Wet Meadow 6-10 PZ
Circle-spoke model
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Description
This state is dominated by tufted hairgrass and nebraska sedge in the wettest portions of the ecological site and grades toward slender wheat and western wheat where the site becomes drier. Small clumps of wild rose and willow will grow along stream banks and marshy areas.
Submodel
Description
Many of the desirable cool season grasses/grasslikes have decreased such as tufted hairgrass, Nebraska sedge, slender wheatgrass, and western wheatgrass. Undesirable grass and forb species have increased including: baltic rush, low sedges, mat muhly, Rocky Mountain Iris, cinquefoils, and water hemlock. The soil surface may become broken and hummocky.
Resilience management
Resilience to disturbance is lowest in the degraded state. Soils often become compacted decreasing the sites' ability to absorb water during flood events. This in turn increases runoff and stream channel degradation.
Submodel
Description
The wet meadow ecological site is often seeded to introduced hay and pasture grasses. Common grasses include: meadow brome, meadow creeping foxtail, orchardgrass, and timothy. The seeded pasture can then be grazed or hayed.
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