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BEC Management Interpretations
Indicator Plants
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Management Interpretations, Examples Species selection Free-growing guidelines Site Index (SIBEC), Productivity Class Vegetation Potential Site preparation Silvicultural systems Wildlife habitat (by species) Sensitive ecosystem mapping and description Rare plants Cultural values Minerals Watershed values
BEC Field Guides
http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hfd/pubs/Lmh.htm
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Management Interpretations, Examples
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Management Interpretations: Site Index What is site index?
For a particular target species, site index is the height of the largest diameter (at breast height) site tree on a 0.01 ha plot at breast height age 50
Why is site index important for forest management?
• provides a numeric description of site productivity
• Silviculture prescriptions
• Projections of yield (Timber supply)
• Inventory projections
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Management Interpretations: Site Index How can we measure site index?
Available tools suitable stands
Growth Intercept Models Ages 15-50
Height over age curves Ages 50-140
SIBEC Ages < 15 or > 140
http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hre/sibec/SIBEC_RDM_Section_2.htm
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Management Interpretations: Site Index and Vegetation Potential
Old format
Site class: I, II, III, IVVegetation Potential: L, M, H, VH
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Management Interpretations: Site Index
Douglas-fir site index in CWHdm
New format based on SIBEC
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Example from SIBEC tables
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Management InterpretationsSite Index of lodgepole pine across moisture regimes SBS zone
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Interior Indicator Plants
Amelanchier alnifoliaSaskatoon, dry-moist
Artemesia tridentataBig sage, dry-fresh
Arnica cordifoliaHeart-leaf arnica, fresh-moist
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Basic indicator plant concepts
Based on niche concept, where each species is uniquely affected by a complex suite of environmental factors (site quality)
Ecological amplitude=niche breadth, which is usually measured by one or more factors (e.g., SMR, SNR)
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Advantages of using the indicator plant concept
Quicker than detailed physical and chemical measures of site quality
Don’t fluctuate over short time periods
Integrate several factors that govern site quality (e.g., SMR depends on precip, radiation, moisture demands, soil properties that affect soil water storage capacity, etc.)
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Ecological amplitude ≠ Physiological amplitude
Ecological amplitude=niche breadth, depends on competitive influence of neighbouring plants
Physiological amplitude=optimal growing conditions without competition; most plants grow best in fresh, rich, neutral soil
At extremes of ecological amplitude, plant are sporadic in cover and vigour is low (e.g., salal on stumps and CWD in wet, rich sites)
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Ecological vs physiological amplitude of lodgepole pine
SMR
physiologicalamplitude
ecological amplitudeCoast:
SMR
physiologicalamplitude
ecological amplitudeInterior:
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Attributes of good indicator plants
Narrow amplitudes
Limited to three contiguous classes
Plants with intermediate ranges also considered indicator plants (e.g., swordfern)
Should consider all indicator attributes (climate, SMR, SNR, substrate)
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Local versus global indicators Global: occurs across a wide range of
indicator values (e.g., fireweed is a global indicator of exposed mineral soil in full light)
Local: restricted to a narrow range (e.g., salal is local indicator of cool mesothermal climates on acidic soils)
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Indicator Groups=Differentiated group
Groups of species that have similar indicator values for particular indicator attributes
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Indicator attribute: SMR SMR=long-term balance between available soil water
and plant water demand
Use actual SMR when choosing indicator plants
Actual SMR=based on actual annual water balance
Relative SMR: relatively driest in any climate to relatively wettest
Both actual and relative SMR can be classified into nine classes
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SMR Indicator Groups, Coastal BC
MOIST 1: Lichen group, VX-X
MOIST 2: Kinnickinnick group, X-SM
MOIST 3: Oregon grape group, SM-M
MOIST 4: Deer fern group, M-SHG
MOIST 5: Salmonberry group, SHG-HG
MOIST 6: Skunk cabbage group, HG-HD
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Indicator attribute: SNR
SNR=average amount of essential soil nutrients available to plants over several years
Actual SNR=based on rooting zone mineralizable nitrogen as the single differentiating characteristic
Relative SNR: relatively poorest to relatively richest
Both actual and relative SNR can be classified into five classes (VP-VR)
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Substrate Indicator Groups, Coastal BC
NITR 1: Salal group, VP-P
NITR 2: One-leaved foam-flower group, M
NITR 3: Three-leaved foam-flower group, R-VR
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Indicator attribute: Ground Surface Material (Substrate)
Soil surface is source of plant water and nutrients, and influences vegetation composition;
Decomposition releases nutrients, and therefore humus form is index of available nutrients
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Substrate Indicator Groups, Coastal BC
GSM 1: Red huckleberry group, Mors
GSM 2: Sword fern group, Moders and Mulls
GSM 3: Pearly everlasting, mineral soil
GSM 4: Sellaginella group, very shallow and rocky soils
GSM 5: Sphagnum group, wet soils
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Indicator Plants to Learn
-see course website for Indicator Plant List and photos
The url is: http://courses.forestry.ubc.ca/frst211
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Premise of using indicator plants in BEC
The occurrence and vigour of a plant species on a particular site reflects the quality of the site (because we know each plants’ ecological amplitude)
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Indicator values Can be integers or names that refer to classes
along environmental gradients BEC: names for SMR (VX-HD), SNR (VP-VR);
convert to integers Ellenberg (1974): Used values 1-9 for gradients of
light, temperature, soil moisture, soil nitrogen, soil acidity
The indicator value for a species reflects its correlation with its environment
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Best site quality indicator factors
Soil moisture regime, soil nutrient regime, climate, substrate
All affect plant physiology, yet are relatively environmentally stable