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Table 14. Possible vegetative evidence of location above the ordinary high water mark.
Selected examples
Rip.
Elev. Type
Indicator*
Representative taxa
River
Source
Annual herbs: Xeric
Plum Creek,
Friedman et al.
L
HM
Berteroa incana, Bromus
ruderals dominant
tectorum, etc.
CO
(1996)
(L, All)
Gunnison
Auble et al.
L
HM
B. tectorum
River, CO
(1994)
Plum Creek,
Friedman et al.
Perennial herbs:
L
HM
Sporobolis cryptandrus,
CO
(1996)
Clonal and non-clonal
Heterotheca villosa,
Agropyron spp.
species co-dominant
(All, HM)
Perennial herbs: Non-
Gunnison
Auble et al.
L
HM
S. cryptandrus, H. villosa,
clonal species
River, CO
(1994)
dominant (All, HM)
Mature pioneer trees
S. Fk.
Katz (2001)
L
HM
P. deltoides
on surfaces without
Republican
younger cohorts
and Arikaree
(All, HM-M)
Rivers, CO
Escalante
Irvine and West
L
HM
P. fremontii, S. exigua,
River, UT
(1979)
Tamarix
Mature pioneer trees
P. deltoides overstory with
Green River,
Merritt and
L
HM
with xeric understory
CO
Cooper (2000)
Chrysothamnus
species (L, HM-M)
viscidiflorus, Sarcobatus
vermiculatus, B. tectorum,
Sporobolis airoides
Plum Creek,
Friedman et al.
Mature pioneer trees
Populus spp. with Prunus
L
HM
virginiana, Cretaegus spp.
CO
(1996)
with seral or upland
species (All, HM-M)
Fremont River,
P. fremontii with Atriplex
L
HM
Everitt (1995)
UT
canescens, S. vermiculatus
Late-successional
Various, ZNP,
Harper et al.
H
HM
Acer negundo, Abies
species composition
Utah
(1991)
concolor, A. galbrum, A.
(H, HM-M)
grandidentatum, Mahonia
repens
Upland species
unnamed
Leitner (1987)
L
X
Fouquieria splendens,
dominant (All, All)
canyon arroyo,
Fagonia californica, Olneya
Sonora, MX
tesota
Bloss and
L
X
New River, AZ
F. splendens, Opuntia
Brotherson
fulgida, Echinocereus
(1979)
engelmannii
Beaver Dam
McArthur and
L
X
Acamptopappus
Slope, UT
Sanderson
sphaerocephalus, Krameria
(1991)
parviflora, L. tridentata
L = mid-low elevation, H = high-mid elevation, HM = hydro-mesic riparian, M = mesoriparian, X =
xeroriparian.
* Parentheses indicate (elevation, riparian moisture type) in which the indicator is likely to be applicable.
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