Appendix A. A table showing transect characteristics including mean climate, substrate, and soil type for sample watersheds.
TABLE A1. Transect characteristics. Mean climate (1915–2003)†, substrate, and soil type for sample watersheds.
Map numbers‡ |
Transect |
Latitude |
Longitude |
Mean elevation (m) |
Annual temp (C°) |
Annual precip (cm) |
Annual deficit (cm) |
Parent material§ |
Predominant soil|| |
1 |
Sol Duc ONP |
47.9 |
123.8 |
900 |
3.3 |
349 |
1.3 |
OE metasandstone |
Entisols (xerorthents) |
2 |
Hoh River ONP |
47.8 |
124.0 |
480 |
6.8 |
352 |
2.2 |
ME metasandstone |
Entisols (xerorthents) |
3 |
Quinault ONP |
47.5 |
123.7 |
450 |
6.2 |
411 |
1.5 |
EP metasandstone |
Entisols (xerorthents) |
4 |
Gray Wolf ONP |
47.9 |
123.3 |
1050 |
2.7 |
199 |
4.9 |
EP metasand./volc. |
Entisols (xerorthents) |
5 |
Dosewallips ONP |
47.7 |
123.2 |
970 |
1.3 |
215 |
2.5 |
OE metasandstone |
Entisols (xerorthents) |
6 |
Chilliwack NCNP |
48.9 |
121.4 |
1000 |
1.6 |
245 |
0.8 |
O granite/int. rhy. |
Inceptisols (haplaquepts) |
7 |
Thunder Creek NCNP |
48.7 |
121.1 |
680 |
3.5 |
219 |
7.3 |
TK granitic gneiss |
Inceptisols (haplaquepts) |
8 |
Park Creek NCNP |
48.4 |
120.9 |
990 |
1.3 |
170 |
10.0 |
TK granitic gneiss |
Inceptisols (xerochrepts) |
9 |
Desolation Peak NCNP |
48.9 |
121.0 |
900 |
2.7 |
240 |
8.3 |
PM calc-pyroclastic |
Inceptisols (haplaquepts) |
10 |
Bridge Creek NCNP |
48.5 |
120.8 |
1200 |
2.6 |
143 |
13.8 |
TK granitic gneiss |
Inceptisols (xerumbrepts) |
11 |
Stehekin NCNP |
48.3 |
120.7 |
1010 |
2.0 |
115 |
15.6 |
TK granitic gneiss |
Inceptisols (xerumbrepts) |
12 |
Boundary Mt. IPNF |
49.0 |
116.6 |
1180 |
2.4 |
121 |
5.6 |
Y/K metam. granite |
Mollisols (cryoborolls) |
13 |
Trout Creek IPNF |
48.8 |
116.5 |
1270 |
4.1 |
72 |
15.3 |
Y/K metam. granite |
Mollisols (cryoborolls) |
14 |
Round Prairie IPNF |
49.0 |
116.2 |
1220 |
3.5 |
85 |
11.7 |
Y metam. granite |
Mollisols (cryoborolls) |
15 |
Leonia Knob IPNF |
48.6 |
116.1 |
900 |
3.5 |
98 |
10.3 |
Y metam. granite |
Mollisols (cryoborolls) |
16 |
Bowman Lake GNP |
48.8 |
114.2 |
1490 |
0.8 |
124 |
5.2 |
p argillite / T sedim. |
Mollisols (haploxerolls) |
17 |
Lake MacDonald GNP |
48.6 |
113.9 |
1330 |
2.8 |
101 |
7.6 |
p argillite / T sedim |
Mollisols (haploxerolls) |
18 |
Soldier Mt. GNP |
48.3 |
113.5 |
1640 |
1.5 |
118 |
5.0 |
p argillite / T sedim. |
Mollisols (haploxerolls) |
19 |
Belly River GNP |
48.8 |
113.7 |
1660 |
-0.7 |
170 |
2.7 |
p argillite / p limest. |
Mollisols (cryothents) |
20 |
Saint Mary GNP |
48.7 |
113.5 |
1520 |
-0.6 |
160 |
2.8 |
p limestone |
Mollisols (cryothents) |
21 |
Two Medicine GNP |
48.5 |
113.4 |
1720 |
-0.6 |
124 |
3.9 |
Q glacial / p argillite |
Mollisols (argiborolls) |
† VIC climate is used here to describe the mean climate for each transect.
‡ Map numbers refer to watersheds numbered in Fig. 1.
§ Substrate units : Q = Quaternary, O = Oligocene, M = Miocene, E = Eocene, T = Tertiary, K = Cretaceous, P = Paleocene, Y = middle Proterozoic, p = Precambrian.
Virtually all transects have Quaternary glacial/alluvial deposits in valleys, and low elevation plots are occasionally situated on these.
|| Soil Survey Staff, Natural Resources Conservation Service, United States Department of Agriculture. State Soil Geographic STATSGO. Database for States [Online WWW].
Available URL: http://www.ncgc.nrcs.usda.gov/products/datasets/statsgo/index.html. [Accessed 07 Jun 2006].