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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 />

S FOREST ABIES LASIOCARPA<br />

SEASONALLY FLOODED FOREST<br />

ALLIANCE<br />

S M FOREST ABIES LASIOCARPA<br />

SEASONALLY FLOODED FOREST<br />

ALLIANCE<br />

M FOREST ABIES LASIOCARPA FOREST<br />

ALLIANCE<br />

S FOREST ABIES LASIOCARPA FOREST<br />

ALLIANCE (subalpine fir)<br />

S FOREST ABIES LASIOCARPA FOREST<br />

ALLIANCE (subalpine fir)<br />

S FOREST ABIES LASIOCARPA FOREST<br />

ALLIANCE (subalpine fir)<br />

S FOREST ABIES LASIOCARPA - LARIX<br />

LYALLII FOREST ALLIANCE<br />

(subalpine fir -subalpine larch)<br />

M F FOREST LARIX OCCIDENTALIS FOREST<br />

ALLIANCE (western larch)<br />

S FOREST PICEA ENGELMANNII<br />

SEASONALLY FLOODED FOREST<br />

ALLIANCE<br />

S M F FOREST PICEA ENGELMANNII<br />

TEMPORARILY FLOODED<br />

FOREST ALLIANCE<br />

S M F FOREST PICEA ENGELMANNII<br />

TEMPORARILY FLOODED<br />

FOREST ALLIANCE<br />

F FOREST PICEA ENGELMANNII FOREST<br />

ALLIANCE (Engelmann Spruce)<br />

F FOREST PICEA ENGELMANNII FOREST<br />

ALLIANCE (Engelmann Spruce)<br />

S FOREST PICEA ENGELMANNII FOREST<br />

ALLIANCE (Engelmann Spruce)<br />

S FOREST PICEA ENGELMANNII FOREST<br />

ALLIANCE (Engelmann Spruce)<br />

CEGL000322 Abies lasiocarpa / Oplopanax<br />

horridus (devil's club) Forest<br />

CEGL000336 Abies lasiocarpa / Streptopus<br />

amplexifolius (claspleaf<br />

twistedstalk) Forest<br />

CEGL000377 Abies lasiocarpa / Symphoricarpus<br />

albus Forest<br />

CEGL000341 Abies lasiocarpa / Vaccinium<br />

membranaceum (blue huckleberry)<br />

Rocky Mountain Forest<br />

CEGL000344 Abies lasiocarpa / Vaccinium<br />

scoparium (grouse whorleberry)<br />

Forest<br />

CEGL000346 Abies lasiocarpa / Xerophyllum<br />

tenax (common beargrass) Forest<br />

CEGL000521 Larix lyallii - Abies lasiocarpa<br />

Forest<br />

CEGL000624 Larix occidentalis Forest<br />

[Provisional]<br />

CEGL000405 Picea (engelmannii x glauca,<br />

engelmanni) / Carex disperma<br />

(softleaf sedge) Forest<br />

CEGL000407 Picea (engelmannii x glauca,<br />

engelmannii) / Cornus sericea<br />

(redosier dogwood) Forest<br />

CEGL000409 Picea (engelmannii x glauca,<br />

engelmannii) / Galium triflorum<br />

(fragrant bedstraw) Forest<br />

CEGL000411 Picea (engelmannii x glauca,<br />

engelmannii) / Linnaea borealis<br />

(twinflower) Forest<br />

CEGL000415 Picea (engelmannii x glauca,<br />

engelmannii) / Maianthemum<br />

stellatum (starry false Solomon's<br />

seal) Forest<br />

CEGL000413 Picea (engelmannii x glauca,<br />

engelmannii) / Physocarpus<br />

malvaceus Forest<br />

CEGL000416 Picea (engelmannii x glauca,<br />

engelmannii) / Vaccinium<br />

cespitosum (dwarf blueberry)<br />

Forest<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 major riparian 1 3<br />

10, 7, 4, 3 0, 1 4, 3, 5 2, 3, 4 major riparian 15 0<br />

3. 7 1 3 3, 4, 2 3 0<br />

minor 2 3<br />

major 3<br />

5, 4, 3, 6, 7 0, 1 4, 3 3, 4 major, C72 1 29 0<br />

7 2 to 4 5 4 common; C75 1 2<br />

W w/ Picea englemannii 3<br />

2 minor 3<br />

1, 2 (Salix<br />

drummondiana)<br />

minor 3<br />

E 1 3<br />

minor 3<br />

Appendix B: Preliminary <strong>Vegetation</strong> <strong>Classification</strong> of Waterton-Glacier IPP B-4<br />

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