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Table 2. Preliminary list of vegetation types in the Goat Flat 

 Proposed Research Natural Area. 



Upper Subalpine 



Picea enqelmannii - Abies lasiocarpa/Vaccinium scoparium 



Picea enqelmannii - Abies lasiocarpa/Phyllodoce spp. 



Larix lyallii/Luzula hitchcockii 



Larix lyallii/Vaccinium scoparium 



Trollius albif lorus - Senecio triangular is - Eriqeron pereqrinus 



Caltha leptosepala 



Alpine 



Dryas octopetala - Salix reticulata ssp. nivalis 

 Carex niqricans 

 Antennaria lanata 

 Phyllodoce qlandulif lora 

 Festuca ovina - Carex spp, 



lasiocarpa with an understory dominated by Phyllodoce spp. and 

 Vaccinium scoparium is characteristic. 



Forests dominated by Larix lyallii generally occur at higher 

 elevations than the Picea - Abies forests although the two overlap 

 to some degree. Both open and closed forests of Larix lyallii 

 occur in the area. On moister sites, the vegetation type is Larix 

 lyallii/Luzula hitchcockii while on somewhat drier sites, Larix 

 lyallii/Vaccinium scoparium is more common. 



Moist herb meadows occur at low elevation, south of the lake 

 near streams and in seepy areas. This species-rich vegetation 

 type is characterized by Trollius albif lorus , Senecio 

 triangularis and Eriqeron pereqrinus . Other common species 

 include Deschampsia caespitosa , Valeriana sitchensis , Potentilla 

 diversif olia and Veronica wormskioldii . 



In the wettest sites, a vegetation type dominated by Caltha 

 leptosepala occurs. 



