptantha crassisepala), Indian rushpea (Hoffmannseggia glauca), Fendlers bladderpod (Lesquerella fendleri), and globemallow (Sphaeralcea spp.).  Five Points Black Grama habitat is ecotonal in nature, bordering Chihuahuan Desert Scrub at its southern extent and Plains-Mesa Grassland at its northern, more mesic boundary.  There is also a significant presence of shrubs, particularly broom snakeweed (Gutierrezia sarothrae), along with less abundant fourwing saltbush (Atriplex canescens), Mormon tea (Ephedra torreyana), winterfat (Krascheninnikovia lanata), tree cholla (Opuntia imbricata), club cholla (O. clavata), desert pricklypear (O. phaeacantha), soapweed yucca (Yucca glauca), and what are presumed to be encroaching, yet sparsely distributed, creosotebush (Larrea tridentata).  Characteristically, the dominant grass is black grama (Bouteloua eriopoda). Spike, sand, and mesa dropseed grasses (Sporobolus contractus, S. cryptandrus, S. flexuosus) and sand muhly (Muhlenbergia arenicola) could be considered co-dominant throughout, along with blue grama (B. gracilis) in a more mesic, shallow swale on the site.  Notable forb species include trailing four o’clock (Allionia incarnata), horn loco milkvetch (Astragalus missouriensis), sawtooth spurge (Chamaesyce serrula), plains hiddenflower (Cryptantha crassisepala), blunt tansymustard (Descarania obtusa), wooly plaintain (Plantago patagonica), globemallow (Sphaeralcea wrightii), and mouse ear (Tidestromia lanuginosa).","","2","","The Five Points Creosote site is characterized as Chihuahuan Desert Scrub, dominated by a creosotebush overstory with broom snakeweed, purple pricklypear (O. macrocentra) and soapweed yucca as notable shrubs. The site is also characterized by numerous dense grass dominated patches, reflecting proximity to the Five Points Black Grama site and the relatively recent appearance of creosotebush. Dominant grasses are black grama, fluffgrass (Dasyochloa pulchellum), burrograss (Scleropogon brevifolia), bush muhly (M. porteri), and galleta (Pleuraphis jamesii). Notable forb species include field bahia (Bahia absinthifolia), baby aster (Chaetopappa ericoides), plains hiddenflower (Cryptantha crassisepala), Indian rushpea (Hoffmannseggia glauca), Fendlers bladderpod (Lesquerella fendleri), and globemallow (Sphaeralcea spp.).  Five Points Black Grama habitat is ecotonal in nature, bordering Chihuahuan Desert Scrub at its southern extent and Plains-Mesa Grassland at its northern, more mesic boundary.  There is also a significant presence of shrubs, particularly broom snakeweed (Gutierrezia sarothrae), along with less abundant fourwing saltbush (Atriplex canescens), Mormon tea (Ephedra torreyana), winterfat (Krascheninnikovia lanata), tree cholla (Opuntia imbricata), club cholla (O. clavata), desert pricklypear (O. phaeacantha), soapweed yucca (Yucca glauca), and what are presumed to be encroaching, yet sparsely distributed, creosotebush (Larrea tridentata).  Characteristically, the dominant grass is black grama (Bouteloua eriopoda). Spike, sand, and mesa dropseed grasses (Sporobolus contractus, S. cryptandrus, S. flexuosus) and sand muhly (Muhlenbergia arenicola) could be considered co-dominant throughout, along with blue grama (B. gracilis) in a more mesic, shallow swale on the site.  Notable forb species include trailing four o’clock (Allionia incarnata), horn loco milkvetch (Astragalus missouriensis), sawtooth spurge (Chamaesyce serrula), plains hiddenflower (Cryptantha crassisepala), blunt tansymustard (Descarania obtusa), wooly plaintain (Plantago patagonica), globemallow (Sphaeralcea wrightii), and mouse ear (Tidestromia lanuginosa).","647"
"Five Points Black Grama Grassland (G)","Five Points Black Grama is on the transition between Chihuahuan Desert Scrub and Desert Grassland habitat. The site is subject to intensive research activity, including assessments of net primary productivity, phenology, and pollinator diversity, amongst other projects.  It is the site of the unburned black grama (GU) component of the Burn NPP study.","","","TRUE","1615 M","","","","","The Five Points Black Grama site is ecotonal in nature, bordering Chihuahuan Desert Scrub at its southern extent and Plains-Mesa Grassland at its northern, more mesic boundary. Characteristically, the dominant grass is black grama (Bouteloua eriopoda).","","","","The Five Points Black Grama site is ecotonal in nature, bordering Chihuahuan Desert Scrub at its southern extent and Plains-Mesa Grassland at its northern, more mesic boundary. Characteristically, the dominant grass is black grama (Bouteloua eriopoda).","3563"
"Five Points Coyote Scat Transects","There are 2 road based carnivore scat transects near Five Points. The beginning point for the first transect (D) is located 7.1 miles from the gate at Black Butte and is along Contreas rd, which leads west from the sign at Five Points. The second one (K) begins 2.0 miles south of the sign for Five Points (i.e. intersection of 5 roads) on Palo Duro Rd.","","There is a meteorological station at Five Points. For further climate details and data, consult the ""Sevilleta meteorological"" data set.","FALSE","1615 M","Very shallow and thick caliche layer.","This study area was  part of the piece of land that was turned into the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge in December, 1973","Surface water is present only during heavy rainfall events. No major arroyos are present in this area, although Palo Duro Canyon borders the southern part of the Five Points study area.","Located on the soutwestern edge of McKenzie Flats and is in the transition zone from grama grassland to creosote shrubland. Five Points is a little north of a valley, which has a large arroyo.","Transition from Desert Grassland to Chihuahuan Desert Scrub, which is dominated by creosote (Larrea tridentata).","","66","Turney Loam grading into Nickle-Caliza type of soil in the desert shrubland","Transition from Desert Grassland to Chihuahuan Desert Scrub, which is dominated by creosote (Larrea tridentata).","648"
"Five Points Coyote Scat Transects","There are 2 road based carnivore scat transects near Five Points. The beginning point for the first transect (D) is located 7.1 miles from the gate at Black Butte and is along Contreas rd, which leads west from the sign at Five Points. The second one (K) begins 2.0 miles south of the sign for Five Points (i.e. intersection of 5 roads) on Palo Duro Rd.","","'There is a meteorological station at Five Points. For further climate details and data, consult the ""Sevilleta meteorological"" data set.","FALSE","","'Very shallow and thick caliche layer.","'This study area was  part of the piece of land that was turned into the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge in December, 1973","Surface water is present only during heavy rainfall events. No major arroyos are present in this area, although Palo Duro Canyon borders the southern part of the Five Points study area.","Located on the soutwestern edge of McKenzie Flats and is in the transition zone from grama grassland to creosote shrubland. Five Points is a little north of a valley, which has a large arroyo.","Transition from Desert Grassland to Chihuahuan Desert Scrub, which is dominated by creosote (Larrea tridentata).","","","Turney Loam grading into Nickle-Caliza type of soil in the desert shrubland","Transition from Desert Grassland to Chihuahuan Desert Scrub, which is dominated by creosote (Larrea tridentata).","3218"
