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Spruce/Fir Woodland <br /> Limited spruce/fir woodland occurs in the north part of the site, comprising approximately <br /> a third of an acre (1.5 percent of land). This community is characterized by a dense <br /> Englemann spruce and subalpine fir canopy with a sparse understory of shrubs including <br /> broom huckleberry, twinberry honeysuckle (Lonicera involucrata), fireweed (Chomerion <br /> danielsii), whisk broom parsley(Harbouria trachypleura), and heartleaf arnica (Arnica <br /> cordifolia). <br /> Upland Meadow <br /> The upland meadow compromises a small portion of the northern part of the site and <br /> accounts for less than an acre (2.9 percent of the site). The area is characterized by <br /> Kentucky bluegrass and prairie sagewort forb (Artemisia ludoviciana) as co-dominants in a <br /> species-rich herbaceous community. Other common grasses include smooth brome <br /> (Bromopsis inermis), Timothy, Canada bluegrass(Poo compressa),and sun sedge (Carex <br /> pensylvanica subsp. heliophila). The most common forbs include sedum (Amerosedum <br /> lanceolatum), pussytoes (Antennario parviflora), fringed sage (Artemisiafrigid), wild <br /> geranium (Geranium richardsonii and G. viscossisimum), yarrow(Achillea lanulosa), fringed <br /> thistle(Cirsium centoureae) and wild strawberry. The only weed noted includes scattered <br /> small populations of Canada thistle (Breea arvensis) at the community edges where it <br /> grades into more mesic areas. (This amendment includes a commitment to control noxious <br /> weeds which may occur within the proposed permit area.) <br /> Scattered, low-growing shrubs include Wood's rose, shrubby cinquefoil, broom <br /> huckleberry and common juniper (Juniperus communis). Occasional clumps of <br /> Scouler's willow(Salix scouleriana) also occur in the upland meadow. <br /> Willow/Spruce/Fir Woodland <br /> The willow/spruce/fir woodland represents an intermediate community that grades into <br /> both the spruce/fir woodland as well as the willow woodland. This community represents <br /> slightly more than an acre (4.1 percent) of the site. The canopy is dominated by a number <br /> of willow species including Geyer (Salix geyeriana), plane-leaf(S. planifolia), mountain (S. <br /> montana), and sandbar (S. exigua) intermixed with Colorado blue spruce (Picea pungens) <br /> and subalpine fir. This community also supports a diverse shrub story with dense stands of <br /> thin-leaf alder (A/nus incana subsp. Tenuifolia) and bog birch (Betula pumila)as well as <br /> wax currant (Ribes cereum), prickly currant (R. lacustre), twinberry honeysuckle and <br /> Wood's rose. A lush herbaceous understory includes wild strawberry, wild geranium, <br /> large-leaved avens (Geum macrophyllum), yellow bedstraw(Golium verum), bluebells <br />