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Determining Ecological Range Sites USING THE GUIDE - MAJOR TOPICS To use this plant community guide, you will need information about the dominant and co-dominant soils for the landscape you are interested in within the Foothills Fescue. Identification of the potential natural community (or reference plant community) for a site begins by recognizing the ecological range site. Range site is identified through key attributes of the landscape, of soil features and by textural groupings. Important! - Review the reference materials identified in this chapter, especially AGRASID 3.0 1 (Agricultural Regions of Alberta Soil Information Data Base) Chapter 2.0 provides a detailed review of physiography, climate and soils of the Foothills Fescue Natural Subregion: • General overview of physiography, climate and soils in the Foothills Fescue ................................... page 3 - 9 • General definitions for ecological range sites - Appendix 9.1........ page 74 • Correlation of soils and ecological range sites ................................ page 10 - 13 • Procedure for determining range sites ............................................ page 14 - 17 • A concise guide for guide to assist users of AGRASID .................. page 76 - 83 Review of Literature Previous grazing studies and plant community studies are reviewed in chapters 3 and 4 of the report: • Grazing research in the Foothills Fescue Natural Subregion ........ page 18 - 21 • Previous plant community studies in the Foothills Fescue ...............page 22 - 24 Range Plant Communities (Reference, Successional and Modified) and Suggested Carrying Capacities The KEY to range plant communities is on the following page. Chapter 6 is the core chapter describing range plant communities within the Foothills Fescue, their successional relationships, suggested carrying capacities and detailed plant community descriptions: • Summary table of reference, successional and modified plant communities ....................................... page 28 - 31 • Summary of range plant communities and suggested carrying capacities 1 To obtain a copy of AGRASID 3.0 go to: http://www.agric.gov.ab.ca/soil/agrasid/agrasidmainpage.html -viii-
............................................... page 32-62 • Description of native grassland communities ............................... page 32 - 52 • Description of modified grassland communities ........................... page 53 - 56 • Description of shrub communities ................................................. page 57 - 62 Guidelines for Assessing Range Health in the Foothills Fescue Natural Subregion • Guidelines for assessing ecological status, plant community structure, soil exposure, litter abundance and noxious weeds in the Foothills Fescue Natural Subregion ......................................................................................... page 63 - 68 -ix-
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Foothills Rough Fescue - Richardson
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Northern and Western Wheat Grass -
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Northern and Western Wheatgrass - G
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Northern and Western Wheatgrass - R
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Kentucky Bluegrass - Fringed Sage F
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Kentucky Bluegrass - Smooth Brome -
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Beaked Willow/Sedge - Tufted Hair G
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Creeping Juniper - Parry Oatgrass -
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Creeping Juniper/Northern and Weste
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How do management changes affect pl
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Table 11. Litter normals for the Fo
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The rating noxious weed infestation
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Chanasyk, D.S., E. Mapfumo and W. W
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Naeth, M.A., A.W. Bailey, D.J. Plut
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APPENDIX 9.1 Ecological Range Site
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9.2 A Concise Guide to Assist Users
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Variants Variants of Soil Series ar
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Code Definition of Landscape Model
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9.2.4 LISTING OF SOIL SERIES FOR TH
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Timothy-Kentucky Bluegrass/Graceful
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