racemose ) » sidebells pyrola ( Pyrola secunde ), roundleaf violet and 

 sitka alder. 



The Abi las/Ken fer habitat type occurred on the 1c and Zd gravelly* 

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

 percent slope. 



Subalpine Fi r/Elueioint Reednrass (Abi las/Cal can) Habitat Typ e. This 

 is the wettest forest habitat type in the permit area. It is 



restricted to drainage bottoms end swales at drainage headwaters, most 

 of which are cold air drainages in the area. Elevation ranged from 

 6580 to 7770 feet. 



The overstory of most Abi las/Cal can stands in the area is dominated 

 by mature Engelmann spruce, with good regeneration of subalpine fir and 

 spruce in the understory. Most understory herbs characteristic of Abi 

 las/Cal can are absent from or occur only very sporadically in 

 adjacent, moist subalpine fir habitat types. Graminoid cover averaged 

 2 percent for one transect sampled in the type (Table 4), comprised of 

 pinegrass end yellow bog sedge ( Carex dioica ) . Characteristic 



graminoids usually present on these sites included bluejoint 

 reedgrass ( Calamagrosti s canadensi s) , drooping woodreed ( Ci rt.na. 

 latifo l ia) and small flowered woodrush (Luzula parviflora ). Forb cover 

 averaged 30 percent, dominated by western meadowrue (14), heartleaf 

 arnica (6), brook saxifrage ( Saxifrage argute , 2), feather solomon's- 



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