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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 />

A S DWARF-SHRUB<br />

HERBACEOUS<br />

CLASS Alliance Name ELCODE Association Name EAST<br />

WEST<br />

VEGETATION<br />

A S DWARF-SHRUB<br />

HERBACEOUS<br />

VEGETATION<br />

A S DWARF-SHRUB<br />

HERBACEOUS<br />

VEGETATION<br />

A S DWARF-SHRUB<br />

HERBACEOUS<br />

VEGETATION<br />

A S DWARF-<br />

SHRUBLAND<br />

A S DWARF-<br />

SHRUBLAND<br />

A DWARF-<br />

SHRUBLAND<br />

A S DWARF-<br />

SHRUBLAND<br />

DWARF-SHRUBLAND ALLIANCE<br />

(western moss heather)<br />

DRYAS OCTOPETALA DWARF-<br />

SHRUB HERBACEOUS ALLIANCE<br />

(white dryad)<br />

DRYAS OCTOPETALA DWARF-<br />

SHRUB HERBACEOUS ALLIANCE<br />

(white dryad)<br />

DRYAS OCTOPETALA DWARF-<br />

SHRUB HERBACEOUS ALLIANCE<br />

(white dryad)<br />

KALMIA MICROPHYLLA<br />

SATURATED DWARF-<br />

SHRUBLAND ALLIANCE<br />

PHYLLODOCE EMPETRIFORMIS<br />

DWARF-SHRUBLAND ALLIANCE<br />

(pink mountianheath)<br />

PHYLLODOCE GLANDULFLORA<br />

DWARF-SHRUBLAND ALLIANCE<br />

SALIX ARCTICA DWARF-<br />

SHRUBLAND ALLIANCE (artic<br />

willow)<br />

shrubl<strong>and</strong><br />

WLNP037 Dryas drummondii - Epilobium<br />

latifolium Dwarf-shrub Herbaceous<br />

<strong>Vegetation</strong><br />

CEGL001892 Dryas octopetala - Carex rupestris<br />

(rock sedge) Dwarf-shrub<br />

Herbaceous <strong>Vegetation</strong><br />

CEGL001893 Dryas octopetala - Carex spp.<br />

Dwarf-shrub Herbaceous<br />

<strong>Vegetation</strong><br />

CEGL001894 Dryas octopetala - Polygonum<br />

viviparum (alpine bistort) Dwarf-<br />

shrub Herbaceous <strong>Vegetation</strong><br />

CEGL001402 Kalmia microphylla / Aster<br />

alpigenus Dwarf-shrubl<strong>and</strong> WA<br />

CEGL001405 Phyllodoce empetriformis /<br />

Antennaria lanata Dwarf-shrubl<strong>and</strong><br />

A.1084 PHYLLODOCE<br />

GLANDULFLORA DWARF-<br />

SHRUBLAND ALLIANCE<br />

CEGL001431 Salix arctica / Polygonum<br />

bistortoides (american bistort)<br />

Dwarf-shrubl<strong>and</strong><br />

A S GRASSLAND CDamm004 Arnica rydbergii-Selaginella<br />

scopulorum-Carex phaeocephala-<br />

community<br />

S M GRASSLAND CDamm014 Artemisia michauxiana-Anemone<br />

multifida community Pentstemon<br />

F GRASSLAND ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA<br />

SHRUB HERBACEOUS ALLIANCE<br />

ellipticus-Aster sibiricus variant<br />

CEGL001530 Artemisia tridentata / Festuca<br />

idahoensis Shrub Herbaceous<br />

<strong>Vegetation</strong><br />

M F GRASSLAND GNP038 Bromus spp. - Phleum spp.<br />

Grassl<strong>and</strong><br />

M F GRASSLAND CALAMAGROSTIS CANADENSIS<br />

SEASONALLY FLOODED<br />

HERBACEOUS ALLIANCE<br />

CEGL001559 Calamagrostis canadensis<br />

Herbaceous <strong>Vegetation</strong><br />

SOIL<br />

GEOLOGY<br />

DISTUR-<br />

BANCE<br />

ELEV-<br />

ATION<br />

ASPECT COMMENTS 1999<br />

PLOTS<br />

GNP<br />

PLOTS<br />

WLNP<br />

PLOTS<br />

Original<br />

Plots<br />

Needed<br />

0 H08, Waterton 3<br />

6, 5, 8 0 5 2, 4, 3 Damm 1999 16 0<br />

may merge with<br />

CEGL001892<br />

6, 5, 7 0, 2 5, 6, 3? 4, 2, 3 Damm 1999 44 0<br />

W 8 0 5 2 Damm 1999<br />

described Phyllodoce<br />

gl<strong>and</strong>uliflora-Kalmia<br />

microphylla moist<br />

heath mostly from<br />

the west side.<br />

Compare to<br />

CEGL001405.<br />

W 6 6, 9 0 5 4, 2 Damm 1999,<br />

compare to<br />

CEGL001402<br />

1; W (7) 0<br />

3 0<br />

6, 4, 7, 8, 9 0 5 4, 2, 3 13 0<br />

5, 6, 7 0 5, 4, 6 4, 3, 2 Damm 1999 24 0<br />

5, 6, 7 0 4, 5 3, 4, 2 Damm 1999 24 0<br />

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

grazed/disturbed<br />

l<strong>and</strong>s<br />

3<br />

1, 2, 3 major 1 3<br />

Appendix B: Preliminary <strong>Vegetation</strong> <strong>Classification</strong> of Waterton-Glacier IPP B-12<br />

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