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Alpine Fellfield and Aspen Meadow occur , as noted , <br /> at the highest elevations , generally above timber line . <br /> TABLE III-H-1 <br /> Plant Communities <br /> At Different Elevations <br /> Plant Community Characteristic <br /> Types Elevation Locale <br /> Aspen Woodland 9, 000-10, 000 ' Crests , flanks of <br /> east-west ridges along <br /> drainages <br /> Aspen Shrubland Circa 8 , 000 ' South-facing slopes <br /> along Coal Creek <br /> Drainage , near <br /> prep plant <br /> Spruce/Fir Parkland 8 , 800-11 , 400 ' Cool , north-facing <br /> slopes along <br /> drainages east- <br /> facing slopes and <br /> ridgelines . <br /> Spruce Fir Forest North-facing slopes , <br /> along drainages <br /> Narrowleaf Cottonwood , Lower elevations <br /> Quaking Aspen, Blue <br /> Spruce <br /> Mixed montane woodland <br /> (pine, fir , juniper) Xeric : lowest Extreme eastern <br /> elevations edge of permit <br /> boundary <br /> Shrubland Xeric : low to South-facing slopes <br /> (Gambel oak, service- moderate eleva- with thin soil <br /> berry, chokecherry, tions <br /> quaking aspen) <br /> Bunchgrass meadow 9 , 000 ' Moderate slopes <br /> Alpine Fellfield High elevations Above tree level <br /> (low cushion plants) <br /> Aspen Meadow <br /> (graminoids) <br /> -10- <br />