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Diameter: l~ feet. <br /> <br />.• <br />Habitat: Moist soils along streams in mountains with <br />willows and alders in coniferous forests. <br />Remarks: An abundant wild cottonwood, its root <br />system makes it suitable for erosion con- <br />trol. <br />Quaking Aspens (POpulus tremuloides) <br />Description: A member of the willow family, this tree <br />has a narrow, rounded crown of thin foliage <br />of shiny green leaves that turn a golden- <br />yellow in autumn before shedding. <br />Height: 40-70 feet. <br />Diameter: 1-1'~ feet. <br />Habitat: Found in many soil types, especially on <br />moist sandy and gravelly slopes; often in <br />pure stands. <br />Remarks: A pioneer tree after fires and logging, it <br />is often short-lived and replaced by coni- <br />fers. The twigs and foliage are browsed by <br />deer. Rabbits and other mammals eat the <br />bark, foliage and buds, and grouse feed on <br />the winter buds. <br />Mountain Alder (Alnus tenuifolia) <br />Description: A small tree with several trunks and a <br />rounded crown of leaves that are a dull <br />dark-green color above and a light yellow- <br />green beneath. <br />Height: 20 feet. <br />Diameter: 6 inches. <br />Habitat: Moist soils along mountain streambanks. <br />Remarks: Often forms thickets. <br /> <br />Rocky Mountain Plaple (Acer glabrum) <br />Description: A small deciduous tree with a short trunk <br />and slender, upright branches with shiny <br />dark green leaves that turn red or yellow <br />in autumn. <br />Height: 20 feet. <br />Diameter: 1 foot. <br />Habitat: Moist soils along streamsides and on <br />mc~iinta.i.n slopes. <br />It~m,ii k~~: I~~~or hr~wGi~ rho Fol lagr. <br />In .ulil.itinn lu Lhu Cl~~u~~ luuncl .in thr_ Cold Ilill aren, the fol- <br />lowing native vegetation exists: <br />Gramineau - Grass Family <br />Common Name <br />Slender Wheat-grass <br />Western Wheat-grass <br />Bluebunch Wheat-grass <br />Smooth Brome <br />Nodding Brome <br />Fringed Brome <br />Scientific Name <br />Agropyron <br />Agropyron <br />Agropyron <br />Bromopsis <br />Bromopsis <br />Bromopsis <br />trachycaulum <br />smithii <br />sipcatum <br />inermis pumpelliana <br />porteri <br />ciliata <br />-12- <br />