seal ( Smilacina racemosa, 2) and clasping leaf twisted-stalk 

 (Streptopus amplexifol ius, 1). Other characteristic forbs variously 

 present in Abi las/Cal can stands included common horsetail ( Equisetum 

 arvense ) , sweet-scented bedstraw (Gal ium trif lorum ) > alpine mitrewort 

 ( Kitella pentandra )i woodnymph ( Pyrola uni flora )» arrowleaf groundsel 

 (Sepeclp, triangularis ) and green false hellebore (Verejtrum viride ) . 

 The presence of sweet-scented bedstraw indicated the Gal tri phase of 

 Abi las/Cel can on warmer drainage sites at lower elevations. This 

 phase was transitional to the spruce/twinf lower habitat type at 

 slightly lower elevations in drainage bottoms in the German Gulch 

 access corridor. The more extensive, typical Cal can phase occupied 

 colder drainages throughout the permit area. 



Shrub cover averaged less than one percent for the stand sampled, 

 although the diagnostic species smooth Labrador-tea ( Ledtn glandulosur. ) 

 was well-represented in some Abi las/Cal can stands. Other 



characteristic shrubs included bearberry honeysuckle ( Lonicera 

 involucreta ) and swamp gooseberry ( R i be s 1 ac ustre ) . Tree cover 



averaged 50 percent for the stand sampled, comprised of Engelmann 

 spruce (40), subalpine fir (5) and lodgepole pine (5). 



The Abi las/Cal can habitat type occurred on the V and X loam soils, 0- 

 25 percent slopes. 



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