Dou g! as-Mr/Twinf lower (Pse men/Lin bor) Habitat Typ e. Pse men/Lin 



bor is found on gentle to moderate toeslopes and concavities on north 

 aspects at 5600-6160 feet elevation. Sites were transitional between 

 moister Pic eng/Lin bor stands, and drier Pse men/Cal rub stands. The 

 type has been described for the permit area. Douglas-fir is dominant 

 in the overstory, with relatively small amounts of serai lodgepole 

 pine. Conspicuous species in the understory include northwest sedge 

 (Carex concinnoides ) , raceme pussytoes ( Antennaria racemose ) , 

 twinf lower, creeping Oregon-grape, Seoul er willow ( Sel ix sc oule riana ) , 

 quaking aspen and occasionally grouse whortleberry. Pse men/Lin bor 

 occupies about 8 percent of the German Gulch access corridor. 



Dou glas-Fir/Mallow K'inebark (Pse men/Phv mal) Ha bitat Type. This is 



the most mesic Douclas-fir habitat type found on the access options; 

 occupying about A percent of the Spangler route. It is found en 

 moderate slopes of north and east aspect at 5600-6080 feet elevation. 

 Floristic composition is rather similar to that of Pse men/Cal rub, 

 with the addition of mallow ninebark ( Physocarpus m alvaceus ). Dominant 

 herbs are elk sedge, pinegrass and showy aster. Shrubs and subshrubs 

 are particularly conspicuous, including creeping Oregon-grape, 

 kinikinnick, ninebark, common snowberry, prickly rose (Ro.f.a aci cularis ) 

 and Canada buf f aloberry. 



Enoe lmann Spruce/Twinflo wer (Pic eng/ Lin bor) Ha bitat Type . Pic 



eng/Lin bor is found on gentle to moderate, northerly slopes and 



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