"Five Points Creosote (C)","The Five Points area emcompasses both the Five Points Black Grama and Five Points Creosote study sites.  Five Points falls along the transition between the Chihuahuan Desert Scrub and Desert Grassland habitats.  Both core sites are subject to intensive research activities, including NPP measurements, phenology observations, pollinator diversity studies, and ground dwelling arthropod and rodent population assessments.  There are rain-out shelters for drought studies in both the Five Points Black Grama and Five Points Creosote sites.","","","TRUE","1615 M","","","","","The Five Points Creosote site is characterized as Chihuahuan Desert Scrub, dominated by a creosote overstory, with broom snakeweed, purple pricklypear (Opuntia macrocentra), and soapweed yucca as co-occurring shrubs. The site is also characterized by numerous, dense, grass-dominated patches, reflecting proximity to the Five Points Black Grama Site.  Dominant grasses are black grama, fluffgrass (Dasyochloa pulchellum), burrograss (Scleropogon brevifolia), bushmuhly (Muhlenbergia porteri), and galleta (Pleuraphis jamesii).  Notable forbs include field bahia (Bahia absinthifolia), baby aster (Chaetopappa ericoides), plains hiddenflower (Cryptantha crassisepala), Indian rushpea (Hoffmannseggia glauca), Fendlers bladderpod (Lesquerella fendleri), and globemallows (Sphaeralcea spp.).","","3","","The Five Points Creosote site is characterized as Chihuahuan Desert Scrub, dominated by a creosote overstory, with broom snakeweed, purple pricklypear (Opuntia macrocentra), and soapweed yucca as co-occurring shrubs. The site is also characterized by numerous, dense, grass-dominated patches, reflecting proximity to the Five Points Black Grama Site.  Dominant grasses are black grama, fluffgrass (Dasyochloa pulchellum), burrograss (Scleropogon brevifolia), bushmuhly (Muhlenbergia porteri), and galleta (Pleuraphis jamesii).  Notable forbs include field bahia (Bahia absinthifolia), baby aster (Chaetopappa ericoides), plains hiddenflower (Cryptantha crassisepala), Indian rushpea (Hoffmannseggia glauca), Fendlers bladderpod (Lesquerella fendleri), and globemallows (Sphaeralcea spp.).","649"
"Five Points Grassland (FPG) - Hobo 8","The Five Points Grassland (FPG) is on the transition between Chihuahuan Desert Scrub and Desert Grassland habitat. The site is subject to intensive research activity, including assessments of net primary productivity, phenology, pollinator diversity and small mammall populations.  A tipping-bucket precipitation gauge and Hobo datalogger (#340923) have  been installed at this location to  continuously measure rainfall.","","","FALSE","1617 M","","","","","Five Points Grassland is ecotonal and borders Chihuahuan Desert Scrub at its southern edge and Plains-Mesa Grassland at its northern, more mesic boundary.  Characteristically, the dominant grass is black grama (Bouteloua eriopoda).","","","","Five Points Grassland is ecotonal and borders Chihuahuan Desert Scrub at its southern edge and Plains-Mesa Grassland at its northern, more mesic boundary.  Characteristically, the dominant grass is black grama (Bouteloua eriopoda).","3211"
"Five Points Line-Intercept Transects","The southern edge of Mckenzie Flats, about 2.5 km west-northwest of the  Five-Points intersection.","","","FALSE","1610 M","","","","","","","17","","","650"
"Five Points Meteorological Station (No. 49)","Southern edge of Mckenzie Flats - about 2.5 km west of the actual  Five-Points.  North of the road and just northeast of the intersection where another road takes off going north.  Transition area from creosote to the south into Grasslands to the north","","","FALSE","1610 M","Very shallow and thick caliche layer","","surface/groundwater:  Water present only during heavy rainfall events","no slope","Desert Shrub to desert grassland transition","","","Turney Loam","Desert Shrub to desert grassland transition","6893"
"Five Points Shrub (FPS) - Hobo 2","Five Points Shrub or Creosote Core (aka Five Points Larrea) is on the transition between Chihuahuan Desert Scrub and Desert Grassland habitat. The site is subject to intensive research activity, including assessments of net primary productivity, phenology, pollinator diversity, and ground dwelling arthropod and rodent populations.","","","FALSE","1608 M","","","","","Five Points Shrub is characterized as Chihuahuan Desert Scrub, dominated by a creosotebush overstory with broom snakeweed, purple pricklypear (Opuntia macrocentra) and soapweed yucca as associated shrubs.  The site is also characterized by numerous, dense grass-dominated patches, reflecting its proximity to the Black Grama Core site and the relatively recent expansion of creosotebush.  Dominant grasses are black grama, fluffgrass (Dasyochloa pulchellum), burrograss (Scleropogon brevifolia), bushmuhly (M. porteri), and galleta (Pleuraphis jamesii).  Notable forbs include field bahia (Bahia absinthifolia), baby aster (Chaetopappa ericoides), plains hiddenflower, Indian rushpea (Hoffmannseggia glauca), Fendlers bladderpod (Lesquerella fendleri), and globemallow.","","","","Five Points Shrub is characterized as Chihuahuan Desert Scrub, dominated by a creosotebush overstory with broom snakeweed, purple pricklypear (Opuntia macrocentra) and soapweed yucca as associated shrubs.  The site is also characterized by numerous, dense grass-dominated patches, reflecting its proximity to the Black Grama Core site and the relatively recent expansion of creosotebush.  Dominant grasses are black grama, fluffgrass (Dasyochloa pulchellum), burrograss (Scleropogon brevifolia), bushmuhly (M. porteri), and galleta (Pleuraphis jamesii).  Notable forbs include field bahia (Bahia absinthifolia), baby aster (Chaetopappa ericoides), plains hiddenflower, Indian rushpea (Hoffmannseggia glauca), Fendlers bladderpod (Lesquerella fendleri), and globemallow.","3205"
"five points tranx","","","","FALSE","","","","","","","","24","","","651"
"Gallup Lightning Detection Station","","","","FALSE","","","","","","","disturbance, lightning","","","","3628"
"Gibbs Well","Proceed through the Black Butte Gate. Go straight onto Five Points Road, then follow Palo Duro Road to Beacon Forks Road. The well is off the road on the left.","","","FALSE","1599 M","Site located between Cretaceous units and Quaternary alluvium.","Part of the old Gibb's Place Ranch.","","","","","","","","3996"
"Goat Draw Juniper Savanna","The Goat Draw Juniper Savanna Core Site was established in 1998 in order to provide data at the lower end of the transition from the Pinon-Juniper Woodland habitat at the Cerro Montoso site to Juniper Savanna.","","","TRUE","1790 M","","","","","While the site is positioned between two ridgelines, the vegetation is best characterized as Juniper Savanna, dominated by one-seed juniper (Juniperus monosperma), scrub liveoak (Quercus turbinella), and grama grasses (Bouteloua curtipendula, B. gracilis, B. eriopoda, and B. hirsuta), with scattered Colorado pinyon pine trees (Pinus edulis) in the upper reaches. There is also a significant influence of Arroyo Riparian vegetation in the main arroyo, Goat Draw, and its tributaries.","","39","","While the site is positioned between two ridgelines, the vegetation is best characterized as Juniper Savanna, dominated by one-seed juniper (Juniperus monosperma), scrub liveoak (Quercus turbinella), and grama grasses (Bouteloua curtipendula, B. gracilis, B. eriopoda, and B. hirsuta), with scattered Colorado pinyon pine trees (Pinus edulis) in the upper reaches. There is also a significant influence of Arroyo Riparian vegetation in the main arroyo, Goat Draw, and its tributaries.","652"
