APPENDIX F 

 SITE CHARACTERISTICS FOR EACH SAMPLE PLOT 



Definitions for the codes used in these tables are as 

 follows: 



LOCATION CHARACTERISTICS 



LEGAL = legal location description 



T - Township 



R = Range 



S = Section, quarter section, quarter of quarter section 



ENVIRONMENTAL CHARACTERISTICS 



PM = parent material 

 Sedimentary 

 LIME - limestone 

 SAND - sandstone 

 SILT - siltstone 

 CASH - calcareous shale 

 CONG - conglomerate 



Igneous 

 BASA - basalt 

 RHYO - rhyolite 

 GRAN - granite 



Metamorphic 



QUAR - quartz ite 



SCHI - schist 



GRGN - granite gneiss 



PERI - peridotite 



Miscellaneous 

 GRAL - gravelly alluvium 

 SAAL - sandy alluvium 

 MIAL - mixed alluvium 

 DUNE - sand dunes 

 LF = landform 



residual mountain slopes and ridges 



RMDS dissected straight slopes 



RMDC dissected convex slopes 



RMRI ridges 



glaciated mountain slopes and ridges 

 GMRI ridges 



rolling uplands 



RULR low relief rolling uplands 

 RUHR moderate relief rolling uplands 

 RUDR dissected rolling uplands 



breaklands 

 BLDR 

 ELSE 

 BLSH 



dissected river breaks 

 structural breaks 

 stream headlands 



structurally controlled mountain slopes 

 SCDS dip slopes 

 SCPL plateaus 



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