GLAC -- Blackfeet Reservation near Red Eagle Campground
Location Narrative
Drive from East Glacier toward Two Medicine Lake. At the junction for Two Med. Lake take the left into Red Eagle Campground. Pass the office on the right. Bear right at junction and follow road until it ends in campsite. Cross Creek to NW, into meadow
Overall Taxon Cover Values are Automatically Calculated?
yes
Stem Sample Method
full census
Plot Quality Fields:
Effort Level
Thorough
Plot Validation Level
(2) classification plot: sufficient for inclusion in a classification revision
Floristic Quality
High but incomplete
Bryophyte Quality
Very incomplete
Lichen Quality
Very incomplete
Overall Plot Vegetation Fields:
--no data--
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Plot is in a patch of older ASEMEN mixed with shrubs. Patches of this community form a mosaic with stands of younger PSEMEN & PINCON along this slope (see plot 166). Stand age = 125 yrs (PSEMEN).
Silty clay loam; deep duff (2 in) under older Doug-fir. Bedrock (argillite) present in plot with red argillite outcrop below plot. Soil is very grey & smooth; almost no gravel present
Disturbance Data:
Disturbance Type
Disturbance Intensity
Disturbance Comment
unknown
Rodent burrows/tunnels accounts for bare soil & small rock.
Animal, general
Bear, hare, & elk (or moose) scat in plot; ungulate hair; heavily grazed dogwood; cow pies in plot. Rodent burrows.