YOSEMITE Vegetational Changes in Yosemite Valley NPS Occasional Paper No. 5

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ABSTRACT

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

INTRODUCTION

THE VALLEY

GEOLOGY

METHODS

LANDFORMS, SOILS AND VEGETATION

Recent Alluvium Without Profile Development (As)
Recent Alluvium With Profile Development (A)
Older Alluvium With Profile Development (B)
Moraines (D)
Alluvial Fans (F)
Colluvial Landforms (C)

EVALUATION OF VEGETATIONAL CHANGES

Forest Vegetation
Forest Understory Vegetation
Deer Browsing
Meadow Vegetation

MAINTAINING MEADOWS

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR VEGETATIONAL MANAGEMENT

REFERENCES

APPENDIX: Scientific and Common Names of Plants

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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Heady, Harold F.
Vegetational changes in Yosemite Valley.
(Occasional paper—National Park Service ; no. 5)
Bibliography: p.
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