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A Guide to Soil Quality Monitoring for Long Term Ecosystem Sustainability on Northern Region National Forests
SOLO HOME > HABITAT TYPES > FOREST HABITAT TYPES OF MONTANA
Forest Habitat Types of Montana
INDEX: PRODUCTIVITY/MANAGEMENT AND SOILS EXCERPTS
[Excerpted from: Pfister, Robert D., Bernard L. Kovalchik, Stephen F. Arno, and Richard C. Presby. 1977. Forest habitat types of Montana. Gen. Tech. Rep. INT-34. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Forest & Range Experiment Station. 174 p.]
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- The Physical Setting: Soils
- Successional Status of Montana Forests
- Pinus flexilus Series
- Pinus flexilis/Agropyron spicatum h.t.
(PIFL/AGSP; limber pine/bluebunch wheatgrass) - Pinus flexilis/Festuca idahoensis h.t.
(PIFL/FEID; limber pine/Idaho fescue) - Pinus flexilis/Juniperus communis h.t.
(PIFL/JUCO; limber pine/common juniper)
- Pinus flexilis/Agropyron spicatum h.t.
- Pinus ponderosa Series
- Pinus ponderosa/Andropogon spp. h.t.
(PIPO/AND; ponderosa pine/bluestem) - Pinus ponderosa/Agropyron spicatum h.t.
(PIPO/AGSP; ponderosa pine/bluebunch wheatgrass) - Pinus ponderosa/Festuca idahoensis h.t.
(PIPO/FEID; ponderosa pine/Idaho fescue) - Pinus ponderosa/Purshia tridentata h.t.
(PIPO/PUTR; ponderosa pine/bitterbrush) - Pinus ponderosa/Symphoricarpos albus h.t.
(PIPO/SYAL; ponderosa pine/snowberry) - Pinus ponderosa/Prunus virginiana h.t.
(PIPO/PRVI; ponderosa pine/chokecherry)
- Pinus ponderosa/Andropogon spp. h.t.
- Pseudotsuga menziesii Series
- Pseudotsuga menziesii/Agropyron spicatum h.t.
(PSME/AGSP; Douglas-fir/bluebunch wheatgrass) - Pseudotsuga menziesii/Physocarpus malvaceus h.t.
(PSME/PHMA; Douglas-fir/ninebark) - Pseudotsuga menziesii/Linnaea borealis h.t.
(PSME/LIBO; Douglas-fir/twinflower) - Pseudotsuga menziesii/Symphoricarpos albus h.t.
(PSME/SYAL; Douglas-fir/snowberry) - Pseudotsuga menziesii/Calamagrostis rubescens h.t.
(PSME/CARU; Douglas-fir/pinegrass) - Pseudotsuga menziesii/Carex geyeri h.t.
(PSME/CAGE; Douglas-fir/elk sedge) - Pseudotsuga menziesii/Spiraea betulifolia h.t.
(PSME/SPBE; Douglas-fir/white spiraea) - Pseudotsuga menziesii/Arctostaphylos uva-ursi h.t.
(PSME/ARUV; Douglas-fir/kinnikinnick) - Pseudotsuga menziesii/Juniperus communis h.t.
(PSME/JUCO; Douglas-fir/common juniper) - Pseudotsuga menziesii/Arnica cordifolia h.t.
(PSME/ARCO; Douglas-fir/heartleaf arnica) - Pseudotsuga menziesii/Symphoricarpos oreophilus h.t.
(PSME/SYOR; Douglas-fir/mountain snowberry)
- Pseudotsuga menziesii/Agropyron spicatum h.t.
- Picea Series
- Picea/Equisetum arvense h.t.
(PICEA/EQAR; spruce/common horsetail) - Picea/Clintonia uniflora h.t.
(PICEA/CLUN; spruce/queencup beadlily) - Picea/Clintonia uniflora h.t.
(PICEA/PHMA; spruce/ninebark) - Picea/Galium triflorum h.t.
(PICEA/GATR; spruce/sweetscented bedstraw) - Picea/Vaccinium caespitosum h.t.
(PICEA/VACA; spruce/dwarf huckleberry) - Picea/Senecio streptanthifolius h.t.
(PICEA/SEST; spruce/cleft-leaf groundsel) - Picea/Linnaea borealis h.t.
(PICEA/LIBO; spruce/twinflower) - Picea/Smilacina stellata h.t.
(PICEA/SMST; spruce/starry Solomon's seal)
- Picea/Equisetum arvense h.t.
- Abies grandis Series
- Abies grandis/Clintonia uniflora h.t.
(ABGR/CLUN; grand fir/queencup beadlily) - Abies grandis/Linnaea borealis h.t.
(ABGR/LIBO; grand fir/twinflower) - Abies grandis/Xerophyllum tenax h.t.
(ABGR/XETE; grand fir/beargrass)
- Abies grandis/Clintonia uniflora h.t.
- Thuja plicata and Tsuga heterophylla Series
- Thuja plicata/Clintonia uniflora h.t.
(THPL/CLUN; western redcedar/queencup beadlily) - Thuja plicata/Oplopanax horridum h.t.