"Goat Draw Pinon-Juniper","This site encompasses the upper reaches of Goat Draw and is dominated by pinon-juniper vegetation.  Two pinon branch demography study sites were located here, each with 49 labeled trees, in a small canyon which drains the Los Pinos Mountains to the east.  Vegetation is characterized as a pinon/juniper woodland with occasional occurrences of Quercus turbinella, Yucca spp. and Opuntia spp.  Portions of the bird community assessment and plant phenology studies were also located within Goat Draw.","","","FALSE","","","","","","The vegetation of Goat Draw is characterized by pinon (Pinus edulis) and juniper (Juniperus monosperma) trees and shrubs that include beargrass (Nolina microcarpa), feather dalea (Dalea formosa), shrub live oak (Quercus turbinella), and brown-spined prickly pear (Opuntia phaeacantha). Grasses include hairy grama (Bouteloua hirsuta), bottlebrush squirreltail (Sitanion hystrix), and side-oats grama (Bouteloua curtipendula).  Other characteristic species include cane cholla (Opuntia imbricata), four-wing saltbush (Atriplex canescens) and herbs such as Verbena wrightii, Erodium cicutarium, and Lesquerella ovalifolia.","","","","The vegetation of Goat Draw is characterized by pinon (Pinus edulis) and juniper (Juniperus monosperma) trees and shrubs that include beargrass (Nolina microcarpa), feather dalea (Dalea formosa), shrub live oak (Quercus turbinella), and brown-spined prickly pear (Opuntia phaeacantha). Grasses include hairy grama (Bouteloua hirsuta), bottlebrush squirreltail (Sitanion hystrix), and side-oats grama (Bouteloua curtipendula).  Other characteristic species include cane cholla (Opuntia imbricata), four-wing saltbush (Atriplex canescens) and herbs such as Verbena wrightii, Erodium cicutarium, and Lesquerella ovalifolia.","3567"
"Goat Draw Well","Follow Highway 60 east. Proceed through the Blue Springs gate to Montoso Road (second gravel road on right; there is a Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge sign on the gate). Go down the arroyo ~2km. The well is on the right.","","","FALSE","1832 M","Site located in Paleoproterozoic units in the Los Pinos Mountains.","Part of the old Goat Ranch.","","","","","","","","3997"
"Head Cut of Ensenal (Station No. 25)","This site is about 400 m up the Ensenal drainage channel at the head-cut of the channel and in small forming channel. Sensors were also placed in the soils at this location.","","","FALSE","1841 M","","","Ephemeral flows during storm events.","","Juniper and Falugia lining wash. Juniper and creosote on hillslopes.","climate, inorganic nutrients","","Puertocito-Rock Outcrop Complex.","Juniper and Falugia lining wash. Juniper and creosote on hillslopes.","3579"
"Higurillas, Queretaro, Mexico (QRO)","Higurillas, Queretaro, Mexico.","","","FALSE","1580 M","","Mixed-use, low-impact resource harvesting (cacti, firewood, etc.). Grazing data from this site has been published in Duran et al. 2005.","","Montane.","Subtropical mixed-savannah with scrub and succulents.","","","","Subtropical mixed-savannah with scrub and succulents.","3212"
"Jornada LTER- Jornada Experimental Range","","","","FALSE","","","","","","","","","","","3630"
"Juniper Savannah","25 km south of Willard, NM","","","FALSE","","","","","","","","62","","","654"
"La Joya Russian olive/willow ET (LARO)","","","Semi-arid.","FALSE","1435 M","Alluvial floodplain.","Native vegetation invaded by E. angustifolia; overbank flooding diminished by surface water controls in early to mid 20th century. Remains flood-prone. Former river channel.","Riverine, shallow water table.","Riparian","Phreatophyte (E. angustifolia- and S. exigua-dominated).","","","Sand/silt, saturated at 0 - 2 m depth.","Phreatophyte (E. angustifolia- and S. exigua-dominated).","4026"
"Ladron Foothills Pinyon Juniper","Ladron Foothills sites include Red Tank and Two-22 in the foothills of the Sierra Ladrones on the West side of the refuge.","","","TRUE","1766 M","","","","","Two-22 site is characterized as Juniper Savanna/Arroyo Riparian (Dick-Peddie 1993).  Two-22 trapping webs span 2 two vegetation types. The upland Juniper Savanna portion of the site is dominated by widely scattered, relatively small stature one-seed Juniper. Other shrubs are sparse, including scrub liveoak, skunkbush, tree cholla, pricklypear, and banana and soapweed yucca. Rocky open spaces are dominated by black, hairy, and blue grama. The lower Arroyo Riparian area consists of a more dense, more diverse vegetation, dominated by large specimens of scrub liveoak, one-seed juniper and Apache plume, as well as tree cholla, Engelman cholla (O. engelmanii), pricklypear, broom snakeweed, tarragon (Artemesia dracunculus), sacahuista, chamisa (Chrysothamnus nauseosus), fourwing saltbush, wolfberry (Lycium pallidum), and skunkbush. Grass diversity is relatively high and dominated by blue grama and bush muhly.","","","Soils in the Arroyo Riparian area are loose granitic gravel with many rocks and boulders.","Two-22 site is characterized as Juniper Savanna/Arroyo Riparian (Dick-Peddie 1993).  Two-22 trapping webs span 2 two vegetation types. The upland Juniper Savanna portion of the site is dominated by widely scattered, relatively small stature one-seed Juniper. Other shrubs are sparse, including scrub liveoak, skunkbush, tree cholla, pricklypear, and banana and soapweed yucca. Rocky open spaces are dominated by black, hairy, and blue grama. The lower Arroyo Riparian area consists of a more dense, more diverse vegetation, dominated by large specimens of scrub liveoak, one-seed juniper and Apache plume, as well as tree cholla, Engelman cholla (O. engelmanii), pricklypear, broom snakeweed, tarragon (Artemesia dracunculus), sacahuista, chamisa (Chrysothamnus nauseosus), fourwing saltbush, wolfberry (Lycium pallidum), and skunkbush. Grass diversity is relatively high and dominated by blue grama and bush muhly.","655"
"Ladron Peak Spring","The springs are located on the southern side of Ladron Peak.","","","FALSE","","The spring sources from faults in the Paleoproterozoic units.","The spring is located near an old structure (housing for miners?).","Spring sources from small, shallow faults in the granite of Ladron Peak.","","","","","","","4011"
"Langmuir","This station is located at the top of North Peak atop the  Magdalena Mountains in Central New Mexico.  The vegetation is mixture of Spruce/fir and Alpine meadows.   The station is set atop a building of the Langmuir Lightning Lab.","","","FALSE","3423 M","","","","","Spruce and Fir","","67","","Spruce and Fir","656"
"McKensie Well","Proceed through the Black Butte Gate. Turn left onto McKensie North. The well is at the corner of McKensie North and Test Well Road.","","","FALSE","1679 M","The site is located in quaternary alluvium.","The site was part of the old Burris and Nunn Ranch.","","","","","","","","3999"
