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Site Identification Boreal White and Black Spruce (BWBSmw) - DeLong et al.…
Site Identification Boreal White and Black Spruce (BWBSmw) - DeLong et al. 2011
WET
Wetlands
SITE DESCRIPTION
Level or depressional topography
Horsetails and/or peat mosses
Soils are organic or fluvial.
DRY
SITE UNIT 102 OF BWBSmw- Pl – Kinnikinnick – Lingonberry
SOIL NUTRIENT REGIME
Xeric to subxeric (1-2) Very poor to Medium (a-C) coarse textured (glacio) fluvial terraces
SITE ASSOCIATION
kinnikinnick, false toad-flax, and lingonberry
Generally occur along the top or face of coarse-textured (glacio)
fluvial terraces
SITE UNIT 104 OF BWBSmw- Sb – Labrador tea – Step moss
SOIL NUTRIENT REGIME
Submesic-hygric (3-6)- Very poor to poor (A-B) range of parent materials but are generally medium to fine textured and effective rooting is often restricted to < 30 cm
SITE ASSOCIATION
Labrador tea, lingonberry, bunchberry, and twinflower
Generally associated with gentle slopes (< 10%) but may occur on steep cool slopes
FRESH
SITE UNIT 103 OF BWBSmw - SwPl-Soopolallie-Wildrye
SOIL NUTRIENT REGIME
Submesic 3- slightly dry - Poor to Medium (B-C) - Soils derived from Glacio-fluvial parent material, with medium to coarse soil textures
SITE ASSOCIATION
Soopolallie, fuzzy spiked wild rye, fireweed, prickly rose, highbrush cranberry----White Spruce, Lodgepole Pine
Warm slopes but slope gradient and slope position range widely
SITE UNIT 101 OF BWBSmw -Sw-Trailing Raspberry-Step Moss
SOIL NUTRIENT REGIME
Submesic to mesic to subhygric 3 to 5 - Medium to Rich (C-D) -Soils originate from a range of parent material, with coarse fragments less than 20 %
SITE ASSOCIATION
Highbrush cranberry, prickly rose, tall bluebells, fireweed, creamy peavine----White Spruce with Aspen understorey
Gentle to moderate slopes
(< 20%) in mid to level positions,
MOIST
SITE UNIT 111 OF BWBSms- Sw-Currant-Horsetail
SOIL NUTRIENT REGIME
Prickly Rose, tall bluebells, twin flower, trailing raspberry, bunchberry, horsetail---White Spruce
SITE ASSOCIATION
Subhygric to hygric 5-6 - Medium to Rich (C-D) Soils are variable in texture but are generally derived from fluvial or lacustrine parent materials.
Occur on the floodplains of smaller watercourses, on gentle lower slopes or steeper cool aspects
SITE UNIT 110 OF BWBSmw-Sw-Oak Fern-Sasparilla
SOIL NUTRIENT REGIME
Mesic to Subhygric 4-5-Rich (D)- Soils are variable in texture and are derived from a range of parent materials
SITE ASSOCIATION
highbush-cranberry, western mountain-ash, prickly rose, Sitka alder, and black
twinberry---White Spruce
Gentle lower slopes or steeper cool aspects
SUBZONES LOCATED IN THE AREA OF HARVEST
POTENTIAL SUBZONES LOCATED IN THE BEC ZONE OR AREA
MAIN SITE SERIES IN BLOCK-level to slight sloping to the East/South East
SITE SERIES FOUND ADJACENT TO BLOCK - USED FOR ROAD BUILDING ACCESS~ 5km upslope SW
SITE SERIES FOUND WITHIN BLOCK IN LOWER LYING AREAS/DEPRESSIONS-MINIMAL
SITE SERIES FOUND WITHIN BLOCK IN LOWER LYING AREAS AND ALONG STREAM FEATURES WITHIN THE BLOCK