Montana Forest Habitat Types 



and jiha 



TllPL/CLUN h.t. 

 -CLUN phase 



TSHE/CLUN h.t. 

 -CLUN phas 



ABLA/OPHO h.t. 



ABLA/CLUN h.t. 

 -CLUN phasi 

 -ARNU phasi 

 -VACA phasi 

 -XETE phas( 

 -MEFE phas( 



ABLA/GATR h.t. 



ABLA/VACA h.t. 



ABLA/CACA h.t. 

 -CACA phas. 

 -GATR phas. 



-VACA phas. 

 ABLA/LIBO h.t. 



-LIBO phas. 



-XETE phas. 



-VASC phas. 

 ABLA/MEFE h.t. 

 TSME/HEFE h.t. 

 ABLA/XETE h.t. 



-VAGL phas. 



-VASC phas. 



TSME/XETE h.t. 



ABLA/VAGL h.t. 



ABLA/VASC h.t. 

 -CARU phas 

 -VASC phas 



-THOC phas 



ABLA/ALSI h.t 

 ABLA/CARU h.t 

 ABLA/CLPS h.t 

 ABLA/ARCO h.t 

 ABLA/CAGE h.t 

 -CAGE pha 

 -PSME pha 



ABLA/LUHI 



-VASC phase 



-MEFE phase 



TSME/LUHI h.t. 2 



-VASC phase 



PIAL-ABU h.t. 

 LAU-ABU h.t. 

 PIAL h.t. 5 



PICO/PUTR h 

 PICO/VACA c 

 PICO/LI BO c 

 PICO/VASC c 

 PICO/CARU c 



THU.rA PI.ICATA CLIMAX SERIES 



Thuja plicata/Clintoni, 



-Aralia nudi 



ulis pha 



Thuja pli 



TSUGA IIETEROPHYLLA CLIMAX SERIES 

 Tsuga heterophylla/CIintoni. 



-Cli 



iflo 



pha 



-Aralia nudicaulis phase 



ABIES LASIOCARPA CLIMAX SERIES 



Lower suhalpine h.t.s 



siocarpa/OpIopanax horriduin h.t. 

 siocarpa/Clintonia uniflora h.t. 



-Clintonia uniflora phase 



-Aralia nudicaulis phase 



-Vaccinium caespitosum phase 



-Xerophyllum tenax phase 



-Menziesia ferruginea phase 

 siacarpa/Galium triflorum h.t. 

 siocarpa/Vaccinium caespitosum h.t. 

 siocarpa/Calamagrost is canadensis h.t. 



-CalanagTostis canadensis phase 



-Galium triflorum phase 



-Vaccinium caespitosum 



lasiocarpa/Linnaea borealis h.t. 



-Linnaea borealis phas 



-Xerophyllum tenax pha 



pha 



rtensiana/Xerophyllum tenax 



siocarpa/Vaccinium globulare 



siocarpa/Vaccinium scoparium 



-Calamagrostis rubes 



-Vaccinium scoparium 



-Thalictrum i 



clde 



bies lasiocarpa/Alnus sinuata h.t. 



bies lasiocarpa/Calamagrostis rubescens h.t. 



.bies lasiocarpa/Cleraatis pseudoalpina h.t. 



bies lasiocarpa/Amica cordifolia h.t. 



bies lasiocarpa/Carex geyeri h.t. 

 -Carex geyeri phase 

 -Pseudotsuga menziesii phase 



Upper subalpine h.t. 



ibies lasiocarpa/Ribes montigenum h.t. 

 ibies lasiocarpa-Pinus albicaulis/Vaccinium 



scoparium h.t. 

 ibies lasiocarpa/Luzula hitchcockii h.t. 



-Vaccinium scoparium phase 



-Menziesia ferruginea phase 

 suga mertensiana/Luzula hitchcockii h.t. 

 -Vaccinium scopariun phase 



-Menziesia ferruginea phase 



Tiaberline h.t.s 



Pinus alblcaulis-i 

 Larix lyallii-Abii 

 Pinus albicaulis I 



ies lasiocarpa h.t. 

 lasiocarpa h.t.s 



PIHUS CONTORTA CLIMAX SERIES 



h.t. 



a/Purshla trid. 

 Pinus contorta/Vaccinium caespitosum 

 Pinus contorta/Linnaea borealis c.t. 

 Pinus contorta/Vacciniun scoparium c 

 Pinus contorta/Calamagrostls rubescei 



Total Number of Habitat Types ■ 64 



Total Nuaber of HabiUt Types, Phase, and Pin 



rcdcedar/qucencup beadlily 

 -queencup beadlily 



phase 

 -wild sarsaparilla 



phase 

 -menziesia phase 

 redcedar/devil's club 



/queencup beadlily 

 -queencup beadlily 



phase 

 -wild sarsaparilla 



phase 



whitebark pine-subalpine fir 

 alpine larch-subalpine fir 

 whitebark pine 



lodgepole pine/bitterbrush 

 lodgepole pine/dwarf huckleberry 

 lodgepole pine/twinflower 

 lodgepole pine/grouse whortleberry 

 lodgepole pine/pinegrass 



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