Initial riparian and wetland vegetation classification and characterization of the Columbia Basin in Washington
By: Rex C. Crawford ; Washington Natural Heritage Program ; in coordination with Bureau of Land Management, Spokane District [and] Environmental Protection Agency
Contributors: United States. Bureau of Land Management. Spokane District Office; United States. Environmental Protection Agency; Washington Natural Heritage Program; Washington (State). Department of Natural Resources
Publisher: Washington State, Department of Natural Resources
Published: 2001
Place of publication: [Olympia, Wash.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 83
Subjects: Plants; Vegetation classification; Classification; Riparian plants; Wetland plants; Ecological surveys
Description: This report summarizes the results of a three-year project to inventory the riparian vegetation of Washington's Columbia Basin and to develop a riparian vegetation classification for the area ... Sample sites included valley segments on public land and on land owned by cooperating private land owners. Riparian samples are located along ninety-seven stream reach locations. A stream/riparian reach or reaches that typified each valley segment was characterized by eighteen stream variables or ratings. Each stream reach was mapped in vertical profile and as a horizontal map. Eleven physical variables and a plant species list with cover estimates were collected in plots on representative fluvial surfaces at each reach.
Notes: "28 February 2001."

March 2001."--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 82-83).

The Bureau of Land Management, Spokane District, and the Environmental Protection Agency funded this phase of the project for inventory of Douglas and Grant Counties, Washington.
Table of contents: title: Methods; title: Results and discussion - Key to riparian and wetland vegetation types; title: Tall tree riparian vegetation type plot locations/stream profiles; title: Short tree and shrub riparian vegetation type plot locations/stream profiles; title: Grass-like meadow and riparian vegetation type plot locations/stream profiles; title: Grass riparian vegetation type plot locations/stream profiles; title: Salt meadow and riparian vegetation plot locations/stream profiles; title: Forb riparian vegetation plot locations/stream profiles; title: Columbia Basin riparian associations not sampled; title: References.