Range plant community types and carrying capacity for the upper foothills subregion : fourth approximation /

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Key to modified grass and shmblands 37 Key to native shmblands 38 A. Grasslands UFAl . Water sedge meadows 39 UFA2. Sedge-Slender wheatgrass/Meadow me 40 UPA3. Tufted hairgrass-S edge 41 UFA4. Tufted hairgrass-S edge-Slender wheatgrass 42 UFA5. Rough fescue-Tufted hairgrass 43 UFA6. Rough fescue-Hairy wildrye 44 UFA7. Rough fescue/Bearberry 45 UFA7a.Califomia oatgrass-Rough fescue/Bearberry 46 UFA8. California oatgrass-Sedge 47 5 1 UFAl 3. Alpine rough fescue 52 UFA14. Cowparsnip-Meadowme/Fringedbrome 53 UFAl 5 . Hairy wildrye-Sedge 54 UFAl 6. Hairy wildrye-Rough fescue/Bearberry 55 UFAl 7. Idaho fescue-Parry oatgrass-Sedge 56 IV B. Shrublands UFBl. Willow-Bog birchAVater sedge 57 UFB2. Willow/Slender wheatgrass-Sedge 58 UFB3. Willow/Tufted hairgrass 59 UFB4. Willow/Rough fescue 60 UFB5. Bog birch/Rough fescue/Bearberry 61 UFB6. Willow/Califomia oatgrass-Sedge 62 UFB7. Pussy willow shnibland 63 UFB8. Willow/Hairy wildrye-Sedge 64 UFB9. Bog birch/Sedge-Marsh reedgrass 65 UFB 1 0. Willow-Bog birch/Sedge 66 UFB 1 1 . Willow-Bog birch 67 UFB12. Alder-Willow/Horsetail 68 C. Shrublands and Grasslands modified by grazing 69 UFCl . Slender wheatgrass-Sedge/Low forbs 72 UFC2. Rocky Mtn. fescue/Graceflil cinquefoil 73 UFC3. Kentucky bluegrass/Dandelion-Clover 74 UFC4. Kentucky bluegrass-Sedge/Dandelion 75 UFC5. Tufted hairgrass-Kentuckybluegrass 76 UFC6. Sedge-Tufted hairgrass 77 UFC7. Creeping red fescue/Clover * 78 UFC8. Kentucky bluegrass-Timothy/Meadow rue 79 UFC9. Purple oatgrass-Rough fescue 80 UFCl 0. Willow/Kentucky bluegrass 8 1 UFCl 1 . Sedge-Slender wheatgrass-Rough fescue 82 D. Deciduous community types 83 Key to deciduous community types 85 UFD 1 . Aspen/Rose/Bearberry 87 UFD2. Balsam poplar-White spruceAVillowAfellow Mtn. avens 88 UFD3. Aspen/Rose/Hairy wildrye 89 UFD4. Aspen/Buffaloberry/Hairy wildrye 90 UFD5. Aspen/Marsh reedgrass 91 UFD6. Balsam poplarAVillow/Horsetail 92 E. Conifer community types 93 V Key to conifer community types 95 UFEl. Lodgepolepine/Bog cranberry 97 UFE2. Lodgepole pine-White spruce/Bunchberry 98 UFE3. Lodgepole pineAVillow/Moss 99 UFE4. Lodgepole pine/Marsh reedgrass 1 00 UFE5. Black spruceAVillow 101 L)PE6. White spruce/Horsetail/Moss 102 UFE7. White spruceAVillow 103 UFE8. White spruce/Bearberry 104 UFE9. White spruce/Juniper-Buffaloberry 105 2 Vll AbstractThe Upper Foothills subregion is found elevationally below the Subalpine and above the Lower Foothills subregions. It is dominated by closed canopied lodgepole pine forests. In the valley bottoms the shrub and grassland community types are a classic example of multiple use land, providing summer range for livestock, prime habitat for many species of wildlife, productive watersheds, and recreational areas. Despite the importance of these vegetation types for livestock grazing, there is little information available on how grazing affects their production. There is little information on forage productivity, carrying capacity and the associated community types with grazing. The lack of information makes it very difficult to develop...