Special plant and landscape features of Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta
Achuff PL. 1997. Special plant and landscape features of Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta. Parks Canada. Waterton Park, Alberta
The report's objectives are to: 1) systematically identify the special plant and landscape features of Waterton Lakes National Park (WLNP), 2) delineate their locations as best known, 3) describe current conditions, and 4) recommend management actions, where appropriate. WLNP currently is known to contain 971 vascular plant species, more than any other mountain national park and disproportionally rich for its size. Of these, 179 species are rare in Alberta and occur in WLNP. Rare vascular plant species accounts provided in the report describe species habitat and occurence in WLNP. Currently, 86 non-native vascular plant species are known for WLNP. Landscape units, described in detail in the report, were based on the Ecological Land Classification, which combines landform, soil and vegetation features. Eleven units (ecosites) are considered rare (occur in <5 tracts): 4 in the Foothills Parkland Ecoregion, 1 in the Montane Ecoregion, 3 in the Lower Subalpine, and 3 in the Upper Subalpine.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Achuff, Peter
- Date of Issue
- 1997
- Publisher
- Parks Canada
- Units
- GLAC
- Keywords
- Botany, Crown of the Continent Ecosystem, Disturbance, ecological land classification, landscape units, non-native vascular plant species, Northern Rocky Mountains, rare vascular plant species, Vascular Plants, Vegetation