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Woodjam
RRA

Forest District: Central Cariboo

Range Unit: Woodjam
Nearest Community: Horsefly

Year of Construction: 1996

Size and Fence Type: 154 x 50 x 184 x 80 m 5-strand barbed wire livestock-proof fence

Biogeoclimatic Unit: SBS dw1
Site Series:
Elevation: 900 m 
Slope: 0%
Soils: Guilford-Catfish Creek (Cumulic Regosol)
Leading Plant Species:  1997: The exclosure includes an aspen/fir/spruce stand and a small bluegrass sod clearing. The forest stand is dominated by Picea engelmannii, Symphoricarpos albus, Poa pratensis, Danthonia intermedia, Geum macrophyllum, Trifolium repens, and mosses. The bluegrass community is dominated by Poa pratensis, Phleum pratense, Agrostis gigantea, Trifolium repens, Taraxacum officianale, and mosses.
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

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

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