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Aspen Woodland is dominated by a closed canopy (63 <br /> • percent cover) of Quaking Aspen, with a predominantly herba- <br /> ceous understory . The presence of scattered conifer seed- <br /> lings suggests that this type is successional to coniferous <br /> forests , although apparently over long time periods . <br /> No . 2 mine portal . Vegetative types are <br /> predominantly Spruce/Fir Parkland . <br /> Spruce/Fir Parkland is discussed above . <br /> No . 3 mine portal . Vegetative community is <br /> predominantly Spruce/Fir Parkland . <br /> Spruce/Fir Parkland is discussed above . <br /> No . 4 mine portal . Vegetative community is <br /> predominantly Spruce/Fir Parkland . <br /> Spruce/Fir Parkland is discussed above . <br /> • No . 5 mine portal . Vegetative community <br /> types are predominantly Spruce/Fir Parkland and Spruce Fir <br /> Forest . <br /> Spruce/Fir Parkland is discussed above . <br /> Spruce Fir Forest is one of the most wide- <br /> spread of the permit area vegetation types . Dense stands of <br /> Engelmann Spruce and Subalpine Fir generally occur on more <br /> mesic sites than Spruce/Fir Parkland . <br /> Tunnel portal area . Vegetative community <br /> types are predominantly Aspen Shrubland , Spruce Fir Forest , <br /> Riparian Woodland . <br /> Aspen Shrubland is a somewhat more open aspen <br /> • canopy (48 percent cover) and fairly dense shrub laver (15 <br /> percent cover) and has somewhat different dominant forbs . <br /> -4- <br />