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Appendix 9.3 Table 21. Outlier communities are those sites which are unclassified due to small sample size or insufficient data. OUTLIER COMMUNITIES IN THE FOOTHILLS FESCUE SUB-REGION Community Number of Sites NATIVE OUTLIER COMMUNITIES *Ecodistrict *Slope *Drainage *Range Site *Landform Element *Aspect *Grazing Intensity Cow Parsnip 1 BLA very gentle, gentle, moderate slope UNDM. N/A UNDM N M Foothills Rough Fescue-Bluegrass 6 BLA,DEL strong, very gentel, WD, Lo, Cy mid slope, UNDM, upper SE, NE, NE- M, H, L, nearly level, moderate UNDM. slope SW, E, UNDM slopes UNDM Foothills Rough Fescue-Kentucky 3 WLW,CAR very gentle, gentle, WD Cy terrace S, SW, UNDM, H Bluegrass-Idaho Fescue UNDM UNDM Foothills Rough Fescue-Parry Oat Grass 2 WLW moderate slope RD N/A crest, mid slope, upper slope NW, UNDM H, M Foothills Rough Fescue-Sedge-Idaho Fescue 2 DEL strong slope UNDM. Cy upper slope, UNDM UNDM UNDM June Grass-Pary Oat Grass-Foothills Rough Fescue 1 WLW steep slope WD TB crest, mid slope, upper slope W H Kentucky Bluegrass-Alkali Bluegrass 2 CAR level, nearly level, very WD Lo level deppression, lower UNDM H gentle, gentle, moderate slopes, UNDM slope, mid slope Needle and Thread Grass-Foothills Rough Fescue 1 WLW UNDM RD SwG terrace UNDM UNDM Northern Wheatgrass-Foothills Rough Fescue 3 WLW nearly level RD SwG terrace UNDM UNDM Parry Oat Grass-Foothills Rough Fescue 3 BLA strong, very strong slope RD,WD Lo UNDM S ,W , SW M, L Parry Oat Grass-Foothills Rough 3 WLW moderate, strong slope RD N/A UNDM S, N/NE, L, M Fescue/Silky Perenial Lupine UNDM Parry Oat Grass-Kentucky Bluegrass- Northern Wheatgrass 1 BLA very gentle slope UNDM. SwG crest UNDM M Richardson Needle Grass-Foothills Rough 5 CAR,WLW very gentle, moderate, WD Lo mid slope, terrace SE, E, UNDM M Fescue level, nearly level, gentle, srtong slope Salt Grass-Wheatgrass 1 END UNDM UNDM. N/A UNDM UNDM L, M Smooth Brome-Common Yarrow 2 CAS, CAR very gentle, gentle slope, MWD, N/A level W, UNDM H, UNDM UNDM WD Timothy-Foothills Rough Fescue 2 BLA moderate, strong slope RD, Lo upper slope, mid slope, E M MWD lower slope 84
Timothy-Kentucky Bluegrass/Graceful 3 WLW,CAR very gentle, gentle slope, WD UNDM, terrace, level deppression, S, W-NW, H, UNDM Cinquefoil-Dandelion level Lo level, UNDM. UNDM Timothy-Kentucky Bluegrass-Foothills 3 BLA very gentle, gentle, very WD, RD, Lo, lower slope, mid slope, E M, H Rough Fescue strong, nearly level MWD UNDM upper slope, terrace Western Porcupine Grass-Hooker's Oat 3 WLW,BLA strong, gentle slope, RD,WD TB, Cy, upper slope, lower slope, SW, UNDM M, UNDM Grass-Foothills Rough Festcue MODIFIED OUTLIER COMMUNITIES UNDM UNDM. mid slope, terrace Crested Wheatgrass 1 CAR very gentle, gentle slope WD N/A level, lower slope UNDM H Brome-Timothy 1 WLW moderate, strong slope RD N/A mid slope SE H Kentucky Bluegrass/ Small-leaved 2 CAR very gentle, gentle, WD N/A level, mid slope, upper slope E-W, SW H Everlasting on cleared land moderate slope Sedge-Northern Wheatgrass-Junegrass on cleared land 1 WLW UNDM WD N/A 6 UNDM H Hairy Wild Rye on cleared land 1 CAR strong, very strong slope WD N/A mid slope NE UN-USED SHRUB and FOREST OUTLIER COMMUNITIES Beaked Willow / Foothills Rough Fescue - 1 BLA strong slope RD Lo lower slope, mid slope, N L Parry Oat Grass upper slope Buckbrush / Marsh Reed Grass 1 BLA strong slope RD Lo mid slope E L Foothills Rough Festcue-Parry Oat Grass on 1 BLA strong slope MWD Lo lower slope, mid slope, W H shrubland upper slope Hairy Wild Rye/ Lindley's Aster- Twinflower on treed wetland (mixedwood?) 1 WLW very strong slope WD N/A mid slope W M Pinegrass-Hairy Wild Rye shrubland 1 WLW UNDM WD N/A mid slope, upper slope N M Prairie Sedge-Quack Grass-Alkali Blue Grass on treed wet land 1 CAR very gentle, gentle slope WD N/A level deppression UNDM M Saskatoon / Pary Oat Grass-Foothills Rough Fescue 1 BLA strong slope RD Lo crest, mid slope, upper slope E L *lists of details are in order of decreasing frequency unless separated by a dash (-), in which case they are equal. Only the major representatives are listed. UNDM means that the details are undetermined for that site. N/A in the range site category is due to format in which site was sampled and no range site was recorded. 85
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Executive Summary The Foothills Fes
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Determining Ecological Range Sites
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Plant Community Categories Key to R
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2. Plant community is dominated by
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• maintenance of soil/site stabil
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Delacour Plain, which is entirely o
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Fig. 3. Foothills Fescue, and the B
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addition to experiencing warmer sum
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2.2 Correlation of Soils and Range
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Table 4. Soil correlation with ecol
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2.3 Guidelines for Determining Rang
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Group 3 Ecological/Range Sites Defi
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3.0 Review of Grazing Research in t
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and reduced evapo-transpiration. Wi
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4.0 Previous Plant Community Studie
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Table 8. Percent of plots with Kent
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adjusted/reduced value is the ecolo
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Table 9. Plant communities listed b
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Table 10. Range plant communities a
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Page 86 and 87: APPENDIX 9.1 Ecological Range Site
Page 88 and 89: 9.2 A Concise Guide to Assist Users
Page 90 and 91: Variants Variants of Soil Series ar
Page 92 and 93: Code Definition of Landscape Model
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