RESULTS AIJD DISCUSSION 



PERMIT AREA 



H ahitat/Cp mnvn-ity Type; Descriptions 



Vegetation types identified in the Beal Project permit area are listed 

 in Table 1, with site parameters and relative abundance. Five 

 grassland habitat types end one shrublend habitat type were identified, 

 following the classification of Mueggler and Stewart (1980). Two 

 deciduous woodland community types were identified, serai to various 

 forest habitat types. Ten forest habitat types were identified 

 following the classification of Pf ister et al . (1977), two in the 

 Douglas-fir series and eight in the subalpine fir series. Disturbed 

 types were also assessed, divided between upland and riparian sites. 

 Quantitative data included in the following type descriptions are taken 

 from OEA Research (1981). Vegetation/soils associations are also given 

 in Appendix D. SOILS. A habitat/community type map of the permit area 

 is included as Exhibit C-l. 



Idaho Fescue/Eluebunch Wheatprass (Fes id a/ Apt spi ) Habitat Ty pe. The 

 Fes ida/Agr spi type occupies moderate to steep slopes on warmer, 

 usually southerly, aspects. Soils are less developed than those on 

 which the more mesic grassland habitat types occur. Fes ida/Agr spi 

 was generally found at elevations of 6650 to 7500 feet, ranging up to 

 7850 feet on the south slope of Beals Hill. 



