San Joaquin Experimental Range NEON - United States of America

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Site Name
San Joaquin Experimental Range NEON
Short name
SJER
Country
United States of America
Web Address
https://www.neonscience.org/field-sites/field-sites-map/SJER
Site Manager
Jessica Bolis
Site Description
The San Joaquin Experimental range is located approximately 20 miles north of Fresno, CA. The site sits at 210-520 m above sea level, in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains. The area is mainly grassy open oak woodland, and drains into the San Joaquin River basin. SJER is currently managed in collaboration by the Pacific Southwest Research station of the United States Forest Service and California State University at Fresno's Agricultural foundation. It hosts the university's commercial cow-calf herd. The range serves as an outdoor lab for agriculture students at Fresno State and Fresno City College, and is used for extensive ecological and agricultural research. This core ...
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2020-07-27 10:07:49

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
2016
Observed properties
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Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Affiliation
GERI✔This site is a verified "GERI" member.
NEON✔ (SJER)This site is a verified "NEON" member.
Photos
SJER tower from above
SJER tower from above
Geographic
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 37.10878 Longitude: -119.73228

Size
ca. 1822.00ha
Elevation (average)
368.00msl
Elevation (min)
252.00msl
Elevation (max)
502.00msl
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GEO-BON Biome
Terrestrial
Biome
Evergreen Forest
Ecosystem Type
Forest
Evergreen Forest
Grasslands
Air Temperature: Average Annual
17.00°C
Precipitation Annual
270.00mm
Geology
Granodiorite and quartz monzonite. Mesozoic.
Vegetation
San Joaquin is primarily open oak woodland, with an overstory of evergreen oaks, gray pine, scattered manzanita and whitethorn shrubs. The understory is cool season grasses (predominantly Bromus) with other perennial forbes and legumes. Native bunch grasses can be found on some northern slopes.
Soils
Bedrock is mainly granitic. Soils on slopes are shallow, residual, and granitic and generally of the Ahwahnee series. Soils in swales are deeper, alluvial and generally of the Visalia series. Slope and swale soils have a relatively low water-holding capac
Site Type
Platform
Design of Experimentation
mainly experimentation
Scale of Experimentation
beyond catchment scale
Design of Observation
mainly observation
Scale of Observation
beyond catchment
Permanent Power Supply
Yes
Accessible All Year
Yes
Permanent Operation
Yes