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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 F SHRUBLAND ALNUS INCANA SEASONALLY<br />

FLOODED SHRUBLAND<br />

ALLIANCE (mountain alder)<br />

M F SHRUBLAND ALNUS INCANA SEASONALLY<br />

FLOODED SHRUBLAND<br />

ALLIANCE (mountain alder)<br />

M F SHRUBLAND ALNUS INCANA TEMPORARILY<br />

FLOODED SHRUBLAND<br />

ALLIANCE (mountain alder)<br />

S M F SHRUBLAND ALNUS INCANA TEMPORARILY<br />

FLOODED SHRUBLAND<br />

ALLIANCE (mountain alder)<br />

M F SHRUBLAND ALNUS VIRIDIS SSP. SINUATA<br />

TEMPORARILY FLOODED<br />

SHRUBLAND ALLIANCE (sitka<br />

alder)<br />

M F SHRUBLAND ALNUS VIRIDIS SSP. SINUATA<br />

TEMPORARILY FLOODED<br />

SHRUBLAND ALLIANCE (sitka<br />

alder)<br />

M F SHRUBLAND AMELANCHIER ALNIFOLIA<br />

SHRUBLAND ALLIANCE<br />

F SHRUBLAND AMELANCHIER ALNIFOLIA<br />

SHRUBLAND ALLIANCE<br />

M F SHRUBLAND BETULA NANA SEASONALLY<br />

FLOODED SHRUBLAND<br />

ALLIANCE<br />

M SHRUBLAND BETULA OCCIDENTALIS<br />

SEASONALLY FLOODED<br />

SHRUBLAND ALLIANCE (water<br />

birch)<br />

M F SHRUBLAND CORNUS SERICEA<br />

TEMPORARILY FLOODED<br />

SHRUBLAND ALLIANCE (redosier<br />

dogwood)<br />

F SHRUBLAND HOLODICUS DISCOLOR<br />

SHRUBLAND ALLIANCE<br />

M F SHRUBLAND ROSA WOODSII TEMPORARILY<br />

FLOODED SHRUBLAND<br />

ALLIANCE (Wood's rose)<br />

M F SHRUBLAND SALIX BEBBIANA<br />

TEMPORARILY FLOODED<br />

SHRUBLAND ALLIANCE (Bebb<br />

willow)<br />

CEGL002628 Alnus incana / Athyrium filixfemina<br />

(common ladyfern)<br />

Shrubl<strong>and</strong><br />

CEGL001146 Alnus incana / Equisetum arvense<br />

(field horsetail) Shrubl<strong>and</strong><br />

CEGL001147 Alnus incana / Mesic Forbs<br />

Shrubl<strong>and</strong><br />

CEGL001158 Alnus spp. Avalanche Chute<br />

Shrubl<strong>and</strong><br />

CEGL001156 Alnus viridis ssp. sinuata /<br />

Athyrium filix-femina (common<br />

ladyfern) Shrubl<strong>and</strong><br />

CEGL001154 Alnus viridis ssp. sinuata Shrubl<strong>and</strong><br />

[Provisional]<br />

CEGL002183 Amelanchier alnifolia (mixed grassmixed<br />

forb) shrubl<strong>and</strong><br />

CEGL001065 Amelanchier alnifolia /<br />

Pseudoroegneria spicata Shrubl<strong>and</strong><br />

CEGL001079 Betula nana / Carex rostrata<br />

(beaked sedge) Shrubl<strong>and</strong><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 minor 3<br />

1, 2 3<br />

1, 2, 3 clay slopes 3<br />

10 3 3, 4 3 S13; inclusions of<br />

CEGL001061<br />

1 7 0<br />

1, 2, 3 3<br />

4, 10 0 4, 3 4, 3, 2 5 0<br />

S23 (Prunus<br />

virginiana) mixed<br />

shrub/grass/forb<br />

3 3<br />

0 0 3, 2 0 S23 2 1<br />

1, 2 0 3, 2 1 S24 major riparian 2 1<br />

CEGL001080 Betula occidentalis Shrubl<strong>and</strong> 1, 2 minor riparian 3<br />

CEGL001165 Cornus sericea Shrubl<strong>and</strong><br />

[Provisional]<br />

1, 2, 3 minor riparian 3<br />

GNP035 Holodicus discolor -Ceanothus spp.<br />

/ Festuca idahoensis shubl<strong>and</strong><br />

4 3<br />

CEGL001126 Rosa woodsii Shrubl<strong>and</strong> 1, 2, 3 minor 3<br />

CEGL001173 Salix bebbiana Shrubl<strong>and</strong> 1, 2, 3 3<br />

Appendix B: Preliminary <strong>Vegetation</strong> <strong>Classification</strong> of Waterton-Glacier IPP B-10

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