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Ecological Land Classification of Mount Revelstoke and Glacie r ...

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PLATE S1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7 .8 .9 .10 .11 .12 .13 .14 .15 .16 .17 .Subdued topography <strong>of</strong> recessive Horsethief Creek Group bedrock in the Purcell <strong>Mount</strong>ains(right) contrasting with the rugged topography <strong>of</strong> resistant Hamill Group bedrock inthe Selkirk <strong>Mount</strong>ains (left) . The Beaver River valley (Purcell Trench) divides the tw ophysiographic units .Areas underlain by Lardeau Group bedrock (foreground) have more subdued topograph ythan areas <strong>of</strong> Hamill Group bedrock (background <strong>and</strong> right) .Moraines along the forest edge are the boundary <strong>of</strong> AB1 l<strong>and</strong>scape below Beaver <strong>Glacie</strong>r .Sampled Orthic Dystric Brunisol <strong>of</strong> the AB1 Ecosite .Steeply sloping AB1 sample site with sparse vegetation .Sampled Orthic Humo-Ferric Podzol (lithic phase) <strong>of</strong> the AK1 Ecosite .Sampled Orthic Humo-Ferric Podzol <strong>of</strong> the AK5 Ecosite .Subalpine fir-mountain hemlock/heather-luetkea (020) is the dominant v .t . <strong>of</strong> AK1, AK2<strong>and</strong> AK4 .Steep, rocky slopes with subalpine fir-whitebark pine-(Engelmann spruce)/tall bilberry-heather(022) open forest typify AK6 .AK5 tract with fleabane-valerian (H16), one <strong>of</strong> several avalanche v .t .s in the Upper Subalpine.Sampled Orthic Humo-Ferric Podzol <strong>of</strong> the BU1 Ecosite .Sampled Ortstein Humo-Ferric Podzol <strong>of</strong> the BU2 Ecosite .<strong>Mount</strong>ain hemlock-subalpine fir/rhododendron-tall bilberry (C47) forest dominates all BUEcosites .Sampled Rego Gleysol <strong>of</strong> the CE1 Ecosite .Willow (S15) v .t . on CE1 in central MRNP .Sampled Orthic Ferro-Humic Podzol which is an accessory soil <strong>of</strong> CM2 . Characteristicsoils have similar humus-enriched pr<strong>of</strong>iles <strong>and</strong> include Orthic Dystric <strong>and</strong> Sombric Bruni -sols <strong>and</strong> Orthic Humo-Ferric Podzols .CM2 along upper Connaught Creek on a fluvial fan with green alder/fern (S13) vegetation<strong>and</strong> small patches <strong>of</strong> the sedge (H21) v .t .vii

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