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Jones Flat
RRA

Forest District: Chilcotin

Range Unit: Scallon
Nearest Community: Hanceville

Year of Construction: 1997

Size and Fence Type: 1 ha (100 x 100 m) 5-strand barbed wire livestock-proof fence



Biogeoclimatic Unit: IDF xm
Site Series: 31
Elevation: 1,050 m 
Slope: 0%
Soils: Chimney (Orthic Dark Brown)
Leading Plant Species: 1998: Koeleria macrantha, Antennaria spp., Potentilla hippiana, Erigeron compositus, Artemisia frigida
Original Purpose: to determine Potential Natural Community; to determine seral stage and impacts of livestock management on plant communities and seral stage.
Years Monitored: 1998

Comments: historically a heavily grazed site. The above photo was taken in the area where the exclosure was constructed.

Reports:

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

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