YELLOWSTONE
The Bison of Yellowstone National Park
NPS Scientific Monograph No. 1
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APPENDIX VII:
OCCURRENCE OF GRASSES AND GRASSLIKE PLANTS IN BISON USE AREAS


Location
Type of SiteSpeciesFHV LaPULb

Pond and creek edges,
wet bottomlands
Sedge (Carex spp.
X


     C. aquatilis)X
XXX
Beaked SedgeX
XXX
Nebraska SedgeX
X

Woolly Sedge

X

Western Bulrush

XX
Swales, wet Sedge (Carex spp.XX
X
     C. acuta

XX
     C. aperta



X
     C. aquatilis

X

     C. platylepsis


X
     C. raynoldsii


XX
     C xerantica)



X
Beaked Sedge

X

Silvertop Sedge



X
Smallwing Sedge



X
Woolly Sedge

X

Spike-sedge



X
HorsetailX
XX
Wire RushXXXXX
Grass speciesXXXXX
Meadow Barley



X
Sweetgrass

X

Timothy

X

Tufted HairgrassXXXXX
Moist meadows Sedge (Carex spp.XX
X
     C. acuta


X
     C. athrostachyaX



     C. platylepsis


X
     C. raynoldsii


X
Smallwing SedgeX
X

Valley Sedge

X

Woolly Sedge

X

HorsetailX
XX
Long-styled RushX



Wire RushX
XX
Grass speciesXXXX
Alpine Foxtail


X
BluegrassXXXX
Canby Bluegrass

X

Cusick Bluegrass

X

Kentucky BluegrassX



Giant Wild-rye

X

Sweetgrass

XX
Timothy

X

Tufted HairgrassXXXX
Moist upland sites Grass speciesXX
X
BluegrassXXXX
Giant Wild-rye

X

Idaho FescueXXXX
Meadow Barley
X


Mountain BromeXXX

Columbia Needlegrass

X

Richardson Needlegrass

X

Timber Oatgrass

X

TimothyX



Drier uplands sites Sedge (Carex xerantica)

XX
Smallwing SedgeX



Grass speciesX

X
BluegrassXX
X
Canby Bluegrass

X

Cusick Bluegrass

X

Kentucky BluegrassX



Sandberg Bluegrass

X

Idaho FescueXXXX
JunegrassXXX

Needle-and-Thread

X

Needlegrass

XX
Columbia Needlegrass
X


Richardson Needlegrass
X


Tufted Hairgrass


X
WheatgrassX

X
Bluestem Wheatgrass

X

Bluebunch Wheatgrass

X

Slender Wheatgrass
X


Thickspike Wheatgrass
X


Mountain herbland Sedge (Carex aperta
X
     C. raynoldsii
X
     C. xerantica)
X
Ovalhead Sedge
X
Smallwing Sedge
X
Slender Rush
X
Wire Rush
X
Bluegrass
X
Alpine Bluegrass
X
Canby Bluegrass
X
Idaho Fescue
X
Meadow Barley
X
Mountain Brome
X
Needlegrass
X
Purple Onion Grass
X
Timothy
X
Alpine Timothy
X
Slender Wheatgrass
X
Tufted Hairgrass
X
Mountain mountain sites Long-styled Rush
X
Bluegrass
X
Idaho Fescue
X
Junegrass
X
Timber Oatgrass
X
Subalpine meadows Sedge (Carex nova)
X
     C. platylepsis
X
     C raynoldsii)
X
Hepburn Sedge
X
Smallwing Sedge
X
Bluegrass
X
Alpine Bluegrass
X
Timberline Bluegrass
X
Idaho Fescue
X
Meadow Barley
X
Alpine Timothy
X
Tufted Hairgrass
X

F = Firehole
HV = Hayden Valley
L = Lamar
P = Pelican
UL = Upper Lamar

aData is more complete for Lamar. bAll wet sites are at higher elevations.



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