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<br />Pinyon pine and Utah juniper are scattered throughout these stands <br />with increasing numbers closer to contacts of the Mountain Shrubland and <br />Pinyon/Juniper Woodland types. American vetch is the most frequently <br />found perennial forb in the understory of these stands. <br />On the slopes where Mountain Shrubland has been removed by fire, <br />the tall shrubs have begun recovery but do not exert the complete dominance <br />that they do in the remainder of the mapping unit. Gambel'S oak is still <br />the most abundant shrub species, but true mountain mahogany, cliff fendler- <br />bush, and squawapple are locally conspicuous by virtue of a few large <br />individuals that have expanded in the absence of competition since clearing. <br />Broom snakeweed Xan,tJtvicepha.(um ~o~v#i+2ve, a subshrub, has made an appear- <br />ance in the area as an invatler. The herbaceous cover has expanded into <br />the area left after the removal of the tall shrubs (and treesl. Of the <br />grasses contributing to this herbaceous cover, Indian ricegrass and long- <br />leaf squirreltai l Si#anivn .Cvng,i~v.Lium are the most abundant. The forb <br />cover is provided by a diverse group of species including Geyer onion <br />A U.ium geyeni, Louisiana sage, false yarrow Chaenocti~ sp., showy goldeneye, <br />hairy goldenaster, stemless actaea Hymenvxya vcvu U a, pingue Hymvnvx~a <br />u cho~d~vrui, Patterson aster, smooth Crandall beardtongue, narrowleaf <br />scurfpea a~v2v.Cea Levu<~v.li v, and linear leaf plainsmustard Schvenvcnamb¢ <br />-(.ini~v.(,ia. Succulents present include plains pricklypear cactus and datil <br />yucca. <br />• <br />• <br />_a_ <br />