Ericaceous Shrub Complex
Ericaceous Shrub Complex

Author: British Columbia. Forest Practices Branch

Publisher: British Columbia, Forest Practices Branch, Ministry of Forests

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 11

ISBN-13: 9780772631626

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"This operational summary provides information about vegetation management in the ericaceous shrub complex. The complex is dominated by the following shrubs: false azalea (Menziesia ferruginea), white-flowered rhododendron (Rhododendron albiflorum), oval-leaved blueberry (Vaccinium ovalifolium), and black huckleberry (Vaccinium parvifolium). The dominant herb is Sitka valerian (Valeriana sitchensis) on fresh to moist sites. Other herbs that may invade following harvest include: fireweed, woodrush, red elderberry, mountain ash, foamflower, mountain arnica, twisted stalk, and Indian hellebore. Topics covered in this summary include development of the complex and its interaction with crop trees; non-timber values and pre-harvest considerations; and management strategies for current and backlog sites."--Unedited text from document.

North American Cornucopia
North American Cornucopia

Author: Ernest Small

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2013-09-23

Total Pages: 796

ISBN-13: 1000219038

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Many North American plants have characteristics that are especially promising as candidates for expanding our food supply and generating new economically competitive crops. This book is an informative analysis of the top 100 indigenous food plants of North America, focusing on those species that have achieved commercial success or have substantial market potential. The book's user-friendly format provides concise information on each plant. It examines the geography and ecology, history, economic and social importance, food and industrial uses, and the economic future of each crop.

Effects of Operational Brushing on Conifers and Plant Communities in the Southern Interior of British Columbia
Effects of Operational Brushing on Conifers and Plant Communities in the Southern Interior of British Columbia

Author: Suzanne Simard

Publisher:

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 428

ISBN-13:

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This handbook contains information on the effects of operational brushing treatments on conifers & plant communities in the Kamloops and Nelson forest regions of British Columbia. Data were collected over a nine-year period from 96 individual PROBE (PRotocol for Operational Brushing Evaluations) trials. The first three sections present an introduction to the PROBE program, its objectives, and the research methodology. Sections 4 to 11 contain detailed analyses for eight vegetation complexes (fireweed, fern, mixed shrub, ericaceous shrub & subalpine herb, dry alder, wet alder, aspen, and mixed broadleaf/shrub complex). Each of these sections contains an abstract, an introduction, site descriptions, results, discussion, conclusions, and management implications. The final section is an overall summary and management recommendation. Appendices include information about the willow and pinegrass complexes, a summary of results for unreplicated treatments involving those communities, and summary tables of information about PROBE sites that presently represent unreplicated treatment cells.