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Influences of Adjacent Forest
Management Activities on Migratory Elk of Mount Rainier National
Park
Kurt J. Jenkins, Edward E. Starkey
APPENDIX II
| Appendix II. Average twig weights used to
estimate standing crop biomass of deciduous shrub, fern and
conifer species. |
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| Species | Canopya
Class |
N | Average
Weight (g) |
|
| Abies spp. | -- | 46 | 0.52 |
| Acer circinatum | Open | 41 | 1.40 |
| Acer circinatum | Closed | 100 | 0.30 |
| Alnus rubra | -- | 20 | 4.00 |
| Athyrium filix-femina | -- | 51 | 0.45 |
| Blechnum spicant | -- | 48 | 0.40 |
| Cornus stolonifera | Open | 54 | 0.98 |
| Cornus stolonifera | Closed | 101 | 0.26 |
| Equisetum arvense | -- | 29 | 1.26 |
| Lonicera involucrata | -- | 29 | 1.35 |
| Oplopanax horridum | -- | 30 | 1.63 |
| Pinus contorta | -- | 20 | 4.17 |
| Picea sitchensis | -- | 43 | 0.45 |
| Polystichum munitum | -- | 20 | 2.41 |
| Populus trichocarpa | -- | 26 | 0.89 |
| Psuedotsuga menziesii | -- | 41 | 0.95 |
| Ribes spp. | -- | 99 | 0.94 |
| Rosa spp. | -- | 125 | 0.18 |
| Rubus leucodermis | -- | 20 | 9.60 |
| Rubus parviflorus | -- | 21 | 1.64 |
| Rubus spectabilis | -- | 25 | 1.09 |
| Rubus ursinus | -- | 20 | 1.96 |
| Rubus ursinus | Open | 21 | 0.44 |
| Salix spp. | Closed | 30 | 1.87 |
| Sambucus racemosa | -- | 20 | 7.02 |
| Spiraea spp. | -- | 126 | 0.15 |
| Symphoricarpus spp. | -- | 284 | 0.06 |
| Taxus brevifolia | -- | 78 | 0.20 |
| Thuja plicata | -- | 82 | 0.20 |
| Tsuga hterophylla | -- | 101 | 0.20 |
| Vaccinium spp. | Open | 191 | 0.14 |
| Vaccinium spp. | Closed | 100 | 0.20 |
|
aOpen = canopy < 25%
Closed = canopy > 25% |
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