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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 FOREST<br />

FLOODED FOREST ALLIANCE<br />

(black cottonwood)<br />

PINUS CONTORTA - POPULUS<br />

TREMULOIDES FOREST<br />

ALLIANCE<br />

F FOREST POPULUS TREMULOIDES<br />

TEMPORARILY FLOODED<br />

FOREST ALLIANCE<br />

M F FOREST POPULUS TREMULOIDES -<br />

PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII<br />

FOREST ALLIANCE<br />

(Quaking aspen-Douglas Fir)<br />

M F FOREST POPULUS TREMULOIDES<br />

FOREST ALLIANCE (quaking<br />

aspen)<br />

M F FOREST POPULUS TREMULOIDES<br />

SEASONALLY FLOODED FOREST<br />

ALLIANCE<br />

M F FOREST POPULUS TREMULOIDES<br />

FOREST ALLIANCE (quaking<br />

aspen)<br />

S FOREST POPULUS TREMULOIDES<br />

FOREST ALLIANCE (quaking<br />

aspen)<br />

M F FOREST POPULUS TREMULOIDES<br />

TEMPORARILY FLOODED<br />

FOREST ALLIANCE<br />

M F FOREST POPULUS TREMULOIDES<br />

FOREST ALLIANCE (quaking<br />

aspen)<br />

M FOREST POPULUS TREMULOIDES<br />

FOREST ALLIANCE (quaking<br />

aspen)<br />

M F FOREST POPULUS TREMULOIDES<br />

FOREST ALLIANCE (quaking<br />

aspen)<br />

(redosier dogwood) Forest<br />

CEGL000536 Populus tremuloides - Pinus<br />

contorta / Carex geyeri Forest<br />

CEGL000542 Populus tremuloides - Populus<br />

balsamifera ssp. trichocarpa /<br />

Osmorhiza occidentalis (western<br />

sweetroot) Forest<br />

A.426 POPULUS TREMULOIDES -<br />

PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII<br />

FOREST ALLIANCE<br />

(Quaking aspen-Douglas Fir)<br />

CEGL000564 Populus tremuloides / Amelanchier<br />

alnifolia (Saskatoon berry) Forest<br />

CEGL000574 Populus tremuloides /<br />

Calamagrostis canadensis<br />

(bluejoint) Forest<br />

CEGL000575 Populus tremuloides /<br />

Calamagrostis rubescens (pine<br />

grass) Forest<br />

CEGL000578 Populus tremuloides / Carex foenea<br />

Forest<br />

CEGL000582 Populus tremuloides / Cornus<br />

sericea (redosier dogwood) Forest<br />

CEGL000595 Populus tremuloides / Osmorhiza<br />

occidentalis (western sweetroot)<br />

Forest<br />

CEGL000602 Populus tremuloides / Rubus<br />

parviflorus Forest<br />

CEGL000609 Populus tremuloides /<br />

Symphoricarpos albus (common<br />

snowberry) 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 />

2 3<br />

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

3 0 3, 2 4 C60; 45-75% canopy<br />

woodl<strong>and</strong>?<br />

Heracleum lanatum<br />

herbaceous layer<br />

mesic-moist to wet.<br />

1999 woodl<strong>and</strong> plots<br />

were tallied with<br />

forest types.<br />

1 1 10 0<br />

1, 2, 3, 5 3, 4, 5 3 3 1999 woodl<strong>and</strong> plots<br />

were tallied with<br />

forest types.<br />

1 1 2<br />

4, 5 3<br />

8 0 5 4 1 2<br />

1, 2, 3 4, 5 major riparian 2 3<br />

4, 5 C60? 1999 woodl<strong>and</strong><br />

plots were tallied<br />

with forest types.<br />

0 0 2, 3 4 C61; 40-60% canopy<br />

woodl<strong>and</strong>? 1999<br />

woodl<strong>and</strong> plots were<br />

tallied with forest<br />

types.<br />

0 4, 5 3 3 C62; Sym.<br />

occidentalis shrub<br />

layer - dryer. 1999<br />

woodl<strong>and</strong> plots were<br />

tallied with forest<br />

3 3<br />

2 3<br />

2 5 1<br />

Appendix B: Preliminary <strong>Vegetation</strong> <strong>Classification</strong> of Waterton-Glacier IPP B-6

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