Natural Resources
Conservation Service
High Cryic Udic Forest
Circle-spoke model
Scenario model
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Management practices/drivers
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Description
The reference state is comprised of five communities in varying stages of regeneration following either small-scale or large-scale disturbance.
Dominant plant species
mountain hemlock (Tsuga mertensiana), tree
subalpine fir (Abies lasiocarpa), tree
Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii), tree
Alaska cedar (Callitropsis nootkatensis), tree
thinleaf huckleberry (Vaccinium membranaceum), shrub
pink mountainheath (Phyllodoce empetriformis), shrub
Cascade bilberry (Vaccinium deliciosum), shrub
white avalanche-lily (Erythronium montanum), grass
roughfruit berry (Rubus lasiococcus), grass
common beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax), grass
Submodel
Communities 1 and 5 (additional pathways)
1.1. Mountain Hemlock, Subalpine Fir, Thinleaf Huckleberry, Pink Mountainheath, White Avalanche-Lily, and Roughfruit Berry
1.5. Mountain Hemlock, Alaska Cedar, Thinleaf Huckleberry, Pink Mountainheath, White Avalanche-Lily, and Roughfruit Berry
Model keys
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