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Wild Rye
RRA

Forest District: 100 Mile House

Range Unit: Mann
Nearest Community: 70 Mile House

Year of Construction: c. 1985

Size and Fence Type: 0.36 ha (60 x 6 6-strand smooth wire livestock-proof fence

Biogeoclimatic Unit: IDF dk3
Site Series:
Elevation: 1,150 m 
Slope: 0%
Soils: Beaverdam (Orthic Dark Brown)
Leading Plant Species: Poa pratensis, Stipa richardsonii, Stipa curtiseta Antennaria spp.
Original Purpose: originally constructed to monitor Altai Wild Rye seeding.
Years Monitored: visually monitored only, not sampled

Comments: Seeding was done c. 1977 by Newberry Cattle Co. 1998 visual assessment suggests that the wild rye has disappeared from the plant community.

Reports:

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

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