Table 5. (continued) 



Disturbed Upland 



S pecie s, 



Shrubs 



Jun com 



Rib lac 



Rub ida 

 Tall Shrubs and Trees 



Ab i las 



Aln sin 



Pic eng 



Fin alb 



Pin con 



Pop tre 



Pop tri 



Pse men 



Sal exi 



Sal ix spp. 



Disturbed Rip? p en Co-.m u nity Type . Historic placer mining has 

 resulted in serai riparian community domination of the majority of the 

 German Gulch bottom (6E20 to 6980 feet elevation). Gold was discovered 

 there in 1865 and hydraulic mining initiated in the early 1870's. The 

 peak of mining activity continued through the 1890's, then occurred 

 sporadically until about 1907. 



The placered substrate consists of irregular stacks of gravels, cobbles 

 and boulders, with few fines near the surface. The channel bottom is 

 mostly dominated by willow (primarily Drummond willow, Sal ix 

 drummcnrija,p?) and/or aspen, with scattered conifers. Channel banks and 



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