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TABLE OF CONTENTS 



Page 

 INTRODUCTION 1 



STUDY AREA ^ 



Physical Setting 1 



Vegetation 3 



METHODS 



Ecological Methods 5 



Vegetation Classification: A Perspective 8 



Botanical Methods 5 



RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 



Ecological Results 11 



Descriptions of Vegetation Types 15 



Abies lasiocarpa/Arnica cordifolia 15 



/Linnaea borealis 16 



Picea/Senecio streptanthifolius 16 



Pseudotsuga menziesii/Arnica cordifolia 17 



/Juniperus communis 18 



/Festuca idahoensis 19 



/scree 19 



Pinus flexilis/Festuca idahoensis 20 



Juniperus scopidorum/Artemisia nova 21 



Artemisia nova/Agropyron spicatum 22 



Artemisia tridentata subsp. vasyana/Festuca idahoensis 22 



Artemisia tridentata subsp. tridentata/Agropyron smithii 23 



Festuca idahoensis/Potentilla diversifolia 24 



-Agropyron spicatum 25 



Carex simulata 26 



Sensitive Plant Survey Results 28 



Sensitive Plant Status Reviev^'s 31 



Lomatium attenuatum 31 



Oryzopsis contracta 35 



Townsendia florifer 40 



CONCLUSION 43 



LITERATURE CITED 44 



