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Avon Creek
RRA

Forest District: Chilcotin

Range Unit: Biddy Creek
Nearest Community: Alexis Creek

Year of Construction: 1997

Size and Fence Type: (80 x 140 x 100 x 140 m) 5-strand barb wire livestock-proof fence

Biogeoclimatic Unit: SBPS xc
Site Series:
Elevation: 1100
Slope: 0%
Soils: Elliot (Rego Humic Gleysol)
Leading Plant Species: The exclosure includes a Salix/Betula glandulosa community, a Vahlodea atropurpurea meadow, and a Puccinella nuttalliana/ Hordeum jubatum alkaline flat.
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, 1998

Comments:

Reports:

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

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