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Sagewort (Artemesia sp.), Fireweed (Epilobium sp.), <br />Pasque Flower (Anemone sp.), Penstemon (Penstemon sp.) <br />Prickly Poppy (Argemone sp.), Cinquefoil (Pontentilla <br />spp.), Senecio, Geranium, Winterfat (Ceratoides sp.) <br />II. Undisturbed Areas to be Mined -- Northerly-facin¢ Slopes <br />North-slope environment vegetation is expressed to some extent or <br />another over the affected area in small select micro-environments but large <br />areas are absent on all but the Phase 1 area. The vegetation community is <br />dominated by a conifer overstory of 3 to 20 inch diameter (at breast <br />height) trees; small seedling Douglas fir are locally common. The <br />overstory canopy accounts for about 25 to 40 percent foliar cover; the <br />understory cover ranges from 0 to an estimated 20 percent, but in general <br />is relatively bare due to shading, etc. The productivity is estimated to <br />be generally less than about 1000 pounds per acre. <br />Overstory <br />Understory <br />Trees and Shrubs <br />Douglas Fir (Pseudotsuga menziesiiy <br />Ponderooa iri"ne,(Pinus.ponderosp) <br />Gaabel O~It (Quercue gembelid) <br />White Fir (Abies concolor) <br />Ninebark (Physocarpus sp.) <br />Mountain Maple (Ater sp.) <br />Gooseberry (gibes sp.) <br />Thimble Berry (Rubus sp.) <br />Mountain Mahogany (Cercocarpus montanus) <br />Choke Cherry (Prunus sp.) <br />Rky. M[n. Juniper (Juniperous virginiana) <br />Low-bush Juniper (Juniperous communis) <br />Willow (Salix sp.) <br />Skunkbush Sumac (Rhus trilobata) <br />Grasses and Grass-like Plants <br />Fescue (Festuca sp.) <br />Mountain Muhly (Muhlenbergia sp <br />Needlegrass (Stipa sp.) <br />Timothy (Phleum pretense) <br />Brae (Broeus sp.) <br />Parry Oatgrass (Danthonia sp.) <br />Switch Grass (?) (Panicum sp.) <br />Blue Grama (Bouteloua gracilis) <br />Junegrass (Koeleria sp.) <br />Estimated <br />Composition <br />40-60 <br />10-15 <br />T-S <br />T <br />T-10 <br />T-5 <br />