Vegetation Resources: Bobcat Ridge

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Chapter 3. Vegetation Resources In this chapter we describe the various plant and vegetation resources found at Bobcat Ridge. This includes a discussion of plant communities, rare plants, and system factors including ecological processes that give rise to the vegetation composition and distribution within the natural area. In the summer of 2004, the Colorado Natural Heritage Program (CNHP) was contracted to conduct a biological survey of Bobcat Ridge Natural Area for the purpose of identifying native plant communities and ecosystems present that are of conservation concern. Much of the following section is adapted from their report (Doyle 2004). Plant Communities and Ecosystems Ecosystems are defined as dynamic assemblages of plant and animal…show more content…
| |(Source of Stress) |Non-native and invasive species like cheatgrass and Canada thistle. | | |Lack of natural disturbances. | |Strategy/Action |Locate remnant grassland patches to determine restoration targets including species diversity and| | |abundance. | | |Use a combination of targeted cool-season and dormant season grazing, prescribed fire and | | |enhancement seeding to convert non-native areas to native.

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