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Payette National Forests; and at Elevations Ranging from 4,300 to 6,400 Feet, Often on Drier, Upper Slopes and Ridges Boise National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan Appendix A Appendix A. Vegetation Table of Contents Introduction ................................................................................................................................. A-1 National Standards for Vegetation Classification ................................................................... A-2 Fire Regimes and Spatial Pattern ............................................................................................ A-2 Desired Vegetation Conditions ................................................................................................... A-5 Forested Vegetation ................................................................................................................ A-5 Tree Size Class .................................................................................................................... A-6 Canopy Cover Class ............................................................................................................ A-7 Species Composition ........................................................................................................... A-7 Shrub and Herb Communities within the Forested Potential Vegetation Groups ............ A-10 Snags and Coarse Woody Debris ...................................................................................... A-10 Legacy Trees ......................................................................................................................... A-15 Vegetative Hazard and Wildfire within Forested Potential Vegetation Groups ............... A-15 Vegetation and Wildlife Restoration Strategy ...................................................................... A-16 Other Forested Vegetation Types ......................................................................................... A-17 Shrublands............................................................................................................................. A-17 Canopy Cover Class .......................................................................................................... A-18 Herb Communities within the Shrubland Environmental Site Potentials Groups ............ A-19 Riparian Vegetation .............................................................................................................. A-19 Grasslands ............................................................................................................................. A-20 Wetlands/Marshes, Alpine, and Other Vegetation Types ..................................................... A-20 Vegetation Mapping .................................................................................................................. A-20 Forested Vegetation Mapping ............................................................................................... A-20 Non-forested Vegetation Mapping ....................................................................................... A-21 Vegetation Classification .......................................................................................................... A-21 Forest Vegetation—Potential Vegetation Groups ................................................................ A-21 PVG 1—Dry Ponderosa Pine/Xeric Douglas-fir .............................................................. A-21 PVG 2—Warm, Dry Douglas-fir/Moist Ponderosa Pine .................................................. A-21 PVG 3—Cool, Moist Douglas-fir ..................................................................................... A-21 PVG 4—Cool, Dry Douglas-fir ........................................................................................ A-22 PVG 5—Dry Grand Fir ..................................................................................................... A-22 PVG 6—Moist Grand Fir.................................................................................................. A-22 PVG 7—Warm, Dry Subalpine Fir ................................................................................... A-23 PVG 8—Warm, Moist Subalpine Fir ............................................................................... A-23 PVG 9—Hydric Subalpine Fir .......................................................................................... A-24 PVG 10—Persistent Lodgepole Pine ................................................................................ A-24 PVG 11—High Elevation Subalpine Fir (with Whitebark Pine) ...................................... A-24 Stand Structure .................................................................................................................. A-25 Other Forested/Woodland Vegetation Types ........................................................................ A-25 Aspen ................................................................................................................................ A-25 Shrubland and Grassland Vegetation .................................................................................... A-25 Shrubland Environmental Site Potentials Groups............................................................. A-25 Grassland Environmental Site Potentials Groups ............................................................. A-26 Riparian Cover Types ........................................................................................................... A-27 Riverine Riparian .............................................................................................................. A-27 Deciduous Tree ................................................................................................................. A-27 Shrub Riparian .................................................................................................................. A-28 Herbaceous Riparian ......................................................................................................... A-28 Other Vegetation ................................................................................................................... A-28 Wetlands ........................................................................................................................... A-28 Alpine ................................................................................................................................ A-28 References ................................................................................................................................. A-29 Tables Table A-1. Fire Regimes ............................................................................................................. A-3 Table A-2. Forested potential vegetation groups by fire regimes ............................................... A-6 Table A-3. Tree size class definitions ......................................................................................... A-6 Table A-4. Forest-wide range of desired tree size classes for stages other than large tree, arranged by fire regime ............................................................................................................... A-7 Table A-5. Forest-wide range of desired conditions for the large tree size class for forested vegetation within each potential vegetation group (PVG), arranged by fire regime .................. A-8 Table A-6. Desired range of snags per acre in green stands for potential vegetation groups ... A-11 Table A-7. Desired range of coarse woody debris in green stands, in tons per acre, and desired amounts in large classes for potential vegetation groups ............................................. A-11 Table A-8. Desired condition ranges for climax aspen ............................................................. A-17 Table A-9. Shrubland environmental site potential groups by fire regime ............................... A-17 Table A-10. Desired condition ranges for Low Sagebrush Environmental Site Potential Groups ....................................................................................................................................... A-18 Table A-11. Desired condition ranges for Mountain Big Sagebrusha Environmental Site Potential Groups........................................................................................................................ A-18 Table A-12. Desired condition ranges for Wyoming Big Sagebrusha. ..................................... A-19 Table A-13. Desired condition ranges for Montane Shrub Environmental Site Potential Groups ....................................................................................................................................... A-19 Figures Figure A-1. Patch Dynamics of Fire Regimes (from Agee 1998) .............................................. A-4 Figure A-2. Temporal cycling of coarse woody debris by fire regime (Agee 2002) ................ A-13 Figure A-3. Range of snag function relative to minimum height described in the desired condition (example for potential vegetation groups with 30-foot minimum height)................ A-14 Figure A-4. Factors that contribute to wildland fire risk (adopted from Bachman and Allgöwer 1999) ......................................................................................................................... A-16 Appendix A (2003-2010 integration) Vegetation INTRODUCTION Appendix A contains the mapping criteria, classification descriptions, and desired condition tables for vegetation outside of designated wilderness areas that fall within Management Area 22. Separate tables
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