"McKenzie Flats","McKenzie Flats is located within the northeastern section of the Sevilleta NWR, encompassing an area from Black Butte south  to Palo Duro Canyon and east to the Los Pinos.","","Long-term mean annual precipitation is 243 mm, about 60% of which occurs during the summer.  Long-term mean monthly temperatures for January and July are 1.5 degrees C and 25.1 degrees C, respectively.","FALSE","1615 M","Deep (20,000 ft) alluvial and aeolian deposits.","McKenzie Flats encompasses an area of approximately 50 square miles and was one of the primary livestock grazing areas within what is now the Sevilleta NWR.  Cattle have been excluded from the site since 1974-76.  The ranch headquarters buildings and corrals were located at the junction of Legs C and D of the coyote survey.","Surface water only during rain events, no arroyos.  Run-on plain for Los Pinos Mountains.","McKenzie Flats is a broad, nearly flat grassland plain between the Los Pinos Mountains and the breaks on the east side of the Rio Grande.","The terrain is generally a mixed-species desert grassland, dominated by black grama (Bouteloua eriopoda), blue grama (B. gracilis), sand muhly (Muhlenbergia arenicola), various drop seeds and sacatons (Sporobolus spp.), purple three-awn (Aristida purpurea), and burrow grass (Scleropogon brevifolia).  Shrubs are common in the area around Five Points, including creosote bush (Larrea tridentata) and snakeweed (Gutierrezia sarothrae).","","25","Turney Series:  fine-loamy, mixed, thermic Typic Calciorthids.  Berino Series:  fine-loamy, mixed, thermic Typic Haplargids.","The terrain is generally a mixed-species desert grassland, dominated by black grama (Bouteloua eriopoda), blue grama (B. gracilis), sand muhly (Muhlenbergia arenicola), various drop seeds and sacatons (Sporobolus spp.), purple three-awn (Aristida purpurea), and burrow grass (Scleropogon brevifolia).  Shrubs are common in the area around Five Points, including creosote bush (Larrea tridentata) and snakeweed (Gutierrezia sarothrae).","658"
"Milagro Seep","Proceed through the Black Butte Gate. Follow the Five Points Road to Palo Duro Road. Proceed straight onto Beacon Forks Road. At the intersection, turn left onto Tomasino Road. Follow Tomasino Road until it ends in an arroyo. Walk up the arroyo, past Milagro Wells, to a water-filled depression surrounded by salts.","","","FALSE","1640 M","The seep is located in thick gypsum beds of the Permian Yeso Formation.","There are some structures located nearby, previously part of a ranch.","The seep is at a topographic low in the arroyo and upwells from the gypsum beds below.","","There is some brush nearby.","","","","There is some brush nearby.","4005"
"Mixed Conifer","Valles Caldera National Preserve","","","FALSE","2500 M","","","","","","","65","","","659"
"Mixed Grass (MG)","The mixed grass (MG) site includes a burned and an unburned area.  The mixed grass unburned (MGU) site is located just to the southeast of the Deep Well weather station. The mixed grass burned (MGB) site is on the east side of the road north of Deep Well.","","","FALSE","","","In 2003, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service conducted a prescribed fire over a large part of the northeast corner of the Sevilleta NWR, including the area near Deep Well containing the mixed grass site.","","","This is a mixed grass area dominated by black grama (Bouteloua eriopoda) and blue grama (B. gracilis) with dropseed (Sporobolus spp.) and galleta grass (Pleuraphis jamesii) also prominent.","","32","","This is a mixed grass area dominated by black grama (Bouteloua eriopoda) and blue grama (B. gracilis) with dropseed (Sporobolus spp.) and galleta grass (Pleuraphis jamesii) also prominent.","660"
"Mixed Shrub (MS)","The mixed shrub (MS) location consists of burned and unburned areas.  Both the mixed shrub burned (MSB) and mixed shrub unburned (MSU) areas are on the north side of the road running southeast from Five Points.","","","FALSE","1640 M","","The northwest half of the site was burned in June 2003. The southeast half was used as the control. Plots were established in spring 2004.","","","This area is dominated by creosotebush (Larrea tridenta) but also maintains a relatively dense understory of black grama in comparison to true shrub land.","","33","","This area is dominated by creosotebush (Larrea tridenta) but also maintains a relatively dense understory of black grama in comparison to true shrub land.","661"
"Mixed Shrub (MS) - Hobo 3","The Mixed Shrub (MS) site is on the north side of the road that extends southeast from Five Points. A tipping-bucket precipitation gauge and Hobo datalogger (#340912) have  been installed at this location to  continuously measure rainfall.","","","FALSE","1640 M","","The northwestern half of the site was burned in June 2003 and the southeastern half used as a control. Plots were established in spring 2004.","","","Dominated by creosotebush (Larrea tridenta) but with a relatively dense understory of black grama in comparison to other shrubland.","","","","Dominated by creosotebush (Larrea tridenta) but with a relatively dense understory of black grama in comparison to other shrubland.","3206"
"Monsoon site","The Monsoon site is located within Five Points Black Grama, just to the north of the grassland drought plots. 
On August 4, 2009, a lightning-initiated fire began on the Sevilleta  National Wildlife Refuge. The Monsoon site was entirely burned on this date, with all plots subjected to fire of comparable intensity.","","","FALSE","","","","","","The Monsoon site is dominated by black grama (Bouteloua eriopoda).  Other prevalent grasses include Sporobolus contractus, S. cryptandrus, S. flexuosus, Muhlenbergia arenicola, and Bouteloua gracilis.","","35","","The Monsoon site is dominated by black grama (Bouteloua eriopoda).  Other prevalent grasses include Sporobolus contractus, S. cryptandrus, S. flexuosus, Muhlenbergia arenicola, and Bouteloua gracilis.","662"
"Northeast Burnx (BX) - Hobo 1","A tipping-bucket precipitation gauge and Hobo datalogger (#340909) have been installed at this location, which is within McKenzie Flats, to continuously measure rainfall.","","Long-term mean annual precipitation is 243 mm, about 60% of which occurs during the summer.  Long-term mean monthly temperatures for January and July are 1.5°C and 25.1°C, respectively.","FALSE","1665 M","Deep (20,000 ft) alluvial and aeolian deposits.","McKenzie Flats encompasses an area of approximately 50 square miles. McKenzie Flats was one of the primary livestock grazing areas of the Sevilleta NWR.  Cattle have been excluded from the site since 1973.","Surface water only during rain events, no arroyos.","McKenzie Flats is a broad, nearly flat grassland plain between the Los Pinos Mountains and the east side of the Rio Grande.","Generally mixed-species desert grassland, dominated by black grama (Bouteloua eriopoda), blue grama (B. gracilis), sand muhly (Muhlenbergia arenicola), various drop seeds and sacatons (Sporobolus spp.), purple three-awn (Aristida purpurea), and burrow grass (Scleropogon  brevifolia).  Shrubs are common, including creosote bush (Larrea tridentata) and snakeweed (Gutierrezia sarothrae).","","","Turney Series: Fine-loamy, mixed, thermic Typic Calciorthids. Berino Series: fine-loamy, mixed, thermic Typic Haplargids.","Generally mixed-species desert grassland, dominated by black grama (Bouteloua eriopoda), blue grama (B. gracilis), sand muhly (Muhlenbergia arenicola), various drop seeds and sacatons (Sporobolus spp.), purple three-awn (Aristida purpurea), and burrow grass (Scleropogon  brevifolia).  Shrubs are common, including creosote bush (Larrea tridentata) and snakeweed (Gutierrezia sarothrae).","3204"
"Nunn Flats Blue/Black Grama Grass","Sampling areas are located on both sides of the dirt road through the cattle pasture as well as inside the Sevilleta NWR just west of the Los Pinos Mountains.","","","TRUE","1600 M","","Cattle pastures are currently grazed; exclosures added in 1993.","","","Desert grassland.","","26","","Desert grassland.","663"
"Nunn Flats species garden","The experiment is located on the West side of Nunn flats road, north of the turnoff to the old windmill drinker well. South of met station. It is adjacent to the road.","","","FALSE","","","An area previously disturbed as part of Fish's water tank removal program was leveled (and thus cleared of vegetation) for use in this experiment.","","","Desert grassland","","38","","Desert grassland","664"
