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Ecological sites and successional plant community types of the Peace River parkland subregion. Second approximation

Description

The Peace River Parkland Natural Subregion accounts for only 0.5 per cent of the province and is characterized by gently rolling cultivated plains and steep south-facing grassy and forested slopes along the Peace River and its tributaries. Vegetation is a mosaic and dominated by forests of aspen and white spruce, wetlands and small remnant grasslands on the uplands, and dry grasslands and aspen forests on valley slopes. This guide represents the analysis of 378 plots described in the Peace River Parkland subregion. These 378 plots represent 73 observed and described plant community types. An analysis of successional changes in the presence and absence of grazing disturbance for the grasslands (Appendix 1) and aspen (Appendix 2) dominated community types for the Peace region is also outlined in Appendices 1 and 2. Included in this approximation is a crosswalk table to the Alberta Wetland Classification System (AWCS) and a list of ecological sustainable stocking rates for each plant community type.

Updated

April 6, 2021

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Peace River Parkland subregion ecological classification ecological sites grasslands grazing plant communities plant community types range management rangelands soils

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Once

Publisher / Creator Information

Publisher

Agriculture and Forestry

Contributor

Willoughby, M.G.

Contributor

Stone, C.

Contributor

Rosendal, A.

Place of Publication

Edmonton

Resource Dates

Date Created

2021-04-06

Date Added

2021-04-06T14:44:58.189256

Date Modified

2021-04-06

Date Issued

2021-04-06

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Contact

Contact Name

Alberta Agriculture and Forestry.

Contact Email

AF.DEP@gov.ab.ca