Peatlands on National Forests of the Northern Rocky Mountains: Ecology and conservation

Steve W. Chadde; J. Stephen Shelly; Robert J. Bursik; Robert K. Moseley; Angela G. Evenden; Maria Mantas; Fred Rabe; Bonnie Heidel

doi:10.2737/RMRS-GTR-11

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Peatlands on National Forests of the Northern Rocky Mountains: Ecology and conservation

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Authors:

Steve W. Chadde, J. Stephen Shelly, Robert J. Bursik, Robert K. Moseley, Angela G. Evenden, Maria Mantas, Fred Rabe, Bonnie Heidel

Year:

1998

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/RMRS-GTR-11

Source:

Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-11. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 75 p.

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Abstract

This overview of peatland ecology and conservation on National Forests in the Northern Rocky Mountains describes physical components, vegetation, vascular and nonvascular flora, and invertebrate fauna on peatlands. Detailed site descriptions for 58 peatlands in Idaho, Montana, and northeastern Washington are included.

Keywords

wetlands, rare plants, fens, vascular flora, bryophytes, aquatic insects

Citation

Chadde, Steve W.; Shelly, J. Stephen; Bursik, Robert J.; Moseley, Robert K.; Evenden, Angela G.; Mantas, Maria; Rabe, Fred; Heidel, Bonnie. 1998. Peatlands on National Forests of the Northern Rocky Mountains: Ecology and conservation. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-11. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 75 p.