2015 Vegetation Monitoring Results and Analysis for the Summit Lake National Natural Landmark, Mount Evans, Colorado
Wagner JI, Denn M, Seney J, Shorrock D, Kuhn B. 2016. 2015 Vegetation Monitoring Results and Analysis for the Summit Lake National Natural Landmark, Mount Evans, Colorado. NPS Water Resources Division. Fort Collins, CO
With the support of the NPS’s National Natural Landmarks Program, Denver Mountain Parks requested assistance from the NPS Water Resources Division in 2015 to evaluate impacts from visitor use, roads or other sources on wetland plant communities at Summit Lake National Natural Landmark (Mount Evans, CO). One specific objective was to establish plots that could be used to characterize and monitor changes in plant communities over time. This report documents results of a vegetation study designed and implemented by the authors to characterize the vegetation communities immediately upslope and downslope of the Mount Evans Scenic Byway in the park.
- Type
- Technical Assistance Report
- Authors
- Wagner, Joel; Denn, Marie; Seney, Joe; Shorrock, Donna; Kuhn, Bernadette
- Date of Issue
- 2016-07-18
- Publisher
- NPS Water Resources Division
- Units
- IMR , NNL
- Keywords
- alpine, Colorado, impact, monitoring, Mount Evans, road, Summit Lake National Natural Landmark, vegetation, wetland
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Geology and Soils | Geomorphology | Glacial Features and Processes , Ecological Framework: Geology and Soils | Geomorphology | Hillslope Features and Processes , Ecological Framework: Geology and Soils | Geomorphology | Lake Features and Processes , Ecological Framework: Water | Hydrology | Surface Water Dynamics , Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Wetland Communities , Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Freshwater Communities , Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Grassland/Herbaceous Communities , Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Vegetation Complex , Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | At-risk Biota | T&E Species and Communities , Ecological Framework: Human Use | Point-Source Human Effects | Point-Source Human Effects , Ecological Framework: Human Use | Non-point Source Human Effects | Non-point Source Human Effects , Ecological Framework: Human Use | Visitor and Recreation Use | Visitor Use