Blanket Creek Provincial Park weedy field restoration plan
Meszaros, Kathleen (author) Joy, Ruth (thesis advisor) British Columbia Institute of Technology School of Construction and the Environment (Degree granting institution) Simon Fraser University Faculty of Environment (Degree granting institution) Cohen-Fernandez, Anayansi (committee member) Anderson, Eric (committee member)
Dissertation/thesis
author
British Columbia Institute of Technology
2021-05-21
75 pages
A key management concern for provincial parks is the establishment of invasive species due to their impacts on native biodiversity. Within Blanket Creek Provincial Park there is a 0.24 ha heavily invaded field dominated by hawkweed species and spotted knapweed which developed after a series of natural and anthropogenic disturbances. Restoration actions are required to renew the ecological process of natural succession and shift the vegetation community from its current state to one dominated by native species. The aim of this project was to determine the current site conditions which will inform a restoration plan for the site and act as baseline conditions for future monitoring. This site assessment focused on the characterization of the vegetation and soil conditions. Restoration recommendations focus on promoting the development of a deciduous forest characteristic of the Interior Cedar-Hemlock biogeoclimatic ecosystem classification zone. The restoration recommendations include invasive species management, decompaction, fertilization, mulching, and the planting of native trees and shrubs.
restoration alternative stable states invasive species forest succession
Forest restoration Invasive plants Forest succession- Northwest, Pacific Forest ecology
electronic
British Columbia
Master of Science