Forest vegetation of the Medicine Bow National Forest in southern Wyoming: A habitat type classification

Robert R. Alexander; George R. Hoffman; John M. Wirsing

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Forest vegetation of the Medicine Bow National Forest in southern Wyoming: A habitat type classification

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Robert R. Alexander, George R. Hoffman, John M. Wirsing

Year:

1986

Type:

Research Paper

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Source:

Res. Pap. RM-RP-271. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station. 39 p.

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Abstract

A vegetation classification based on concepts and methods developed by Daubenmire and refined by others were used to identify 16 forest habitat types on the Medicine Bow National Forest. Included were two habitat types in the Pinus flexilis series; three each in the Pinus ponderosa, Populus tremuloides, and Abies lasiocarpa series; and five in the Pinus contorta series. A key to identify the habitat types and the management implications associated with each are provided.

Keywords

vegetation classification, habitat type, Picea engelmannii, Abies lasiocarpa, Pinus contorta, Populus tremuloides, Pinus flexilis, Pinus ponderosa

Citation

Alexander, Robert R.; Hoffman, George R.; Wirsing, John M. 1986. Forest vegetation of the Medicine Bow National Forest in southern Wyoming: A habitat type classification. Res. Pap. RM-RP-271. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station. 39 p.