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<br />RANGE SITE N0. 24i Page 2 <br />;~. .Y .: <br />MOUNTAIN MEADOW ~ °` ~ <~ <br />August 1975 ,.~~~.`;=:;,•; <br />• <br />3. Native (potential} Vegetation <br />:~ <br />Grasses and sedges give the site its characteristic appearance, <br />although a great variety of (orbs are showy when in bloom and <br />may comprise up to 20$ of the annual yield. Nebraska sedge or <br />other large sedges are dominant on the lowest, usually permanently <br />wet, areas. Tufted hairgrass dominates slightly higher ground, <br />which may be dry on the surface at times. The two types inter- <br />grade in many places. Other common grass or grass-tike plants <br />are slender wheatgrass (drier portions), ovalhead sedge, Baltic <br />rush, Canada bluegrass, and bluejolnt and northern reedgrasses. <br />Thurber fescue or sheep fescue may show up on drier portions at <br />higher elevations. Several others can be expected in trace amounts. <br />Some of the prominent (orbs are also common to lower meadow sites, <br />native clovers, Rocky Mountain iris, asters, arnicas, groundsels, <br />herbaceous cinquefoils, mints, yarrow, golden pea, vetch, and water <br />hemlock. Some forbs such as ligusticum and fireweed are common on <br />drier mountain sites. But a number of plants typical of this site <br />are primarily, if not entirely, on wet or semi-wet ground in the <br />mountains. Among these are false hellebore, monkshood, elkslip, <br />marsh marigold, saxifrages, sedums, shooting star, primroses, <br />swertia, some gentians, elephant head, bog birch, and shrubby <br />cinquefoil. Willow usually make up a minor part of the plant <br />community. At some locations there are small amounts of silver <br />sagebrush. <br />Native (potential) Vegetation and Guide Determining Range <br />Condition. <br />Percentage composition by weight of the principal species may <br />total as much as: <br /> <br />Tufted hairgrass <br />Nebraska sedge <br />Slender wheatgrass <br />Ovalhead sedge <br />Baltic rush <br />Other sedges and rushes <br />Other grasses (as listed <br />Yarrow <br />Iris <br />Herbaceous cinquefoil <br />False hellebore <br />Other forbs (as listed <br />Willows <br />above) <br />above) <br />Other shrubs (as listed above) <br />50 <br />30 <br />20 <br />15 <br />5 <br />5 <br />5 <br />5 <br />5 <br />5 <br />10 <br />l0 <br />5 <br />