Vascular Plant Inventory of Coastal Bogs, Wetlands, and Lakeshores, Olympic National Park (2005)
Acker SA and Olson RW. 2009. Vascular Plant Inventory of Coastal Bogs, Wetlands, and Lakeshores, Olympic National Park (2005). Natural Resource Technical Report. NPS/NCCN/NRTR—2009/174. National Park Service. Fort Collins, Colorado
The NPS established the Natural Resource Inventory and Monitoring Program (I&M) to help park units collect scientifically credible ecological resource information and to develop or improve field and monitoring techniques. As a first step, 5-year inventories were initiated in the North Coast and Cascades Network (NCCN) to gather core sets of data describing park vascular plants and vertebrate resources. Although the wetlands of the coastal strip of Olympic National Park are known to harbor many rare plant species, these areas have had relatively few botanical surveys. This project was undertaken to ensure that vascular plants of coastal bogs, wetlands, and lakeshores were adequately represented on the park's species list. A total of 26 sites were examined, representing contrasting hydrologic settings associated with lakeshores and other wetlands, and encompassing nearly the entire south to north extent of the coastal strip. In total, 270 different plants were recorded. Of these 210 were native, 34 were non-native, and 26 were of unknown origin (mostly not identified to species). One species new to the park was found, river bulrush (Schoenoplectus fluviatilis). The total included 21 taxa on rare plant lists for the park, the state, or both.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Acker, Steven; Olson, Richard
- Date of Issue
- 2009-02
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- NRSS , OLYM
- Keywords
- Bog, Coastal, Exotic, Inventory, Monitoring, OLYM, Olympic National Park, Ozette River Watershed, Presence, Vascular Plant, Vegetation Inventory, Wetland
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Wetland Communities , Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Riparian Communities