"Nunn Well","Proceed through the Black Butte Gate. Turn left onto McKensie North. Turn left to proceed north on Nunn Road. The well is on the right some distance up the road.","","","FALSE","","Site is located on quaternary alluvium at the base of the Los Pinos Mountains.","Site was part of the old Burris and Nunn Ranch.","","","Site is surrounded by cholla trees.","","","","Site is surrounded by cholla trees.","3998"
"Palo Duro Canyon Mixed Shrub","Palo Duro Canyon is south of Five-Points and McKenzie Flats. Research in the area has included core vegetation line-intercept transects, re-sampling historic BLM vegetation transects, paleoecological studies of packrat middens, vegetation monitoring of the northern-most ocotillo population, and, most recently, the Very Large Moisture Array.  A posrtion of the bird community assessment project was also located here.","","","TRUE","1650 M","","","","","Vegetation is highly variable ranging from Arroyo riparian to Chihuahuan Desert Scrub","","","","Vegetation is highly variable ranging from Arroyo riparian to Chihuahuan Desert Scrub","665"
"Pino Gate","The study site was located near the base of the Los Pinos mountains and directly adjacent to the nothern fencline of the SNWR at Pino Gate","","Long-term mean annual precipitation is 243 mm, about 60% of which occurs during the summer.  Long-term mean monthly temperatures for January and July are 1.5","FALSE","1600 M","On an upper bajada slope, in a broad swale","Historically, prairie dogs were common throughout the area, but were exterminated by the early 1970","","","Burrograss (Scleropogon brevifolius), sand dropseed (Sporobolus ryptandrus), and black grama (Bouteloua eriopoda) were the dominant vegetation.","","20","Deep clayey loam soils","Burrograss (Scleropogon brevifolius), sand dropseed (Sporobolus ryptandrus), and black grama (Bouteloua eriopoda) were the dominant vegetation.","666"
"Pinon Juniper","25 km south of Mountainair, NM","","","FALSE","2100 M","","","","","","","63","","","667"
"Piñon-Juniper Experimental Rainfall Manipulation Study (PJ-SEV)","Site situated on the eastern flank of Los Pinos Mountains, approx. 3 miles south of NM state route 60, directly adjacent to the eastern boundary of the Sevillets USFWS National Refuge.","","Climate records (20-yr) from a nearby Sevilleta LTER meteorological station
(Cerro Montoso #42; http://sev.lternet.edu/) indicate a mean annual precipitation total of 362.7 mm/yr. The region is strongly influenced by the North American Monsoon, with a large fraction of annual precipitation occurring in July, August, and September when monsoon circulation is active. Mean annual temperature (20-yr) at this nearby LTER site was 12.78 C, with a mean July maximum of 31.08 C and a mean December minimum of 3.38 C.","FALSE","1911 M","","","Well drained.","Located at the base of the eastern flank of the Los Pinos Mountains. Slope varies from 0-2% in experimental plots situated in level portions of the site, with steeper grades ranging from 6-18% for plots established on hill-slopes.","The site is a piñon pine (Pinus edulis, Engelm.) and juniper (Juniperus monosperma (Engelm.) Sarg.) woodland, with several other commonly observed woody shrub species present, notably; Mahonia spp. (algerita), Falugia paradoxa (Apache plume), Quercus turbinella (shrub live oak), and Rhus spp. (sumac). Multiple species of cacti and agave (Cylindropuntia spp., Opuntia spp., and Yucca spp.) are present, along with numerous species of perennial grasses and forbs; including an extensive inter-canopy coverage by grasses of the genus Bouteloua.","","","Soil texture analysis across the site (both hill-slope and flat/level topography) revealed surface soils that are predominately silt loam with; (1) a transition to
sandy loam texture at depth, and (2) a significant percentage of coarse fragments present both at the soil surface and throughout the profile. Soil depth across the site ranges from 20 to ≥ 100 cm, with shallower soil depths occurring on hill-slopes where depth to caliche and/or bed-rock is only 20-30 cm in some instances.","The site is a piñon pine (Pinus edulis, Engelm.) and juniper (Juniperus monosperma (Engelm.) Sarg.) woodland, with several other commonly observed woody shrub species present, notably; Mahonia spp. (algerita), Falugia paradoxa (Apache plume), Quercus turbinella (shrub live oak), and Rhus spp. (sumac). Multiple species of cacti and agave (Cylindropuntia spp., Opuntia spp., and Yucca spp.) are present, along with numerous species of perennial grasses and forbs; including an extensive inter-canopy coverage by grasses of the genus Bouteloua.","7097"
"Pogo Mounds 1","The study site is 1/3 the way between Black Butte and the small mountain nearby, just off and to the left of the road that runs between them.","","interior continental with summer monsoon","FALSE","1635 M","sand over volcanic bedrock","previous ant surveys 3 yrs back; grazing by pronghorn and antelope","well drained","rolling grassland","black grama grassland","","","sandy, very low organic content","black grama grassland","3216"
"Pogo Mounds 2","This site is at the foothills of the small mountain east of Black Butte","","interior continental with summer monsoon","FALSE","","Sand on volcanic bedrock","light, ongoing grazing by rabbits and pronghorn","well drained","Sloping plain at base of small mountain","xeric, blue grama grassland with some creosote","","","sandy, very low organic content","xeric, blue grama grassland with some creosote","3217"
"Ponderosa Pine","Valles Caldera National Preserve","","","FALSE","2200 M","","","","","","","64","","","668"
"Prairie Dog Town","The study area is about 655 ha (~2.5 sq mi) in size and approximately
1 km due west from the foothills of the Los Pinos Mountains.  The study is also just north
of the Blue Grama Core Site.","","","FALSE","1670 M","","historically large prairie dog colonies inhabited the study area","","","","","49","sandy loam and sandy clay loam","","669"
"Red Tank Mixed Shrub/Juniper","This site is located in the foothills of the Sierra Ladrones on the west side of the Sevilleta NWR. Red Tank is a man-made earthen drainage pool and is the location of Met Station 43.  Research conducted at the site includes soil moisture and erosion studies  related to the Sierra Ladrone watershed project.","","","TRUE","1766 M","","","","","The woody vegetation in this stream bed includes juniper (Juniperus monosperma), Brickellia californica, Apache plume (Fallugia paradoxa).  On the hills are Junipers and shrubs such as cane cholla (Opuntia imbricata), beargrass (Nolina microcarpa), and Oreganillo (Aloysia wrightii). The herbs in the washes include Lesquerella ovalifolia, and Mirabilis multiflora.  The grasses found at this site include three-awn (Aristida sp.), fluff-grass Erioneuron pulchellum, and  four species of grama grass (Bouteloua spp.).","","12","","The woody vegetation in this stream bed includes juniper (Juniperus monosperma), Brickellia californica, Apache plume (Fallugia paradoxa).  On the hills are Junipers and shrubs such as cane cholla (Opuntia imbricata), beargrass (Nolina microcarpa), and Oreganillo (Aloysia wrightii). The herbs in the washes include Lesquerella ovalifolia, and Mirabilis multiflora.  The grasses found at this site include three-awn (Aristida sp.), fluff-grass Erioneuron pulchellum, and  four species of grama grass (Bouteloua spp.).","670"
"Removal site 1","South of Deep Well.","","","FALSE","","","","","","Dominated by blue grama (Bouteloua gracilis).","","41","","Dominated by blue grama (Bouteloua gracilis).","671"
