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incERnounca;nl2i6 <br /> 9 <br /> Gas Well Access Road. A single vegetation type characteristic of high <br /> elevation sites near timberline occurs within this corridor area. The <br /> vegetation type is a subalpine spruce-meadow type comprised of relatively <br /> open meadow interspersed with small clusters of Engelmann spruce. The <br /> plant species identified in the meadow are generally common in both <br /> subalpine and alpine habitats. <br /> Total vegetation cover was measured to be 85 percent. Grasses and a sedge <br /> species, contribute about 23 percent of the total vegetation cover. Forbs <br /> comprise nearly 70 percent of the total vegetation cover. Goldenray, <br /> Porters lovage, bistort knotweed, alpine avens, and pinnate fleabane are the <br /> dominant species. <br /> Herbaceous production is 49 grams per square meter (oven-dry). Woody <br /> plant density averages 5 plants per 2 meter by 15 meter transect. <br /> Soil Identification. Two map units were identified within the corridor; each <br /> map unit consists of one soil type. Table 31 presents the map unit legend <br /> and Table 32 gives the taxonomic classification of the soil families. Finally, <br /> the soil type at each survey station is shown in Table 33. <br /> The soils within an individual map unit are fairly uniform. On the steeper, <br /> more convex portions of the landscape, the Garlet family soils are found. In <br /> areas that are smooth or concave, the Bassel family soils occur. Brief map <br /> unit descriptions follow. <br /> 1. , Bassel family loam, 25 to 60 percent slopes. <br /> This map unit occurs on smooth to concave <br /> mountain sideslopes. Included in the mapping <br /> are small areas having some rock fragments on <br /> the soil surface. <br />