High-water indicator plants along Idaho waterways

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Plants restricted to and common under seasonally flooded conditions along Idaho waterways can be useful for managing and monitoring riparian areas. They can function as indicator plants that relate topography and channel capacity to annually fluctuating water levels. Indicator plants can also be useful in evaluating present and past stream hydrology conditions. The presence of these indicator species can help determine mean flood levels relative to the current water level. Stream channel geometry is highly variable over the length of a stream, and estimating mean high water can help one determine the sites suitable for rehabilitation.

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Reference Code: U92ROS02IDUS <br>

Full Citation: Rosentreter, R. 1992. High-water indicator plants along Idaho waterways. Pages 18-24 in: Proceedings - symposium on ecology and management of riparian shrub communities, May 29-31, 1991, Sun Valley, Idaho. Gen. Tech. Rep. INT-289. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Research Station, Ogden, UT. <br>

Location: ELECTRONIC FILE - BOTANY: OTHER Paper presented at the Symposium on "Ecology and Management of Riparian Shrub Communities," May 29-31, 1991, Sun Valley, Idaho

Keywords: aquatic vascular species, extreme high water, high-water indicator species, lichen species, mean high water, monitoring streamflow, rehabilitation, riparian areas, riparian indicator species, stream channel capacity, stream channel stability, stream geomorphology