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Riparian and Wetland Community Inventory of 14 Reference Areas in Southwestern Idaho
The low-elevation riparian and wetland communities of southwestern Idaho are the least known of anywhere in the state, in terms of classification of plant associations for management and biodiversity conservation purposes. While many community types described from adjacent, mostly higher elevation portions of Idaho and surrounding states may be applicable, unique environmental and physical conditions contribute to the formation of undescribed types that may be endemic to southwestern Idaho. This modest project is a preliminary step in filling this significant gap in our knowledge of riparian ecosystems in Idaho. It is not a community classification project, but an effort to inventory the community diversity of wetlands and riparian areas considered to be in high ecological condition in southwestern Idaho, focusing on the Lower Snake River District (LSRD) of the BLM. The purpose of this project is to assess the diversity of wetland and riparian communities of the LSRD through field inventory and sampling, using high quality references areas, such as BLM Areas of Critical Environmental Concern and Research Natural Areas, and private conservation lands of the Nature Conservancy. From this inventory, the author prepared a preliminary guide to the riparian types of southwestern Idaho, including a key to their identification and supporting descriptive material for each community.
Riparian and Wetland Community Inventory of 14 Reference Areas in Southwestern Idaho
The low-elevation riparian and wetland communities of southwestern Idaho are the least known of anywhere in the state, in terms of classification of plant associations for management and biodiversity conservation purposes. While many community types described from adjacent, mostly higher elevation portions of Idaho and surrounding states may be applicable, unique environmental and physical conditions contribute to the formation of undescribed types that may be endemic to southwestern Idaho. This modest project is a preliminary step in filling this significant gap in our knowledge of riparian ecosystems in Idaho. It is not a community classification project, but an effort to inventory the community diversity of wetlands and riparian areas considered to be in high ecological condition in southwestern Idaho, focusing on the Lower Snake River District (LSRD) of the BLM. The purpose of this project is to assess the diversity of wetland and riparian communities of the LSRD through field inventory and sampling, using high quality references areas, such as BLM Areas of Critical Environmental Concern and Research Natural Areas, and private conservation lands of the Nature Conservancy. From this inventory, the author prepared a preliminary guide to the riparian types of southwestern Idaho, including a key to their identification and supporting descriptive material for each community.
Riparian and Wetland Community Inventory of 14 Reference Areas in Southwestern Idaho
R. K. Moseley (author)
1998
112 pages
Report
No indication
English
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