A Study of Sedge-Dominated Areas in the Uinta Mountains

Twenty- six sedge-dominated sites in the Uinta Mountains of northeastern Utah were studied. These sites could be placed into two categories, wetland sites (those with water-saturated soils) and alpine tundra sites. The alpine sites had above-ground standing crops between 37 and 206 g/m2 • The soils...

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Main Author: Briggs, George Murchie
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Published: Utah State University 1978
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Tundra
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.26076/c971-f653
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spelling ftdatacite:10.26076/c971-f653 2023-05-15T18:40:19+02:00 A Study of Sedge-Dominated Areas in the Uinta Mountains Briggs, George Murchie 1978 https://dx.doi.org/10.26076/c971-f653 https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/4719 unknown Utah State University article-journal Text ScholarlyArticle 1978 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.26076/c971-f653 2022-02-08T12:42:49Z Twenty- six sedge-dominated sites in the Uinta Mountains of northeastern Utah were studied. These sites could be placed into two categories, wetland sites (those with water-saturated soils) and alpine tundra sites. The alpine sites had above-ground standing crops between 37 and 206 g/m2 • The soils were sandy and low in nutrients. Indirect gradient analysis of the alpine sites showed a relationship between soil stability and vegetation. No other factors were found to be related to overall vegetation patterns. The wetland sites were dominated by different Carex species than the alpine sites. These wetlands were often patches of monotypic stands. Above- ground standing crop values ranged from 28 360 g/m2 and were strongly dependent upon the stagnation of the water on the site. Text Tundra DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology)
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description Twenty- six sedge-dominated sites in the Uinta Mountains of northeastern Utah were studied. These sites could be placed into two categories, wetland sites (those with water-saturated soils) and alpine tundra sites. The alpine sites had above-ground standing crops between 37 and 206 g/m2 • The soils were sandy and low in nutrients. Indirect gradient analysis of the alpine sites showed a relationship between soil stability and vegetation. No other factors were found to be related to overall vegetation patterns. The wetland sites were dominated by different Carex species than the alpine sites. These wetlands were often patches of monotypic stands. Above- ground standing crop values ranged from 28 360 g/m2 and were strongly dependent upon the stagnation of the water on the site.
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