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~~ <br />i <br />i <br />r <br />brush t}'pe covers :ppro~imatcly 70 percent. of. the srca. <br />Creek bot[oin, type 20i~ <br />The creel: bottom communities arc very ahundant on C-~2G'6. <br />This type covers appro>:L,iatcly 25 percent of CLe area. <br />The dominant species arc wil.lo~as (Sn1i>; spp.), rus`.'s <br />(Juncus spp.), sedges (Carex spn.), cattails (Trp:'. <br />latifolia), and possibly perip::y[ons and aquaci.c ve_eta[ion. <br />Mountain shrub, type 5 <br />Areas of mountain shrub community are dominated by ':ary- <br />ing densities of Gambel's oak (qu^_rcus gambelii) a-. <br />serviceberr;• (:~.elanciiier alnifoi'a). The shrubs c. <br />this community range in height from 3 to i2 feet. 'yp- <br />ically, oaks grow in large clur:ps :with zones of sa~e- <br />brush or grasses e:dsting bet:aeen the denser oak ar.d <br />serviceberry stands. Within this community snowberry <br />is the most common associated shrub. `tanv (orbs ar.? <br />grasses including Kentucky bluegrass (Pon pratensit), <br />Idaho fescue (Festoon idahoensis), and yarrow (Achi_lea <br />lanulosa) occur in varying densities throughout this com- <br />munity. This type covers appro>:imately S percent cf the <br />area. <br />Grazing appears to have had and continues to have profou~td <br />influence on tl~e ecosystems on the lease site. All vege- <br />tation types show signs of over utilization inc.lud_-g soil <br />trampling, low production of brasses and vast quantities <br />of droppings. The area is grazed by cattle, deer and elk. <br />116 <br />