Catoctin Mountain Park Resource Brief: Orchids
Cunningham D, Gliss J, Matthews E, Nortrup M. 2016. Catoctin Mountain Park Resource Brief: Orchids. National Capital Region Network, Inventory & Monitoring
This brief describes a 2016 census of native orchids at Catoctin Mountain Park and Cunningham Falls State Park, in comparison to a historic study in the Catoctin Mountains. The original study, published by Knapp and Wiegand took place 1968-2008 and showed declines in 19 of 21 species. Sites from that study were revisited in 2016 to see if park deer management had allowed any orchid populations to rebound.
- Type
- Resource Brief
- Authors
- Cunningham, Daniel; Gliss, Jessica; Matthews, Elizabeth; Nortrup, Megan
- Date of Issue
- 2016-08
- Publisher
- National Capital Region Network, Inventory & Monitoring
- Units
- CATO , NCRN
- Keywords
- CATO, Catoctin Mountain Park, deer browse, deer management, Forest Brief, I&M, Inventory & Monitoring, National Capital Region Network, NCRN, orchids, white-tailed deer