5. Name: Qassification and Management of Riparian and Wetland Sites in Montana. 



Authors: Paul Hansen, Robert Pfister, John Joy, Dan Svoboda, Keith Boggs, Lew Myers, 

 Steve Chadde, and John Pierce. 



References: Batchelor, R., M. Erwin, R. Martinka, D. Mcintosh, R. Pfister, E. Schneegas, J. 

 Tayor, and K. Walther. 1982. A taxonomic classification system for Montana riparian vegeta- 

 tion types. Montana rural Area Development Committee, Bozeman, Montana. 13 pp. 



Boggs K., P. Hansen, R. Pfister, and J. Joy. 1990. Qassification and management of riparian 

 and wetland sites in northwestern Montana, draft version 1, Montana Riparian Association, 

 School of Forestry, University of Montana. 217 pp. 



Hansen, P., S.W. Chadde, and R. Pfister, 1988. Riparian dominance types of Montana. 

 Montana Forest and Conservation Experiment Station, School of Forestry, University of 

 Montana, Missoula, Montana. Misc. Pub. No. 49. 41 1 r). 



Hansen, P., K. Boggs, R. Pfister, and J. Joy. 1990. Qassification and management of riparian 

 and wetland sites in southwestern Montana, draft version 2a, Montana Riparian Association, 

 School of Forestry, University of Montana. 292 pp. 



Hansen, P., K. Boggs, R. Pfister, and J. Joy. 1990. Qassification and management of riparian 

 and wetland sites in central and eastern Montana, draft version 2, Montana Riparian Associa- 

 tion, School of Forestry, University of Montana. 279 pp. 



Objectives: Develop a riparian ecological site classification for Montana to assist in the 

 identification, description, communication, and management of riparian areas by resource 

 managers. Describe the general geographic, topographic, edaphic, functional, and floristic 

 features of riparian ecosystems. Describe successional trends and predict vegetative potential 

 on disturbed riparian sites. Present information on resource values and management opportu- 

 nities. In addition, the classification can be used for mapping and inventory of the riparian 

 zone. 



Designed Users: Managers, biologists, hydrologists, engineers, resource specialists. 



Area of Applicability: The approach is both a conceptual framework and an operational 

 taxonomy that is applicable everywhere. The actual "types" described in the work arc 

 applicable to southwestern, central, northwestern, and eastern Montana. 



Classification Units, Description, and Data: 



Supplement to classification units: The ecological concepts and terminology used essentially 

 follow the work of Daubenmire (1959), Daubenmire (1968), Daubenmire and Daubenmire 

 (1968), Daubenmire (1970), Daubenmire (1978), and Kovalchik (1987). The hierarchical 

 system is described by Dauberunire (1978). The following is a brief discussion of the hierar- 

 chical system. 



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