Range Plant Community Types And Carrying Capacity For The Upper Foothills Subregion

The purpose of this guide is to develop a framework to group the vegetative community types in the Upper Foothills subregion of Albert for the purpose of creating a classification system that can be used to assess carrying capacity and evaluate range condition on lands within the region. The paper discusses the approach and methods of classification, guidelines for determining ecological sites, and describes the climate of the region a general ecological site description and the plant community table which covers, among other types, grassland, bearberry/lichen, hairy wild rye, Labrador tea-mesic, tall bilberry/arnica, bracted honeysuckle, fescue, and meadow.--Includes text from document.