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ASPEN :WOODLAND <br />• The Aspen Woodland vegetation type, dominated by Quaking Aspen <br />(POpulgs tremuloides), is located on north-facing slopes and <br />extends fioin below the crests of ridges into draws and gullies. <br />The forest canopy of this vegetation type varies from open to <br />dense within the mapped area. Little bare ground exists because <br />of dense pl-ant cover and large amounts of organic matter. Surface <br />rocks' are not evident. <br />Shrub associates of aspen are Mountain Snowberry (Symphoricarpos <br />oreo~h•iIUS) and Chokecherry (Prunus virginiana var. melanocarpa). <br />Herbaceous associates include Elk Sedge (Carex geyeri); Northern <br />Bedstraw (Galiuin..boreale), and Meadow-rue (Thalictrum fendleri). <br />An additional 35 herbaceous species were recorded in the sample <br />plots. <br />Percent frequency, percent cover, density, and height are listed <br />• in Table Jl for species occurring in the Aspen Woodland, Aspen <br />stem'size categories are shown in Tabie J2'.' <br />The Aspen Community is utilized by domestic and wild animals <br />both as a source of food and for cover. No evidence of fire <br />was present. <br />DOUGLAS-FIR FOREST. <br />The Douglas=fir community type is situated on north-facing slopes <br />and on the rim of Parachute Creek Canj+on. <br />Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) compose the forest canopies: <br />Ttie stands associated with canyon rim have sparse ground cover <br />and considerable dry, bare areas composed largely of rock. The <br />stands on north-facing slopes have little bare soil or rock but <br />do not have extensive little cover. Soils are well-developed <br />within the vegetation type but vary considerably in depths. <br />J-3 <br />