408 Quaking aspen-bur oak forest Eastern great plains aspen parkland. Occurs in northwestern Minnesota and adjacent Canada (Manitoba). Stands are open woodlands to forests dominated by quaking aspen. There is often a moderately dense shrub layer and a component of tallgrass species in the nonwoody stratum. Fire exclusion in this vegetation type has allowed trees and shrubs to become dominant, while the tallgrass herbaceous layer has become less important. 210,220,230,250 1 4 20 2,18 2 1

Created from FCCS 142 for EVT 2331. Reduced canopy cover, density, height, dbh. Reduced snag density, height, dbh. Altered shrub and nonwoody cover and height. Changed canopy, snag, shrub, nonwoody, woody composition. Changed litter type to 100% BLD. Removed jackpots and reduced duff cover/depth. Based changes on EVT description, association descriptions in NatureServe and Su and Bork, 2007. Characterization of diverse plant communities in Aspen Parkland rangeland using LiDAR data. Used the estimates of height, density and cover from field plots from that study. Sep 19, 2011 40 35 31 10 200 6 195773 75 19287 25 15 18 5 50 5 195773 70.00 19489 20.00 19287 10 2 6 30 195773 100 2 5 30 195773 100 2 4 25 195773 100 40 5 80 19505 30.00 22476 30.00 25108 25.00 24848 10 24807 5 0 30 1 0.14 90 40462 50 42102 25 40529 25.00 15 0.5 19287 30 195773 70 0.2 0.5 1 1.5 0 0 19287 30 195773 70 1 0 0 40 0.5 1 100.0 0.5 30 1