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GRTE-N-1
Appendices|
Research Report GRTE-N-1
The Elk of Grand Teton and Southern Yellowstone National Parks |
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APPENDIX II
| Plants | Ridgetop |
Ecotone1 |
Slope | ||
| Exclosure | YG1 | YG3 | YG4 | YG5 | |
| Plots: | 17 | 17 | 25 | 25 | 25 |
| Idaho fescue | 13/76 | 15/53 | 11/80 | 1/28 | |
| Slender wheatgrass | 4/35 | 4/35 | 13/32 | 10/72 | 22/96 |
| Bluegrass | 15/76 | 19/88 | 7/84 | 2/48 | 3/28 |
| Trisetum | 1/18 | 1/23 | 1/40 | 3/56 | 1/16 |
| Needlegrass | 2/12 | * | * | * | * |
| Oniongrass | 2/12 | 3/40 | |||
| Alpine timothy | * | 1/20 | * | ||
| Tufted hairgrass | 3/16 | ||||
| Mountain brome | * | 4/36 | |||
| Sedge | 12/68 | * | |||
| Other grass | 1 | ||||
| Grass totals | 35 | 39 | 50 | 17 | 33 |
| Dandelion | 68/100 | 69/100 | 40/100 | 15/20 | 2/36 |
| Cinquefoil | 17/100 | 15/94 | 39/100 | 19/80 | 10/52 |
| Phlox | 5/59 | 2/35 | 15/77 | 15/96 | |
| Agoseris | 3/47 | 1/24 | 2/28 | 4/52 | 3/56 |
| Yarrow | 8/76 | 5/65 | 8/77 | 12/100 | 5/52 |
| Lupine | 4/29 | 1/6 | 1/8 | 18/92 | |
| Fleabane | 4/29 | * | 10/56 | 3/52 | 3/44 |
| Elk thistle | 2/59 | ||||
| Parsley | 1/6 | * | * | ||
| Hackelia | * | 1/29 | 8/48 | ||
| Chickweed | 2/29 | 1/28 | |||
| Plantain | * | 4/40 | * | ||
| Buckwheat | * | 1/20 | 1/12 | 1/12 | |
| Astragalus | 1/16 | ||||
| Tall larkspur | 4/16 | ||||
| Other forbs | 1 | 3 | |||
| Forb totals | 113 | 99 | 122 | 69 | 54 |
| Plant totals | 148 | 138 | 172 | 86 | 87 |
| Bare soil | 12 | 10 | 26 | 61 | 51 |
1 Adjoining slope ecotone with edge of mountain meadow type.
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