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Rim Rock Swamp
RRA

Forest District: Quesnel

Range Unit: Rimrock
Nearest Community: McLeese Lake

Year of Construction: 1996

Size and Fence Type: 384 m 5-strand barbed wire livestock-proof fence

Biogeoclimatic Unit: SBS dw2
Site Series:
Elevation: 1,030
Slope: 0%
Soils: Cinema (Orthic Gray Luvisol)
Leading Plant Species: 1997: The exclosure includes a large Carex meadow with aspen and willow, and a Pinus contorta/Shepherdia canadensis community. The meadow is dominated by Carex utriculata, Carex aquatilis, and Potentilla palustris.
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

Comments:  Heavily browsed willow edge surrounds wetland.

Reports:

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

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