Historical Vegetation of Seasonally Moist Depressions in the South Fork of the Palouse River Watershed

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This study is part of a larger study of past wetlands in the watershed of the South Fork of the Palouse River. In this region, parts of the landscape where surface water accumulates in winter and spring are capable of developing distinctive vegetation. During the last century, agricultural drainage, soil erosion, stream downcutting, and invasions of exotic species have eliminated or drastically altered these seasonally moist meadow communities of topographic depressions. Because of this extensive modification of the landscape and biota, little is known about the species composition of these wetlands prior to Euro-American settlement. The purpose of this study was to obtain information from historical records on the plant species composition of these communities. It focuses on communities typical of places where flow accumulates on the landscape, rather than on wetlands associated with water flowing through a channel.

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Reference Code: U02WED01IDUS <br>

Full Citation: Weddell, B. J. 2002. Historical vegetation of seasonally moist depressions in the South Fork of the Palouse River Watershed. Appendix 5 in Servheen, G., Morgan, P., Weddell, B., Gessler, P., and McDaniel, P., Wetlands of the Palouse Prairie: Historical Extent and Plant Composition. Final Report to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. <br>

Location: ELECTRONIC FILE - BOTANY: OTHER <br>

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