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Author(s):
Thomas R. Vale
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Topic(s):
Fire Effects
Ecological - Second Order
Vegetation
Recovery after fire

NRFSN number: 15437
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Twenty-nine journals and diaries were reviewed for their vegetation descriptions of the sagebrush-grass area in an attempt to assess the relative importance of herbaceous plants and woody brush in the northern Intermountain West. The early writings suggest a pristine vegetation visual& dominated by shrubs. Stands of grass apparently were largely confined to wet valley bottoms, moist canyons, and mountain slopes, with more e.rtensive areas in eastern Oregon near the Cascade Range. The major area was apparently covered by thick stands of brush.

Citation

Vale, Thomas R. 1975. Presettlement vegetation in the sagebrush-grass area of the Intermountain West. Journal of Range Management. 28(1): 32-36.

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