Field Trips

There are two required field trips.

Wenatchee Mountains September 28, 2007  to September 30, 2007

 

Background documents (print out and review before the field trip)

Introduction and data collection instructions

Data sheet forms

Field site maps

Species list (Excel file)

Line drawings of trees and shrubs

Line drawings of higher elevation trees and shrubs

Figures for discussion

Examples of site descriptions from 2005

Extras (for reference only—don’t print out)

Wenatchee Plant Association Guide

Common Plants of Wenatchee National Forest

Analysis Documents

2007 Data Entry Sheet (Excel format)

 

Pictures

Picture archive

 

Wind River Canopy Crane October 19, 2007 to October 21, 2007

 

Background documents (print out and review before the field trip)

 

Trip Overview

 

Background on the Sister Rocks silver fir stand

Larson, J. A. and J. F. Franklin. 2006. Structural segregation and scales of spatial dependency in Abies amabilis forests. Journal of Vegetation Science 17:489-498.

 

Background information (do not print out—for your reading pleasure only.  All files are larger than 10 MB.)

Gifford Pinchot National Forest—Western Hemlock Zone

Gifford Pinchot National Forest—Silver Fire Zone

Gifford Pinchot National Forest—Mountain Hemlock Zone

Gifford Pinchot National Forest—Grand Fir Zone

 

Additional Information

This information is provided as reference to help you with your writing for the class and as a professional ecologist.

Primer on proper, consistent use of species codes

Garrison Codes for Pacific Northwest Species (ASCII)

Garrison Codes for Pacific Northwest Species (PDF)

Silvics of North America Volume 1 (Conifers)

Silvics of North America Volume 2 (Hardwoods)

 

 

 

Vegetation associations near Tenaya Lake, Yosemite National Park, 1997

College of Forest ResourcesUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
CFR 501 Forest Community Ecology