"Removal site 2","To the south of Removal Site 1.","","","FALSE","","","","","","Blue grama (Bouteloua gracilis) and black grama (B. eriopoda) are co-dominant.","","42","","Blue grama (Bouteloua gracilis) and black grama (B. eriopoda) are co-dominant.","672"
"Removal site 3","To the south of Removal Site 2.","","","FALSE","","","","","","Dominated by black grama (Bouteloua eriopoda).","","43","","Dominated by black grama (Bouteloua eriopoda).","673"
"Removal site 4","To the south of Removal Site 3.","","","FALSE","","","","","","Black grama (Bouteloua eriopoda) and creosote (Larrea tridentata) are co-dominant.","","44","","Black grama (Bouteloua eriopoda) and creosote (Larrea tridentata) are co-dominant.","674"
"Removal site 5","This site is located in Five Points Cresote.","","","FALSE","","","","","","Dominated by creosote (Larrea tridentata).","","45","","Dominated by creosote (Larrea tridentata).","675"
"Removal site 6","This site is located within Nunn Flats.","","","FALSE","","","","","","Dominated by blue grama (Bouteloua gracilis).","","46","","Dominated by blue grama (Bouteloua gracilis).","676"
"Rio Grande Bosque","The Rio Grande bisects New Mexico and the Sevilleta NWR, and contains the second largest drainage basin in the southwestern US. The Middle Rio Grande riparian zone extends from Otowi Bridge near Santa Fe south through Albuquerque and the Sevilleta to elephant Butte Reservoir about 150 kilometers south of Albuquerque.  Currently there is an Evapotranspiration (ET) Flux tower installed in Salt Cedar (Tamarix chinensis ) at the San Acacia Diversion as part of Dr. Cliff Dahm's Bosque ET Monitoring project. ","","","TRUE","1428 M","","","","","Vegetation is characterized as Floodplain Riparian, typically dominated by Fremont cottonwood (Populus fremontii), but in this immediate study site by saltcedar (Tamarix spp.)","","","","Vegetation is characterized as Floodplain Riparian, typically dominated by Fremont cottonwood (Populus fremontii), but in this immediate study site by saltcedar (Tamarix spp.)","677"
"Rio Grande River above Isleta, I-25","","","","FALSE","1493 M","","","","","","water, water chemistry, inorganic nutrients","","","","3638"
"Rio Grande River at Rio Bravo","","","","FALSE","1509 M","","","","","","water, water chemistry, inorganic nutrients","","","","3637"
"Rio Grande River Below Rio Rancho Waste Water Treatment Plant","","","","FALSE","1532 M","","","","","","water, water quality, inorganic nutrients","","","","3636"
"Rio Grande River, Bernalillo 550 Bridge","","","","FALSE","1534 M","","","","","","water, water quality, inorganic nutrients","","","","3635"
"Rio Salado at Silver Creek","Enter at Alamillo Gate. Two gates later, past the Powerline Road, continue on sand to Alamillo Road and turn left. At the first partial-fork, bear left. At Highline Road, bear right but don’t get on Highline Road. Go past the cross on the right. Take a right at the ""T"" to continue at Alamillo. Silver Creek Road will be a distance down on the right; follow it to the Rio Salado.","","","FALSE","1521 M","Water flows through thick Rio Salado sediment.","","The Rio Salado is a major drainage with headwaters south of Ladron Peak.  The Rio Salado flows to the Rio Grande.","","There is plentiful vegetation surrounding the drainage.","","","","There is plentiful vegetation surrounding the drainage.","4004"
"Rio Salado Mixed Grass","The Rio Salado is an ephemeral tributary of the Rio Grande on the west side of the Sevilleta NWR, flowing west by northwest to east by southeast. Rio Salado Grassland & Rio Salado Larrea are two study sites established in 1989. These sites were established as counterparts to sites at Five Points. Between 1989 and 1998, vegetation, litter decomposition, and ground dwelling arthropod and rodent populations were studied at both sites.","","","TRUE","1503 M","","","","","The Rio Salado Grassland site is Plains-Mesa Sand Scrub habitat characterized by
stabilized deep-sand dominated by coppice dunes of honey mesquite (Prosopis
glandulosa). Co-dominant shrubs are sand sagebrush (Artemesia filifolia) and
fourwing saltbush (Atriplex canescens), with winterfat (Krascheninnikovia
lanata), Mormon tea (Ephedra torreyana), broom indigobush (Psorothamnus
scoparius), soapweed yucca (Yucca glauca), and broom snakeweed (Gutierrezia
sarothrae) as other notable shrubs. One-seed juniper (Juniperus monosperma) is
present as well, especially along shallow washes. Compared to the Black Grama
Core Site, grass cover is sparse and dominated by poverty threeawn (Aristida
divaricata), Indian ricegrass (Oryzopsis hymenoides), mesa and spike dropseed
(Sporobolus cryptandrus & S. contractus), as well as patches of black grama
(Bouteloua eriopoda). Notable forbs included spectaclepod (Dimorphocarpa
wislizenii), tansy aster (Machaeranthera tanacetifolia), desert marigold
(Baileya multiradiata), Abert buckwheat (Eriogonum abertianum), dwarf gilia
(Ipomopsis pumila), rattlesnake weed (Chamaesyce albomarginata), blunt
tansymustard (Descarania obtusa), plains hiddenflower (Cryptantha crassisepala),
and Rocky Mountain zinnia (Zinnia grandiflora).","","13","","The Rio Salado Grassland site is Plains-Mesa Sand Scrub habitat characterized by
stabilized deep-sand dominated by coppice dunes of honey mesquite (Prosopis
glandulosa). Co-dominant shrubs are sand sagebrush (Artemesia filifolia) and
fourwing saltbush (Atriplex canescens), with winterfat (Krascheninnikovia
lanata), Mormon tea (Ephedra torreyana), broom indigobush (Psorothamnus
scoparius), soapweed yucca (Yucca glauca), and broom snakeweed (Gutierrezia
sarothrae) as other notable shrubs. One-seed juniper (Juniperus monosperma) is
present as well, especially along shallow washes. Compared to the Black Grama
Core Site, grass cover is sparse and dominated by poverty threeawn (Aristida
divaricata), Indian ricegrass (Oryzopsis hymenoides), mesa and spike dropseed
(Sporobolus cryptandrus & S. contractus), as well as patches of black grama
(Bouteloua eriopoda). Notable forbs included spectaclepod (Dimorphocarpa
wislizenii), tansy aster (Machaeranthera tanacetifolia), desert marigold
(Baileya multiradiata), Abert buckwheat (Eriogonum abertianum), dwarf gilia
(Ipomopsis pumila), rattlesnake weed (Chamaesyce albomarginata), blunt
tansymustard (Descarania obtusa), plains hiddenflower (Cryptantha crassisepala),
and Rocky Mountain zinnia (Zinnia grandiflora).","678"
"Rio Salado Mixed Shrub","The Rio Salado is an ephemeral  tributary of the Rio Grande on the west side of the Sevilleta NWR,  flowing west by northwest to east by southeast. Rio Salado Grassland &  Rio Salado Larrea are two study sites established in 1989. These sites were established as counterparts to sites at Five Points. Between 1989 and 1998, vegetation, litter decomposition, and  ground dwelling arthropod and rodent populations were studied at both sites.","","","TRUE","1503 M","","","","","The Rio Salado Larrea site is characterized as Chihuahuan Desert Scrub, dominated by creosotebush (Larrea tridentata), with honey mesquite, fourwing saltbush, purple pricklypear (O. macrocentra), and broom snakeweed as co-occurring shrubs. Dominant grasses are black grama (Bouteloua eriopoda), galleta (Pleuraphis jamesii), burrograss (Scleropogon brevifolia), and fluffgrass (Dasyochloa pulchellum). Common forb species include desert holly (Acourtia nana), spectaclepod (Dimorphocarpa spp.), blackfoot daisey (Melampodium leucanthum), twinleaf (Senna bauhinoides), globemallow (Sphaeralcea wrightii), and plains hiddenflower (Cryptantha crassisepala). While individual creosote bushes tend to be larger, overall plant cover is less than at the creosote core site at Five Points, with more exposed embedded stones and gravel on the soil surface, creating a pavement-like appearance.","","","","The Rio Salado Larrea site is characterized as Chihuahuan Desert Scrub, dominated by creosotebush (Larrea tridentata), with honey mesquite, fourwing saltbush, purple pricklypear (O. macrocentra), and broom snakeweed as co-occurring shrubs. Dominant grasses are black grama (Bouteloua eriopoda), galleta (Pleuraphis jamesii), burrograss (Scleropogon brevifolia), and fluffgrass (Dasyochloa pulchellum). Common forb species include desert holly (Acourtia nana), spectaclepod (Dimorphocarpa spp.), blackfoot daisey (Melampodium leucanthum), twinleaf (Senna bauhinoides), globemallow (Sphaeralcea wrightii), and plains hiddenflower (Cryptantha crassisepala). While individual creosote bushes tend to be larger, overall plant cover is less than at the creosote core site at Five Points, with more exposed embedded stones and gravel on the soil surface, creating a pavement-like appearance.","3568"
