Location Name: Pine Creek Ridge Transect A - PCA

Parent: Mount St. Helens Permanent Vegetation Plots (del Moral) -

Site History:

scoured by lahar from Shoestring Glacier.

Landform:

Modest slope on ridge; now dissected by deep gullies

Geology:

Lava with thin pumice

Hydrology:

Well drained

Vegetation:

sparse herbaceous vegetation, slowly developing

Climate:

Summer dry montane, heavy snow