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• <br />• <br />• <br />Upland Plant Communities: <br />Aspen Woodland <br />Aspen woodland is the most widespread plant community on the site, comprising <br />three individual polygons and representing 7.33 acres (29.2 percent) of the site. This <br />community is dominated by a relatively closed quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) <br />canopy. A few scattered limber coniferous species contribute a minor component to <br />this canopy and include limber pine ( Pinus flexilis) and lodgepole pine (Pinus <br />contorta) as well as subalpine fir (Abies bifolia), Engelmann spruce (Picea <br />engelmannii) and blue spruce (Picea glauca). A lush understory is dominated by <br />graminoids including mountain brome (Bromus marginatus), Timothy (Phleum <br />pratense), and bluegrasses (Poa spp) Wood's rose (Rosa woodsii) and shrubby <br />cinquefoil (Pentaphylloides floribunda) represent a limited shrub stratum. A diverse <br />forb component is dominated by Alsike clover (Trifolium hybridum), yarrow <br />(Achillea lanulosa), wild strawberry (Fragaria vesca), silver lupine (Lupinus <br />argenteus), and black -eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta). <br />Limber/Lodgepole Pine Parkland <br />The limber /lodgepole pine parkland includes three polygons comprising 5.44 acres <br />(21.7 percent) of the site. Parklands refer to areas of scattered trees with canopy <br />cover of 50 percent or less. In these areas, limber and lodgepole pine trees are <br />scattered amidst meadows comprising the same species found in the upland meadow <br />community. <br />Aspen/Lodgepole Pine Parkland <br />Aspen/lodgepole pine parkland includes less than a half -acre (1.1 percent) of the site. <br />Aspen and lodgepole pine trees are scattered throughout open meadows with an <br />herbaceous component comprising essentially the same species as found in the upland <br />meadows. <br />Developed <br />This portion of the site represents areas not having vegetation due to on -going mining <br />activities. <br />Disturbed Upland Meadow <br />The second -most extensive community of the project site, the disturbed upland <br />meadow area, comprises 4.3 acres (17.3 percent) of the site. It appears that this <br />community more closely resembles the upland meadow areas. However, the plant <br />community has been modified in response to surface disturbances caused by human <br />Page 9 <br />