"Roswell Lightning Detection Station","","","","FALSE","","","","","","","disturbance, lightning","","","","3627"
"San Acacia Brine Pool","Follow I-25 to the San Acacia exit and proceed east. Follow the residential road straight and at the ""T"" junction (drainage will be in front of you) turn left. Proceed straight past a cemetery on the left and through a white gate, then past a trailer on the left that backs up to Indian Hill. The road curves right next to the railroad tracks; follow it around and over the tracks at the RR crossing sign. Make an immediate left and pass the dam on the right.","","","FALSE","1426 M","Quaternary rift fill.","The site was at one time known as the San Acacia warm springs.","Very salty brine pools. The source, probably from the north, is unknown.","","There are a few trees near the bank of the pool.","","","","There are a few trees near the bank of the pool.","3994"
"San Lorenzo (MSW) - Hobo 4","A tipping-bucket precipitation gauge and Hobo datalogger (#340913) have  been installed at this location to  continuously measure rainfall.","","","FALSE","1640 M","","","","","","","","","","3207"
"San Lorenzo Spring 2","Go west from the San Acacia exit and turn right into San Lorenzo Canyon (at sign and cattle guard). Continue down the canyon to the large unconformity of the Santa Fe Group on the right. Head west at the grove of trees (note the white spiral marker on the face of the rocks ahead). Spring #2 is just west of the spiral and marked by several large trees (the only ones nearby), just over the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge fence.","","","FALSE","1604 M","Spring #2 sources from La Jencia Tuff.","There is a small metal box embedded in the ground within several tens of meters of the spring.  This may have been a drinker tank.","Spring #2 sources from fault and forms a small pool.","Appears to be a small wetland area. Surrounding ground is generally soggy.","A small wetland area surrounded by cattails in the summer.","","","","A small wetland area surrounded by cattails in the summer.","3984"
"San Lorenzo Springs 1, 3, 4","Enter Alamillo Gate and at the first partial-fork, bear left. At Highline Road, bear right but don’t get on the Highline Road. You will pass a cross on the right. Take a left at the ""T"" where Alamillo continues to the right. Spring #1 is several tens of meters on the left before the barbed-wire Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge fence that blocks the road. To reach springs #3 and #4, cross the barbed-wire fence and walk up the arroyo.  At 130 meters is spring #3 and at 530 meters is spring #4.","","","FALSE","1658 M","Basalt and andesite.","","Spring sources from the arroyo gravels and flows through a natural pour point in the basalt.","","One willow tree in the arroyo by spring #1.","","","","One willow tree in the arroyo by spring #1.","3983"
"Savanna Core Site","North-eastern edge of the Sevilleta in lower Goat Draw in low hills just west of the Goat Draw wash and about 1 km up the wash.","","","FALSE","1796 M","","","","","","","16","","","679"
"Sepultura Canyon Juniper Savanna","Sepultura Canyon is one of the largest ravines coming down from the Los Pinos Mountains to McKenzie Flats. Originally a core site, rodent webs and vegetation line-intersept transects were located in Sepultura Canyon through 1992, when the US Fish and Wildlife Service established the Sevilleta Wolf Management Facility in the area.","","","TRUE","1800 M","","","","","Vegetation is characterized as juniper-savanna with arroyo-riparian species.","","5","","Vegetation is characterized as juniper-savanna with arroyo-riparian species.","680"
"Sevilleta Grassland","McKenzie Flats.","","","FALSE","","","","","","","","60","","","681"
"Sevilleta LTER Well","A well outlet located beneath the Sevilleta LTER Field Station.","","","FALSE","1483 M","Site is located on quaternary rift fill","Current site of the Sevilleta LTER Field Station.","The well is ~410 feet deep.","","","","","","","4012"
"Sevilleta saltcedar ET (SEV)","","","Semi-arid.","FALSE","1427 M","Alluvial floodplain.","Native vegetation invaded by T. chinensis and overbank flooding eliminated by surface water controls in early to mid 20th century.","Riverine, shallow water table.","Riparian.","Phreatophyte (T. chinensis-dominated), Distichlis spicata (saltgrass).","","","Sand/silt, saturated at 2-3 m depth.","Phreatophyte (T. chinensis-dominated), Distichlis spicata (saltgrass).","4022"
"Sevilleta Shrubland","McKenzie Flats.","","","FALSE","","","","","","","","61","","","682"
"Shortgrass Steppe LTER- Central Plains Experimental Range","","","","FALSE","","","","","","","","","","","3629"
"Silver Creek Seep","Proceed through the Alamillo Gate. Two gates later, past the Powerline Road, continue on sand to Alamillo Road and turn left. At the first partical-fork, bear left. At Highline Road, bear right but don’t get on Highline Road. Go past the cross on the right. Turn right at the ""T"" and continue on Alamillo. Silver Creek Road is a distance down on the right. Follow that Silver Creek Road to a non-descript canyon pull-over on the right near SC1 [coordinates: 34.29063, -107.03484].","","","FALSE","1618 M","Site is located in Tertiary volcanics.","","Small seeps source from faults in the volcanics.","","There is some scrub brush nearby.","","","","There is some scrub brush nearby.","4009"
"Snakeweed Patch","This site is located just south of the Deep Well tank.","","","FALSE","1587 M","","","","","Vegetation is characterized as Plains-Mesa Grassland, dominated by blue and black grama (Bouteloua gracilis and B. eriopoda) and galleta grass (Pleuraphis jamesii).","","48","Sand loams","Vegetation is characterized as Plains-Mesa Grassland, dominated by blue and black grama (Bouteloua gracilis and B. eriopoda) and galleta grass (Pleuraphis jamesii).","683"
"Socorro Lightning Detection Station","","","","FALSE","","","","","","","disturbance, lightning","","","","3626"
"South Gate","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","3370"
"South Gate Chihuahuan Desert","South Gate is the major entry point onto the southeast side of the Sevilleta  NWR. Just north of the gate is Met Station 41. Research here has included a  Gunnison's prairie dog reintroduction as well as re-sampling of historic BLM  1976 vegetation transects, and juniper-creosote distribution. Vegetation is  highly impacted by historical cattle grazing and is sparse. Burro grass  (Scleropogon brevifolius) is dominant.","","","TRUE","1538 M","","","","","","","11","","","684"
