Archive image from page 6 of Ecological inventory of wetland sites. Ecological inventory of wetland sites in the Thompson-Fisher conservation easement D18C347B-FB2D-43C6-ACA8-74A41D47DA6C Year: 2002 Site Descriptions Buck Creek Directions This site is located in the Fisher River watershed in northwest Montana. From Libby, travel east on State Route 37 for 14 miles. Turn south on the Fisher River Road and travel for about 4 miles to Forest Road 533. Travel west on this road for approximately 1 mile. The site lies to the south along Buck Creek. Description This riparian wetland occurs withi
Archive image from page 6 of Ecological inventory of wetland sites. Ecological inventory of wetland sites in the Thompson-Fisher conservation easement D18C347B-FB2D-43C6-ACA8-74A41D47DA6C Year: 2002 Site Descriptions Buck Creek Directions This site is located in the Fisher River watershed in northwest Montana. From Libby, travel east on State Route 37 for 14 miles. Turn south on the Fisher River Road and travel for about 4 miles to Forest Road 533. Travel west on this road for approximately 1 mile. The site lies to the south along Buck Creek. Description This riparian wetland occurs within a Streamside Management Zone along Buck Creek. An Alnus incana (Mountain Alder) community dominates the majority of the site. Tall shrubs, primarily Alnus incana and Betula occidentalis (Water Birch), form a dense, closed canopy over a well developed medium shrub layer of Symphoricarpos albus (Common Snowberry), Rubus idaeus (Red Raspberry), Lonicera involucrata (Twinberry Honeysuckle), Rosa acicularis (Prickly Rose), and Ribes sp. (Gooseberry). There is limited regeneration of Picea engelmannii (Engelmann Spruce), and there are a few, scattered Populus balsamifera ssp. trichocarpa (Black Cottonwood) trees present. There is a small remnant stand of mature Picea engelmannii on a small knoll within the floodplain. These trees are approximately 170 years old and have a diameter-at-breast-height >20 inches. They form a somewhat open canopy with a few smaller Pseudotsuga menziesii (Douglas-Fir). Amelanchier alnifolia (Western Serviceberry), Symphoricarpos albus (Common Snowberry), Rosa acicularis (Prickly Rose), Betula occidentalis (Water Birch), Alnus incana (Mountain Alder), Cornus sericea (Red-Osier Dogwood), and Mahonia repens (Creeping Oregon- Grape) dominate a well developed shrub layer. The abundant ground layer is dominated by Maianthemum stellatum (Starry False Solomon's-Seal), Aralia nudicaulis (Wild Sarsaparilla), Elymus
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