6540 to 7450 feet on moderate to steep slopes on relatively warm 

 aspects, mostly southerly. 



Graminoid cover averaged 31 percent for three transects sampled in the 

 type (Table 4), including pinegrass (C&1 ^macrp ?t is rubescens . 24), elk 

 sedae (Ce_re£. £e_ye_r_L, 4) and bluegrass species (3). Forb cover averaged 

 35 percent, dominated by heartlecf arnica ( Arnica _c ordifo1 ia . 20), 

 weedy milkvetch (4), Virginia strawberry (3), western meadowrue 

 (Thali ctrum occidentale, 3) and glacier-lily (Ervt hronium orandi f lornm. 

 2). Shrub cover averaged 5 percent, primarily grouse whortleberry 

 ( Vaccinium scx>JALLl!JE> • Tre e cover was 56 percent, chiefly Douglas-fir 

 (37) and lodgepole pine ( Pinus contorte , 13). The presence of 

 subalpine fir on a cool, moist microsite on one transect (Table 4) 

 indicates upper elevetional limits for the Pse men/Cal rub habitat type 

 in the area. 



The Pse men/Cal rub habitat type occurred on the Zc and Zd gravelly, 

 cobbly silty loam soils, 15-50 percent slope and greater than 50 

 percent slope. 



pnjiglr.s-f ir/T winf lower (Pse men/Lin bor) H u b it ct Typ e . Small pockets 



of this type in the permit area ere transitional between the drier, 

 warmer Pse men/Cal rub habitat type and moister, cooler subalpine fir 

 types such as Abi las/L1n bor and Abi las/Cal can. It was mapped as 

 inclusions in these types (Exhibit 1), since it occupies well under one 



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