Elu.eb unch Kheatgrass/Native Bluegrass (Agr spi/Poa san) Habitat Type . 

 Agr spi/Poa san is found at lower elevations on the access corridors 

 (primarily 5100-5600 feet). It occurs on gentle slopes of variable 

 aspect and steep slopes of warm (southerly) aspect with often poor soil 

 development. Much of the type on gentler terrain has been disturbed* 

 with subsequent invasion of weedy species. These sites are generally 

 dominated by spotted knapweed* Kentucky bluegrass, Canada bluegrass 

 (Foe com pressa ) , big bluegrass ( Poa iuncifel ia ) and rubber rabbitbrush 

 ( Chrysothamnus nauseosus ) . Less disturbed sites are typically 

 dominated by bluebunch wheatgrass, native bluegrass, prairie junegrass, 

 common yarrow, moss phlox ( Phlox mj scoides ) and other dry site forbs 

 and cushion plants, fringed sagewort and rubber rabbitbrush. Rocky 

 Mountain juniper ( Juniperus scopulorum ) is often conspicuous. 

 Including severely disturbed sites, the Acr spi/Poa san type occupies 

 about 36 percent of the Stauffer route, 15 percent of the Fairmont la 

 route, 8 percent of the Spangler route and 5 percent of the Miles 

 Crossing route. 



.Idaho Fescue/Bluebunch V,'heatgrass (Fes ida/Acr spi ) Habitat Type . Fes 

 ida/Agr spi is found on rolling terrain and steep hillsides of variable 

 aspect at elevations of 5160-6600 feet. This type has been described 

 for the permit area. It occupies 36 percent of the Miles Crossing 

 route, 26 percent of the Fairmont la route, 10 percent of the German 

 Gulch corridor and 4-5 percent of the Spangler and Stauffer routes 

 (Table 9). About 70 percent of this type on the Fairmont route is 



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