Locally Rooted, Future Focused
PRESCRIPTION #4
Riparian Mixedwood
This moist forest type is dominated by trembling aspen and balsam poplar, developing into a mix of balsam poplar and white spruce as it matures.
The open canopy allows for a well-developed understory with scattered shrubs, including highbush cranberry and green alder, and a dense, diverse layer of herbs and grasses including wild sarsaparilla, common mitrewort, and bluejoint reedgrass.
Riparian mixedwood forests are typically near bottoms of slopes and in dips in the landscape, often associated with small streams.
Soil Nutrient Regime (SNR)
Landscape Position
PRODUCT TYPE: live stakes
A total of 1,000 stakes per hectare is recommended, ideally 500 deciduous trees and 500 shrubs.
PRODUCT TYPE: seedlings
A total of 5,000 seedlings per hectare is required, ideally 1500 trees, 2000 shrubs, and 1500 herbs & grasses.
White spruce
Balsam poplar
Trembling aspen
Mountain alder
Prickly rose
Bebb’s willow
Red raspberry
Red-osier dogwood
Snowberry
Black twinberry
Northern gooseberry
Red Swamp Currant
Fireweed
Canada goldenrod
Cow-parsnip
Showy aster
Wild sarsaparilla
Yarrow
Tall bluebells
Lindley’s aster
Meadow arnica
Tall larkspur
Sweet-scented bedstraw
False solomon’s seal
Trailing raspberry
Horsetail
Bluejoint reedgrass
PRODUCT TYPE: seeds
A minimum of 35 kg/ha of seed mix is recommended, with an optional
addition of 2,500 caps/ha of seed capsules. If additional seed capsules
are used, the seed mix rate must remain at full strength (35 kg/ha).
The seed mix must include bluejoint reedgrass and, as native seeds
become commercially available from sources with appropriate regional
genetics (i.e., collected within Blueberry River First Nations Territory),
the seed mix should incorporate a diverse mix of shrub, herb, and
grass species listed in the prescription above.
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