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• <br />• <br />• <br />activities such as livestock grazing and construction. Fewer native species occur in <br />these areas, which are notably dominated by planted pasture or reclamation grasses <br />such as smooth brome, Timothy, and Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis). <br />Lodgepole Pine Parkland <br />The lodgepole pine parkland comprises less than an acre (2.7 percent) of the site. <br />This parkland community is named for the lodgepole pine scattered throughout a <br />generally upland meadow herbaceous community dominated by Timothy and smooth <br />brome, intermixed with yarrow and wild strawberry. Common juniper, shrubby <br />cinquefoil, and mountain snowberry (Symphoricarpos oreophilus) represent a <br />scattered shrub story. <br />Planted Grasses <br />This community comprises less than an acre (1.8 percent) of the site. These areas <br />appear to be locations where the native plant community has been completely <br />removed during human activities and replaced by planted pasture and reclamation <br />grasses such as smooth brome, mountain brome, Timothy, and Kentucky bluegrass. <br />Rocky Outcrop <br />A rock outcrop includes approximately a tenth of an acre (0.6 percent) in the north <br />portion of the site. This feature supports a few trees and shrubs including subalpine <br />fir, Englemann spruce, lodgepole, limber pine, and broom huckleberry (Vaccinium <br />scoparium). Forbs such as pussytoes and golden banner (Thermopsis montana) were <br />also present. <br />Spruce/Fir Woodland <br />Limited spruce /fir woodland occurs in the north part of the site, comprising <br />approximately a third of an acre (1.5 percent of land). This community is <br />characterized by a dense Englemann spruce and subalpine fir canopy with a sparse <br />understory of shrubs including broom huckleberry, twinberry honeysuckle (Lonicera <br />involucrata), fireweed (Chamerion danielsii), whisk broom parsley (Harbouria <br />trachypleura), and heartleaf arnica (Arnica cordifolia). <br />Upland Meadow <br />The upland meadow comprises a small portion of the northern part of the site and <br />accounts for less than an acre (2.9 percent of the site). The area is characterized by <br />Kentucky bluegrass and prairie sagewort forb (Artemisia ludoviciana) as co- <br />dominants in a species -rich herbaceous community. Other common grasses include <br />smooth brome (Bromopsis inermis), Timothy, Canada bluegrass (Poa compressa), <br />Page 10 <br />