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There is one small pocket of Douglas-fir near the Deer Creek Shaft Site and a few other <br />trees found in some drainages in the project area. The DOUglas-fir Vegetation Community <br />is found, primarily on steep slopes, along drainages at elevations around 7,000 feet or <br />less. The dominant tree species is Douglas-fir ('Pseu101SUg(t men:esii). Common <br />understory species include servicebcrry, snowberry, oregon-grape Ofulioniu rejvn ), and <br />heart-leaf arnica (Arnica cordtf)liu). This COnllnurilty can occasionally firm broad <br />transition zones, or ecotones, with the SprucelFir and Aspen communities resulting in <br />more mixed vegetation types. The riparian areas common to the drainages of this <br />conununity are similar to those of the Spruce/Fir type discussed above. <br />Scattered across the project area are small pockets of' Grass/Forb Vegetation <br />C'omnlunlty. These a-re associated primarily with nearly level to moderately sloping site,, <br />on a variety of'aspects. Similarly. elevations vary. This conlinunity occurs as small <br />natural clearings ??,ithin other vegetation types, revegetated development disturbances, <br />and heavily grazed meadows often associated with developed stockponds. These are <br />finuld along the Dry Fork of Minnesota Creek, Deer Creek. Poison Gulch and other small <br />areas. Dominant woctation includes a variety Of native and introduced herbaceous <br />species depending upon the origin of each delineation. Native species present include <br />wheatgrasses (Agl-opyron Sp.), bluegrasses (Poa sp. ). needlegrasses (Stipa sp. ). and a <br />variety of penstemons (Pensleinoii sp. ), as well as rushes (Juncus sp.) and splkerushes <br />(Eleoehuris sp.) bordering stock pond margins. Introduced species present, depending <br />upon the disturbed site, include smooth brome (Bronnis inermis?). crested vdleatgrass