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Developed <br /> This portion of the site represents areas not having vegetation due to on-going mining <br /> activities. <br /> Disturbed Upland Meadow <br /> The second-most extensive community of the project site, the disturbed upland <br /> meadow area, comprises 4.3 acres (17.3 percent) of the site. It appears that this <br /> community more closely resembles the upland meadow areas. However, the plant <br /> community has been modified in response to surface disturbances caused by human <br /> activities such as livestock grazing and construction. Fewer native species occur in these <br /> areas, which are notably dominated by planted pasture or reclamation grasses such as <br /> smooth brome,Timothy, and Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis). <br /> Lodgepole Pine Parkland <br /> The lodgepole pine parkland comprises less than an acre (2.7 percent) of the site.This <br /> parkland community is named for the lodgepole pine scattered throughout a generally <br /> upland meadow herbaceous community dominated by Timothy and smooth brome, <br /> intermixed with yarrow and wild strawberry. Common juniper, shrubby cinquefoil, and <br /> mountain snowberry(Symphoricarpos oreophilus) represent a scattered shrub story. <br /> Planted Grasses <br /> This community comprises less than an acre (1.8 percent) of the site. These areas appear <br /> to be locations where the native plant community has been completely removed during <br /> human activities and replaced by planted pasture and reclamation grasses such as <br /> smooth brome, mountain brome, Timothy, and Kentucky bluegrass. <br /> Rocky Outcrop <br /> A rock outcrop includes approximately a tenth of an acre (0.6 percent) in the north <br /> portion of the site. This feature supports a few trees and shrubs including subalpine fir, <br /> Englemann spruce, lodgepole, limber pine, and broom huckleberry(Vaccinium <br /> scoparium). Forbs such as pussytoes and golden banner(Phermopsis montana) were also <br /> present <br />