The Vegetation of the Jackson Hole Wildlife Park, Wyoming
Reed JF. 1952. The Vegetation of the Jackson Hole Wildlife Park, Wyoming. The American Midland Naturalist. 48(3):700-729
The Jackson Hole Wildlife Park is located near Moran in Teton County, Wyoming. It was established in 1947 and is now stocked with a variety of big game animals, including antelope, bison, deer, elk (wapiti), and moose. The Park serves as a center for the study of the biota of the region. The purpose of botanical work in the Park is threefold: (1) to determine the nature of the vascular flora; (2) to describe the plant communities; (3) to learn the effect of the big-game animals on the vegetation. This report is concerned mainly with the nature of the vascular flora, but qualitative descriptions of the major plant communities as well as a generalized account of the climate, topography, and soils of the area are also included. Four seasons have been given to collecting and cataloguing the vascular plants of the Park. An herbarium has been established at the Laboratory of the Jackson Hole Station for Biological Research near Moran. Duplicates of the collections are on file at the Rocky Mountain Herbarium, University of Wyoming, and Laramie, Wyoming.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Reed, John
- Units
- GRTE
- Keywords
- Inventory & Monitoring, Jackson Hole Wildlife Park WY, Jackson Hole WY, Plant Communities, Plant Studies, Plants, Vegetation