"Tomasino Well","Proceed through the Black Butte Gate. Follow either side of the diamond-shaped fork to Tomasino Road. The well is to the right of the road after an old structure.","","","FALSE","1687 M","The site is located between Pennsylvanian Madera Limestone and quaternary alluvium.","","","","","","","","","4001"
"Two22","Two-22 site is characterized as Juniper Savanna/Arroyo Riparian (Dick-Peddie 1993) and is located on the west side of SNWR at the foothill of the Ladrone Mountains.","","","FALSE","1820 M","","","","","Two-22 trapping webs span 2 two vegetation types. The upland Juniper Savanna portion of the site is dominated by widely scattered, relatively    small stature one-seed Juniper. Other shrubs are sparse, including scrub liveoak, skunkbush, tree cholla, pricklypear, and banana and soapweed yucca. Rocky open spaces are dominated by black, hairy, and blue grama. The lower Arroyo Riparian area consists of a more dense, more diverse vegetation, dominated by large specimens of scrub liveoak, one-seed juniper and Apache plume, as well as tree cholla, Engelman cholla (O. engelmanii), pricklypear, broom snakeweed, tarragon (Artemesia dracunculus), sacahuista, chamisa (Chrysothamnus nauseosus), fourwing saltbush, wolfberry (Lycium pallidum), and skunkbush. Grass diversity is relatively high and dominated by blue grama and bush muhly.","","22","Soils in the Arroyo Riparian area are loose granitic gravel with many rocks and boulders.","Two-22 trapping webs span 2 two vegetation types. The upland Juniper Savanna portion of the site is dominated by widely scattered, relatively    small stature one-seed Juniper. Other shrubs are sparse, including scrub liveoak, skunkbush, tree cholla, pricklypear, and banana and soapweed yucca. Rocky open spaces are dominated by black, hairy, and blue grama. The lower Arroyo Riparian area consists of a more dense, more diverse vegetation, dominated by large specimens of scrub liveoak, one-seed juniper and Apache plume, as well as tree cholla, Engelman cholla (O. engelmanii), pricklypear, broom snakeweed, tarragon (Artemesia dracunculus), sacahuista, chamisa (Chrysothamnus nauseosus), fourwing saltbush, wolfberry (Lycium pallidum), and skunkbush. Grass diversity is relatively high and dominated by blue grama and bush muhly.","685"
"Valle de la Joya (VDJ) - Hobo 6","A tipping-bucket precipitation gauge and Hobo datalogger (#340920) have  been installed at this location, on the southern end of the Sevilleta NWR, to  continuously measure rainfall.","","","FALSE","1579 M","","","","","","","","","","3209"
"Valle de la Joya Mixed Shrub","Valle de la Joya is south of Palo Duro Canyon, beyond Five Points and McKenzie Flats. Research in the area has included vegetation line-intercept transects and a re-sampling of historic Bureau of Land Management vegetation transects.","","","TRUE","1650 M","","","","","Vegetation at this site is highly variable, ranging from arroyo-riparian to Chihuahuan Desert scrub.","","","","Vegetation at this site is highly variable, ranging from arroyo-riparian to Chihuahuan Desert scrub.","687"
"Venado/Abeja Channel (Station No. 21)","Sierra Ladrones Study Basin (SLSB).  The study area is in a series of small watersheds in the north- 	west corner of the Sevilleta Wildlife refuge.  These watersheds originate in the foothills of the Sierra Ladrones.  The total 	area of the drainage being monitored is about 170 ha.  This 	drainage is the combination of 2 smaller drainges: Veanado (67 ha) and Abeja (102 ha). This specific monitoring location is in the main channel of the  Abeja/Venado wash and is half-way between the Abeja/Venado  confluence and the diversion dam.","","","FALSE","1764 M","","","surface/groundwater: Ephemeral flows during storm events","","","climate, inorganic nutrients","8","Sensors are in the sediments but surrounding soil is Puertocito-Rock Outcrop Complex","","688"
"Venado/Abeja Confluence (Station No. 22)","Sierra Ladrones Study Basin (SLSB):  The study area is in a series of small watersheds in the north-west corner of the Sevilleta Wildlife refuge.  These watersheds originate in the foothills of the Sierra Ladrones.  The total area of the drainage being monitored is about 170 ha.  This drainage is the combination of 2 smaller drainges: Veanado (67 ha) and Abeja (102 ha).","","","FALSE","1766 M","","","Ephemeral flows during storm events","","Juniper and Falugia lining wash Junipercreosote on hillslopes","","9","Sensors are in the sediments but surrounding soil is Puertocito-Rock Outcrop Complex","Juniper and Falugia lining wash Junipercreosote on hillslopes","689"
"Warming site","The Warming site is located just to the northeast of the Deep Well meteorological station. The site can best be accessed by parking on the main road next to signs for Deep Well and the mini-rhizotron study. Note that vehicles are not permitted on the road to the Deep Well meteorological station.  Travel on foot towards Deep Well and look for a well-trod path to the northwest shortly before the meteorological station.  For plot maps, see power point slides in the on-line Sevilleta LTER WIKI page.","","","FALSE","","","","","","The vegetation is Chihuahuan Desert Grassland, dominated by black grama (Bouteloua eriopoda) and blue grama (B. gracilis).","","28","","The vegetation is Chihuahuan Desert Grassland, dominated by black grama (Bouteloua eriopoda) and blue grama (B. gracilis).","690"
"Weldon McKinley Ranch","","","","FALSE","","","Cattle pastures are currently grazed, exclosures added in 1993.","","","","","27","","","691"
"West Mesa (WM) - Hobo 5","Near the southwestern border of Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge.  A tipping-bucket precipitation gauge and Hobo datalogger (#340918) have  been installed at this location to  continuously measure rainfall.","","Precipitation measurements indicate non-monsoon average rainfall of 117 mm/yr and monsoon average rainfall of 162 mm/yr for 1996-2004.","FALSE","1777 M","","","","Mesa","Pinon-juniper woodland.","","","","Pinon-juniper woodland.","3208"
"West Mesa Pinyon-Juniper","West Mesa is an elevated Pinyon-Juniper Woodland in the far southwest corner of the Sevilleta NWR. Research at the site includes pinyon-juniper fruit and nut production and juniper-creosote distribution.","","","TRUE","1745 M","","","","","","","","","","692"
"West Mesa Well","Enter Alamillo Gate and bear left at the first partial-fork. At Highline Road, bear right but don’t get on the Highline Road. After passing a cross on the right, turn right at the ""T"" where Alamillo continues to the right.  After passing Silver Creek Road on right, continue straight on West Mesa Road (it’s a circle). Right before you reach the western fence, the well is on the left.","","","FALSE","1769 M","","","","","The well is surrounded by large cholla trees.","","","","The well is surrounded by large cholla trees.","3985"
"Yucca, Ensenal Confluence (Station No. 24)","This specific monitoring location is about another 350 m     up the Abeja channel from the previous location.  Here 2 first-order watersheds Yucca and Ensenal come together to form Abeja. Again sensors were located in each channel.","","","FALSE","1821 M","","","Ephemeral flows during the storm events.","Sort of a mini canyon with outcrops of the parent bedrock rising on both sides of the channel.","Juniper and Falugia lining wash. Juniper and creosote on hillslopes.","climate, inorganic nutrients","","Puertocito-Rock Outcrop Complex","Juniper and Falugia lining wash. Juniper and creosote on hillslopes.","3578"