percent of the area. Site parameters and florlstlc features are 

 similar to the Abi las/Lin bor type, except that subalpine fir and 

 Engelmann spruce are absent. 



The Pse men/Lin bor habitat type occurred on the Zc gravelly, cobbly 

 silty loam soil, 15-50 percent slope. 



Subal pine Fir/Elk Sedge (Abi las/Car gey) Habitat Type . This is the 



driest, warmest habitat type in the subalpine fir series present in the 

 permit area, occupying moderate to steep slopes at elevations of 7100 

 to 7750 feet. 



Graminoid cover averaged 37 percent for one stand sampled in the type 

 (Table 4), including elk sedge (3?) and pinegrass (3). Forb cover was 

 11 percent, primarily glacier-lily (10) and Virginia strawberry (1). 

 Tree cover averaged about 66 percent, mostly serai lodgepole pine (60), 

 with subalpine fir end whitebark pine ( Pinus elbicaul is ) seedlings in 

 the understory. 



The Abi las/Car gey habitat type occurred on the Zc gravelly, cobbly 

 silty loam soil, 15-50 percent slope. 



Subalpine Fi r/Pinegrass (Abi las/Cal rub) Habitat Type - This type 



adjoins Pse men/Cal rub and Abi las/Car gey on slightly moister sites. 

 It is found at elevations of 6680 to 7700 feet in the permit area. 



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