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West Midway Sphenoptera Release Transect

Forest District: Arrow Boundary

Range Unit: Ingram Boundary
Nearest Community: Midway

Year of Construction: 1986

Size and Fence Type: Single unfenced 25m transect

Biogeoclimatic Unit: PPdh1
Site Series: 03
Elevation: 690m
Slope: 10% Aspect W
Soils:
Leading Plant Species: (1986) Centaurea diffusa, Bromus tectorum, Lupinus sericeus.
(1998) Centaurea diffusa, Elymus spicatus, Bromus tectorum
Original Purpose: Transect established to determine efficacy of an insect biocontrol release (Sphenoptera) on knapweed populations.
Years Monitored: 1986, 1990, 1998

Comments:  Transect crosses variable terrain.

Reports:

For Further Information Contact:  Don Gayton, Ministry of Forests, Southern Interior Forest Region

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