Section 2-level IV ecoregions of the Blue Mountains Ecoregion of Oregon, Washington, and Idaho

USDA Forest Service - General Technical Report PNW

Volumn , Issue 395 PNW_GTR, 1997, Pages 24-55

  Bryce, Sandra A ^a   Omernik, James M ^a  

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