(THPL/OPHO; western redcedar/devil’s club) - Tsuga heterophylla/Clintonia uniflora h.t.
(TSHE/CLUN; western hemlock/queencup beadlily)
- Thuja plicata/Clintonia uniflora h.t.
- Abies lasiocarpa Series
- Lower Subalpine Habitat Types
- Abies lasiocarpa/Oplopanax horridum h.t.
(ABLA/OPHO; subalpine fir/devil’s club) - Abies lasiocarpa/Clintonia uniflora h.t.
(ABLA/CLUN; subalpine fir/queencup beadlily) - Abies lasiocarpa/Galium triflorum h.t.
(ABLA/GATR; subalpine fir/sweetscented bedstraw) - Abies lasiocarpa/Vaccinium caespitosum h.t.
(ABLA/VACA; subalpine fir/dwarf huckleberry) - Abies lasiocarpa/Calamagrostis canadensis h.t.
(ABLA/CACA; subalpine fir/bluejoint) - Abies lasiocarpa/Linnaea borealis h.t.
(ABLA/LIBO; subalpine fir/twinflower) - Abies lasiocarpa/Menziesia ferrugina h.t.
(ABLA/MEFE; subalpine fir/menziesia) - Tsuga Mertensiana/Menziesia ferrugina h.t.
(TSME/MEFE; mountain hemlock/menziesia) - Abies lasiocarpa/Xerophyllum tenax h.t.
(ABLA/XETE; subalpine fir/beargrass) - Tsuga mertensiana/Xerophyllum tenax h.t.
(TSME/XETE; mountain hemlock/beargrass) - Abies lasiocarpa/Vaccinium globulare h.t.
(ABLA/VAGL; subalpine fir/blue huckleberry) - Abies lasiocarpa/Vaccinium scoparium h.t.
(ABLA/VASC; subalpine fir/grouse whortleberry) - Abies lasiocarpa/Alnus sinuata h.t.
(ABLA/ALSI; subalpine fir/Sitka alder) - Abies lasiocarpa/Calamagrostis rubescens h.t.
(ABLA/CARU; subalpine fir/pinegrass) - Abies lasiocarpa/Clematis pseudoalpina h.t.
(ABLA/CLPS; subalpine fir/virgin’s bower) - Abies lasiocarpa/Arnica cordifolia h.t.
(ABLA/ARCO; subalpine fir/heartleaf arnica) - Abies lasiocarpa/Carex geyeri h.t.
(ABLA/CAGE; subalpine fir/elk sedge)
- Abies lasiocarpa/Oplopanax horridum h.t.
- Upper Subalpine Habitat Types
- Abies lasiocarpa/Ribes montigenum h.t.
(ABLA/RIMO; subalpine fir/mountain gooseberry) - Abies lasiocarpa-Pinus albicaulis/Vaccinium scoparium h.t.
(ABLA-PIAL/VASC; subalpine fir-whitebark pine/grouse whortleberry) - Abies lasiocarpa/Luzula hitchcockii h.t.
(ABLA/LUHI; subalpine fir/wood-rush) - Tsuga mertensiana/Luzula hitchcockii h.t.
(TSME/LUHI; mountain hemlock/wood-rush)
- Abies lasiocarpa/Ribes montigenum h.t.
- Timberline Habitat Types
- Pinus albicaulis-Abies lasiocarpa h.t.s
(PIAL-ABLA; whitebark pine-subalpine fir) - Larix lyallii-Abies lasiocarpa h.t.s
(LALY-ABLA; alpine larch-subalpine fir) - Pinus albicaulis h.t.s
(PIAL; whitebark pine)
- Pinus albicaulis-Abies lasiocarpa h.t.s
- Lower Subalpine Habitat Types
- Pinus contorta Series
- Pinus contorta/Purshia tridentata h.t.
(PICO/PUTR; lodgepole pine/bitterbrush) - Pinus contorta/Vaccinium caespitosum h.t.
(PICO/VACA; lodgepole pine/dwarf huckleberry) - Pinus contorta/Linnaea borealis h.t.
(PICO/LIBO; lodgepole pine/twinflower) - Pinus contorta/Vaccinium scoparium h.t.
(PICO/VASC; lodgepole pine/grouse whortleberry) - Pinus contorta/Calamagrostis rubescens h.t.
(PICO/CARU; lodgepole pine/pinegrass)
- Pinus contorta/Purshia tridentata h.t.
- Other Vegetation Types
- Characterization and Distribution of Habitat Types
- Appendixes
- Appendix D-1: General Soil Characteristics
- Appendix E-1: Mean Basal Areas and 50-Year Site Indexes for Montana Stands, by Species and Habitat Type
- Appendix E-2: Mean Maximum Heights (in Feet) for Montana Stands by Tree Species and Habitat Type
- Appendix E-3: Estimated Yield Capabilities of West-Side Montana Habitat Types Based on Site Index Data and Stockability Factors
- Appendix E-4: Estimated Yield Capabilities of East-Side Montana Habitat Types Based on Site Index Data and Stockability Factors
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