Vegetation Description, Rare Plant Inventory, and Vegetation Monitoring for Craig Mountain, Idaho.

Mancuso, Michael; Moseley, Robert K.

doi:10.2172/226017

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“…The outcome of the interactions between fire and grazing may partially depend on the evolutionary history of these disturbance processes within the ecosystem (Milchunas et al, 1988). For example, grasslands in the Southwest and Northwest US did not evolve under heavy grazing pressure by large ungulates as was found in the Great Plains (McDonald, 1981;Mancuso & Moseley, 1994).…”

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Forb community response to prescribed fire, livestock grazing, and an invasive annual grass in the Pacific Northwest Bunchgrass Prairie

Watson

Lukas

Morris

et al. 2021

Applied Vegetation Science

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Questions: Grassland degradation due to agriculture, changing fire regimes, and invasive species negatively affects forb communities. Conserving forbs and the services they provide requires a better understanding of their responses to interacting disturbances. Although fire and livestock grazing are important disturbances, their effect on forb communities in the Pacific Northwest Bunchgrass Prairies is not fully understood. Our objectives were to: (a) determine how prescribed fire and livestock grazing influence forb community composition, cover, species richness, and diversity over a 10-year span; (b) identify indicator species for each treatment; and (c) quantify forb responses to increasing cover of the invasive grass Ventenata dubia.

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Forb community response to prescribed fire, livestock grazing, and an invasive annual grass in the Pacific Northwest Bunchgrass Prairie

Watson

Lukas

Morris

et al. 2021

Applied Vegetation Science

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“…The increase in exotic annual grasses, including V. dubia , is an increasing management concern and a threat to native plant communities, particularly those on benchlands (Tisdale ; Johnson & Simon ; Johnson ; Mancuso & Mosley ; Ecovista ; Johnson & Swanson ; USDA Forest Service ). More work is needed to understand the implications of V. dubia over time.…”

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“…Heavy use of these benchlands for cultivation, livestock grazing and by wildlife are believed to have reduced most of the native bunchgrass species and replaced them with exotic grasses and forbs (Johnson ). Intact stands of native bunchgrasses can still be found on areas of steep slopes, where plant communities were less accessible to grazing (Mancuso & Mosley ).…”

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Influence of topography on long‐term successional trajectories in canyon grasslands

Bernards¹,

Morris

2016

Applied Vegetation Science

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Question Some of the last remaining grassland communities of the Pacific Northwest Bunchgrass Region (PNWBR) in North America are found in canyon grasslands, primarily because the rugged topography has left many of these associations untouched by agricultural development. However, there have been no prior examinations into how canyon grassland communities change over the long term or how topography relates to these changes. In this study, we examined how successional stages changed over a 33‐yr time period and which topographical variables were most related to these long‐term outcomes (elevation, aspect or slope). We predicted that areas with more gentle slopes (<20%) would have changed the most because they have seen a higher concentration of historical land uses (e.g. livestock grazing, wildlife herbivory, and cultivation). Location Canyon grasslands of Hells Canyon National Recreation Area, northwest USA. Methods We looked at how the canyon grasslands have changed over the long term by repeating a vegetation survey of plant species cover and frequency that was completed in 1981 and comparing the results after a 33‐yr time period. Results We found that 58% of our plots stayed in the same seral stage or transitioned into later ones. As predicted, the plots that remained in early seral condition or transitioned from later to early seral stages were found on more shallow slopes. In addition, drier aspects within all plant associations appeared to be less resistant and resilient to change, particularly invasion by exotic species. Conclusions The results of this resurvey suggest that topographic patterns may not only be related to the distribution of plant associations across the canyon grasslands, but may also influence which sites change most over time. Our findings are consistent with other studies of the relationships between topography and land uses through time in other grasslands, and are highly relevant to conservation management where unique vegetation communities develop within heterogeneous topographic areas.

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“…Note that Bailey's Palouse Bioregion does not extend as far west as the Palouse grasslands designated by Daubenmire. other uses, but much of the native Canyon Grassland vegetation has been altered by extensive grazing (Daubenmire 1940;Young 1943;Tisdale 1961); nevertheless, there remain substantial areas that have not received heavy grazing pressure because of their steep slopes, shallow soils, inaccessibility, and distance from water (The Nature Conservancy et al 1987). These are well represented in natural areas owned by The Nature Conservancy and state and federal agencies (Mancuso and Moseley 1994, Hill 1995a,b, 1996, Hill and Gray 1998a. As early as 1942 Daubenmire noted a high degree of endemism in plants of the Palouse grasslands (Daubenmire 1942:77).…”

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Identification of conservation priorities for and threats to Palouse grassland and canyon grassland remnants in Idaho, Washington, and Oregon /

Weddell¹,

Lichthardt²

1998

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Vegetation Description, Rare Plant Inventory, and Vegetation Monitoring for Craig Mountain, Idaho.

Cited by 9 publications

References 27 publications

Forb community response to prescribed fire, livestock grazing, and an invasive annual grass in the Pacific Northwest Bunchgrass Prairie

Forb community response to prescribed fire, livestock grazing, and an invasive annual grass in the Pacific Northwest Bunchgrass Prairie

Influence of topography on long‐term successional trajectories in canyon grasslands

Identification of conservation priorities for and threats to Palouse grassland and canyon grassland remnants in Idaho, Washington, and Oregon /

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