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DOCUMENTATION_FORMAT: PLANT
SAMPLE_ID: Spurge-A1-Sep97
PLANT_TYPE: Invasive herbaceous perennial weed
PLANT: Leafy spurge
LATIN_NAME: Euphorbia esula L.
COLLECTION_LOCALITY: Golden, Colorado
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SAMPLE_DESCRIPTION:
Average reflectance for an area of grassland invaded by the invasive plant species leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula L.). The area measured was approximately 15 meters in diameter. The leafy spurge cover was approximately 70% (estimated visually). The remainder of the rocky soil was covered by mixed native grass and litter.
The spurge plants were 0.3 to 0.6 m in height. Leaves of the spurge plants were green in color. Only a few plants had yellow-green flower bracts present. The grass cover was dry, brown, and sensescent.
The spectra were collected with the head of the spectrometer pointed approximately at nadir, approximately 1 meter above the ground surface, while the operator walked through the area recording spectra. This average spectrum was computed from 25 individual recorded spectra (each recorded spectrum was an average of 60 measurements).
The spectra were measured on September 25, 1997.
This area of leafy spurge is situated on a southwest facing slope in an area that had been grazed by cattle. The general location is a rural area on the northern edge of the city of Golden, Colorado (GPS coordinates are 39 degrees 47.062 minutes N latitude, 105 degrees 14.425 minutes W longitude; Datum = WGS84).
The specific location (Site A) of the area from which this average spectrum was computed is 25 meter NW of the given GPS coordinates.
Sky conditions during the measurement were cloud-free.
This is the same area measured for spectra Spurge-A1-Oct97, Spurge-A1-Jun98, and Spurge-A1-Jul98.
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COMPOSITIONAL_ANALYSIS_TYPE: none
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SPECTRAL_PURITY: 1a2_3_4_ # 1= 0.2-3, 2= 1.5-6, 3= 6-25, 4= 20-150 microns