. Assessing big sagebrush at multiple spatial scales : an example in southeast Oregon. Big sagebrush; Sagebrush; Sage grouse; Habitat (Ecology); Vegetation monitoring; Vegetation dynamics; Range ecology. Subclasses for Class 3 Subclass 3(A): This vegetation has a shrub component dominated by Wyoming big sage- brush, with an understory of native grasses (about 10 percent canopy cover) and forbs (less than 10 percent canopy cover) and intact biological soil crusts in interplant spaces, repre- senting the potential natural community (Miller and Eddleman 2001) (Figure 20). Subclass 3(A) Wyoming bi
. Assessing big sagebrush at multiple spatial scales : an example in southeast Oregon. Big sagebrush; Sagebrush; Sage grouse; Habitat (Ecology); Vegetation monitoring; Vegetation dynamics; Range ecology. Subclasses for Class 3 Subclass 3(A): This vegetation has a shrub component dominated by Wyoming big sage- brush, with an understory of native grasses (about 10 percent canopy cover) and forbs (less than 10 percent canopy cover) and intact biological soil crusts in interplant spaces, repre- senting the potential natural community (Miller and Eddleman 2001) (Figure 20). Subclass 3(A) Wyoming big sagebrush vegetation types can meet some habitat needs of sage-grouse—for example, by providing winter habitat (Miller and Eddleman 2001)—and those of other wildlife that rely primarily on sagebrush and associated understory herbaceous species. This vegetation is desirable to sustain as patches, intermingled with subclasses 1(A), 2(A), 2(C), 3(B), 3(C), 4(B), and 5(A). Subclass 3(B): This vegetation has a shrub compo- nent dominated by basin big sagebrush or moun- tain big sagebrush, with an understory of native grasses and forbs (photo not available.). Subclass 3(B) vegetation is typically moving successionally to greater abundance of sagebrush species and is not yet at the potential natural community for basin big sagebrush and mountain big sagebrush. Despite this, subclass 3(B) basin big sagebrush or mountain big sagebrush vegetation types meet. some habitat needs of wildlife that rely primarily on sagebrush and associated understory herba- ceous species. For example, they provide sage- grouse winter habitat in central Oregon (Hanf et al. 1994). This vegetation is desirable to sustain as patches, intermingled with subclasses 1(A), 2(A), 2(C), 3(A), 3(C), 4(B), and 5(A). It should be recognized, however, that subclass 3(B) vegeta- tion is probably transitory and should be permit- ted to move successionally to class 4. Subclass 3(C): This vegetation has a shrub com- pone
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