Figure 12. — 



Conifer community. Chicken Creek watersheds. 



type occurs, more than 90 percent of the 

 ground is covered by vegetation and Utter. 

 The dominant species in the wet meadow 

 type are sedges and rushes, thinleaf alder, 

 monkey flower, bluegrass, cow parsnip, false 

 hellebore, and sphagnum. 



Conifer 



The conifer type (fig. 12) occupies only 

 about 3 percent of the two study areas com- 



bined and is generally restricted to one north- 

 east-facing slope of each watershed. The 

 stands are composed of Douglas-fir, subalpine 

 fir, and white fir, which have an average basal 

 area of 160 square feet per acre and maxi- 

 mum tree height of 82 feet. In this type, litter 

 is both deep and well dispersed, accounting 

 for 35 percent of the ground cover. Under- 

 story vegetation includes: snowberry, aster, 

 sweetroot, meadow rue, and vallerian. 



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