Plant communities of the Blue Mountains in eastern Oregon and southeastern Washington /

Hall, Frederick C.

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“…Different portions of the wet meadow complexes at Craig Mountain are similar to the dry meadow and moist meadow plant communities described for the Blue Mountains by Hall (1973). His dry meadows are dominated by tufted hairgrass (Deschampsia cespitosa) and Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis), and the moist meadows by tufted hairgrass, Kentucky bluegrass, various sedges and bentgrass (Agrostis sp.).…”

Section: Meadowsmentioning

confidence: 74%

“…Regarding riparian restoration, analysis of all practices (including grazing) affecting the watershed need consideration (Elmore et al 1994). Hall (1973), in his vegetation study in the Blue Mountains, and Johnson and Simon (1987), in their studies in the Wallowa-Snake Province, comment on being unable to locate any montane meadows that were not degraded. This is the same situation we found for the upland meadows at Craig Mountain.…”

Section: Ri~arian Habitatsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Of these, the bluebunch wheatgrass-Sandberg's bluegrass (basalt) is the most common. Hall (1973), Mueggler and Stewart (1980) and Johnson and Clausnitzer (1991) also describe bluebunch wheatgrass communities or habitat types.…”

Section: Grasslandsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The regional classifications of Daubenmire (1970), Hall (1973), Tisdale (1986), and Johnson and Simon (1987) all describe a stiff sagebrush type. The Artemisia rigi&/Pou saruibergii type of Tisdale seems to best fit these communities at Craig Mountain.…”

Section: Shrubsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Soils are generally deep and not rocky. Hall (1973), and Johnson and Clausnitzer (1991) describe ninebark and ninebark-common snowberry associations respectively, for the Blue Mountains. Johnson and Simon (1987) describe a ninebarkcommon snowberry plant association for the Wallowa-Snake Province which best matches the canyon ninebark communities at Craig Mountain.…”

Section: Shrubsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Vegetation Description, Rare Plant Inventory, and Vegetation Monitoring for Craig Mountain, Idaho.

Mancuso¹,

Moseley²

1994

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Section: Meadowsmentioning

confidence: 74%

Section: Ri~arian Habitatsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Grasslandsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Shrubsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Shrubsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Vegetation Description, Rare Plant Inventory, and Vegetation Monitoring for Craig Mountain, Idaho.

Mancuso¹,

Moseley²

1994

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Modeling riparian species occurrence from historical surveys to guide restoration planning in northwestern USA

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Successful restoration of riparian habitats and functions depends in part on selection of plant species that are suited to local geomorphic and climatic conditions, which often relies on contemporary reference sites to characterize target riparian vegetation communities. In heavily modified landscapes, a lack of undisturbed sites hinders the description of reference conditions to help guide planning efforts. In lieu of contemporary reference sites, we used historical Public Land Survey data from the late 1800s and early 1900s to document historical streamside vegetation at 1685 sites distributed throughout the Columbia River basin. We used those data to construct a random forest classification model using climatic and geomorphic variables to predict the probability of occurrence of riparian vegetation groups (conifer, deciduous, shrub, and willow) and individual taxa (fir, pine, cedar, cottonwood, alder, sagebrush) for all stream reaches with bankfull width >6 m in the interior Columbia River basin. The most common predictor variables included in the best models for vegetation groups or individual taxa were mean annual precipitation, minimum temperature, elevation, and bankfull width. For some taxa, temperature range and floodplain width were also important predictors. The probability maps indicate that riparian zones were likely dominated by willow species in semi-desert regions and by conifer species in the humid mountain regions. Deciduous species dominated riparian areas in transition zones between conifer forests and semi-deserts. Species distributions suggest that streams in the semi-deserts were likely characterized by little shade and low wood abundance, whereas streams in the humid mountains would have been more heavily shaded with high wood abundance. The transitional deciduous areas were likely shaded with moderate wood abundance. Historical trends in air temperature and precipitation suggest relatively small changes in climate since the time of the surveys, indicating that current species ranges are likely similar to historical species ranges. Hence, these maps can be used to help identify suitable taxonomic groups and expected riparian functions for riparian restoration in the Columbia River basin, with appropriate adjustments made to site-specific restoration designs to account for model uncertainty, future climate change, or land use constraints.

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Rangeland Ecoregions of Western North America

“Fee” Busby,

Thacker,

Kohl

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Rangeland Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

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The grasslands, deserts, shrublands, savannas, woodlands, open forests, and alpine tundra of western North America where livestock grazed were collectively referred to as ‘range’ in the nineteenth century. Today these ecosystems are often referred to as rangelands. In the United States, rangelands comprise about 1/3rd of the total land area, mostly in the 17 western states. Large areas of rangeland also occur in Canada and Mexico. Rangelands provide numerous products, values, and ecosystem services including wildlife habitat, clean air, clean water, recreation, open space, scenic beauty, energy and mineral resources, carbon sequestration, and livestock forage. This chapter describes rangeland ecoregions in western North America.

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Plant communities of the Blue Mountains in eastern Oregon and southeastern Washington /

Cited by 60 publications

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Vegetation Description, Rare Plant Inventory, and Vegetation Monitoring for Craig Mountain, Idaho.

Vegetation Description, Rare Plant Inventory, and Vegetation Monitoring for Craig Mountain, Idaho.

Modeling riparian species occurrence from historical surveys to guide restoration planning in northwestern USA

Rangeland Ecoregions of Western North America

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