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Mirage Lake
RRA

Forest District: 100 Mile House

Range Unit: Canama
Nearest Community: 100 Mile House

Year of Construction: 1996

Size and Fence Type: 0.41 ha (64 x 64 m) 5-strand barbed wire livestock-proof fence

Biogeoclimatic Unit: IDF dk3
Site Series:
Elevation: 900 m 
Slope: 3% Aspect: S
Soils: Exeter (Orthic Gray Luvisol)
Leading Plant Species: 1997: Upland community: Poa pratensis, Potentilla hippiana, Cerastium arvense, Cladonia spp. Alkaline edge community: Distichlis stricta, Hordeum jubatum
Original Purpose: to determine Potential Natural Community; to determine seral stage and impacts of livestock management on plant communities and seral stage.
Years Monitored: 1997

Comments: Exclosure fenceline is tied into Mirage Lake. It is a large complex exclosure containing an upland, forest, open range, and a riparian alkaline area. The open range uplands along the lake was reseeded during the 1970's under the A.R.D.S.A. funding program. Most indications of the range reseeding are now gone.

Reports:

For Further Information Contact: Fred Knezevich, Ministry of Forests, Southern Interior Forest Region

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