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Vegetation Classification and Mapping Project Appendices - USGS

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<strong>USGS</strong>-NPS <strong>Vegetation</strong> <strong>Mapping</strong> Program<br />

Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park<br />

A=<br />

ALP-<br />

INE<br />

S=<br />

SUB-<br />

ALPINE<br />

ZONE GRADSECT VARIABLES<br />

M=<br />

MON-<br />

TANE<br />

F=<br />

FOOT-<br />

HILL<br />

CLASS Alliance Name ELCODE Association Name EAST<br />

WEST<br />

M FOREST THUJA PLICATA SEASONALLY<br />

FLOODED FOREST ALLIANCE<br />

M FOREST THUJA PLICATA FOREST<br />

ALLIANCE (western redcedar)<br />

M FOREST THUJA PLICATA FOREST<br />

ALLIANCE (western redcedar)<br />

M FOREST THUJA PLICATA SEASONALLY<br />

FLOODED FOREST ALLIANCE<br />

M FOREST TSUGA HETEROPHYLLA FOREST<br />

ALLIANCE (western hemlock)<br />

M FOREST TSUGA HETEROPHYLLA FOREST<br />

ALLIANCE (western hemlock)<br />

M FOREST TSUGA HETEROPHYLLA FOREST<br />

ALLIANCE (western hemlock)<br />

M FOREST TSUGA HETEROPHYLLA FOREST<br />

ALLIANCE (western hemlock)<br />

S WOODLAND ABIES LASIOCARPA - PINUS<br />

ALBICAULIS WOODLAND<br />

ALLIANCE (subalpine fir - whitebark<br />

pine)<br />

S WOODLAND ABIES LASIOCARPA<br />

WOODLAND ALLIANCE<br />

M WOODLAND ABIES LASIOCARPA<br />

WOODLAND ALLIANCE<br />

S WOODLAND ABIES LASIOCARPA<br />

WOODLAND ALLIANCE<br />

S M WOODLAND ABIES LASIOCARPA<br />

WOODLAND ALLIANCE<br />

S WOODLAND ABIES LASIOCARPA<br />

WOODLAND ALLIANCE<br />

S WOODLAND ABIES LASIOCARPA<br />

WOODLAND ALLIANCE<br />

S WOODLAND LARIX LYALLII WOODLAND<br />

ALLIANCE (subalpine larch)<br />

M F WOODLAND PICEA ENGELMANNII<br />

TEMPORARILIY FLOODED<br />

WOODLAND ALLIANCE<br />

(Engelmann Spruce)<br />

CEGL000473 Thuja plicata / Athyrium filixfemina<br />

(common ladyfern) Forest<br />

CEGL000474 Thuja plicata / Clintonia uniflora<br />

(bride's bonnet) Forest<br />

CEGL000476 Thuja plicata / Gymnocarpium<br />

dryopteris (western oak fern) Forest<br />

CEGL000479 Thuja plicata / Oplopanax horridus<br />

(devil's club) Forest<br />

CEGL000488 Tsuga heterophylla / Aralia<br />

nudicaulis (wild sarsparilla) Forest<br />

CEGL000493 Tsuga heterophylla / Clintonia<br />

uniflora (bride's bonnet) Forest<br />

CEGL000494 Tsuga heterophylla /<br />

Gymnocarpium dryopteris (western<br />

oak fern) Forest<br />

CEGL000499 Tsuga heterophylla / Xerophyllum<br />

tenax (common beargrass) Forest<br />

CEGL000752 Abies lasiocarpa - Pinus albicaulis /<br />

Vaccinium scoparium (grouse<br />

whorlberry) Woodl<strong>and</strong><br />

GNP029 Abies lasiocarpa / ______ sparse<br />

woodl<strong>and</strong> over bedrock<br />

CEGL000919 Abies lasiocarpa / Juniperus<br />

communis Woodl<strong>and</strong><br />

GNP021 Abies lasiocarpa / Luzula glabra<br />

var. hitchcockii (Xerophyllum<br />

tenax) Woodl<strong>and</strong> (subalpine fir)<br />

CEGL000338 Abies lasiocarpa / Thalictrum<br />

occidentale Forest<br />

GNP025 Abies lasiocarpa / Xerophyllum<br />

tenax - Clintonia borealis<br />

Woodl<strong>and</strong> (subalpine fir)<br />

SOIL<br />

GEOLOGY<br />

DISTUR-<br />

BANCE<br />

ELEV-<br />

ATION<br />

ASPECT COMMENTS 1999<br />

PLOTS<br />

GNP WLNP<br />

PLOTS PLOTS<br />

Original<br />

Plots<br />

Needed<br />

W 1, 2, 11 2, 3 1 to 4 minor riparian 3<br />

W 1, 11 2, 3 1 to 4 3<br />

W 1, 11 2, 3 1 to 4 3<br />

W 1, 2, 11 2, 3 1 to 4 minor riparian 3<br />

W 1, 2, 7 2, 3 1 to 4 minor 3<br />

W 1, 2, 7 2, 3 1 to 4 minor 3<br />

W 1, 2, 7 2, 3 1 to 4 minor 3<br />

W 1, 2, 7 2, 3 1 to 4 minor 3<br />

8, 4, 5, 9 0 5, 4 3, 4 major: 127, 128, 129,<br />

131 perhaps; O28<br />

(Shepardia can.)<br />

10 0<br />

5, 6, 9, 10 0 4 to 6 2 3<br />

5 0 4, 5 3 1 2 1<br />

5, 7, 8 0, 1, 5 4, 5 3, 4 O29 6 4 0<br />

0 0 4 2 O32; 15-20% canopy<br />

ttree savanna?<br />

4 1<br />

4, 5 1 3<br />

CEGL000925 Abies lasiocarpa Scree Woodl<strong>and</strong> 5, 9 4, 5 1 3<br />

CEGL000623 Larix lyallii Woodl<strong>and</strong><br />

[Provisional]<br />

A.179 PICEA ENGELMANNII<br />

TEMPORARILIY FLOODED<br />

WOODLAND ALLIANCE<br />

(Engelmann Spruce)<br />

7 0 5 2, 3, 4 major: w/ P. flexilis;<br />

C75<br />

1 1 12 0<br />

Appendix B: Preliminary <strong>Vegetation</strong> <strong>Classification</strong> of Waterton-Glacier IPP B-8

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