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APPENDIX F. EASTERN IDAHO-WESTERN WYOMING HABITAT TYPE FIELD FORM (FOR 3 PLOTS) NAME DATE (CODE DESCRIPTION) Plot No. TOPOGRAPHY: HORIZONTAL CANOPY COVERAGE CLASS: Location 1-Ridge CONFIGURATION: O=Absent 3=25 to 50% T.R. S. 2-Upper slope 1-Convex (dry) T=Rare to 1% 4=50 to 75% Elevation 3'-Mid slope 2-Straight 1=1 to 5% 5=75 to 95% Aspect 4-Lower slope 3-Concave (wet) 2=5 to 25% 6=95 to 100% Slope 5-Bench or flat 4-undulating NOTE: Rate trees (>4" dbh) 6-Stream bottom and regen, (0-4" dbh) Configuration separately (e.g., 4/2) TREES Scientific Name Abbrev. Common Name Cano£Y Coverage Class 1. Abies lasiocarpa ABLA subalpine fir 2. Picea engelmannii PIEN Engelmann spruce 3. Picea glauca PIGL white spruce ===1/=== ===1/=== ---7-------j--- 4. Picea pungens PIPU blue spruce 5. Pinus albicaulis PIAL whitebark pine 6. Pinus contorta PICO lodgepole pine 7. Pinus flexilis PIFL limber pine 8. Pseudotsuga menziesii PSME Douglas-fir 9. Populus tremuloides POTR quaking aspen ~==1/=== ===1/=== ---j------7---- SHRUBS AND SUB SHRUBS 1. Acer glabrum ACGL mountain maple 2. Berberis repens BERE creeping Oregon grape 3. CercocarjJus ledifolius CELE curleaf mountain-mahogany 4. Juniperus communis JUCO common juniper 5. Ledum glandulosum LEGL Labrador tea 6. Linnaea borealis LIBO twinflower 7. Menziesia ferruginea ME FE men~iesia 8. Pachistima myrsinites PAMY pachistima ------- 9. Physocarpus malvaceus PHHA ninebark 10. Physocarpus monogynus PHMO mountain ninebark 11. Prunus virginiana PRVI chokecherry ~----- 12. Ribes cereum RICE squaw current ~------ r.1~3~.---R~ib~e~s~m~o~n~t~i=g-en-u-m----------~R~I~M~O~---~m~ou~n~t~a~i~n~g~o~o~s-eb~e-r-r-y--------------~r~-----------------~-_--_--_--_--_--_-_--+-_--_--_--_-_--_--_--_-4 14. Shepherdia canadensis SHCA russett buffalo-berry I-- _____ _ 15. Sorbus scopulina SOSC mountain ash 16. Spiraea betulifolia SPBE white spirea 17. Symphoricarpos albus SYAL common snowberry ~------ 18. Symphoricarpos oreophilus SYOR mountain snowberrv ~------ 19. Vaccinium caespitosum VACA dwarf huckleberry ------- 20. Vaccinium globulare (+ membranaceum) VAGL blue huckleberry 21. Vaccinium scoparium ~------ (+ myrtillus) VASC grouse whortleberry GRAHINOlDS AGSP bluebunch wheatgrass 1. Agropyron spicatum r-------- 2. Calamagrostis canadensis CACA bluejoint 1-----_._- 3. Calamagrostis rubescens CARU pinegrass 4. Carex disperma CADI soft-leaved sedge 1--------- 5. Carex geyeri CAGE elk sedge 6. Carex rossii CARO Ross sedge ~------ 7. Festuca idahoensis FElD Idaho fescue ~-.----- 8. Hesperochloa kingii HEKJ spike fescue 1-------- 9. Luzula hitchcockii LUHI smooth woodrush FORBS 1. Actaea rubra ACRU baneberry 2. Aconitum columbianum ACCO monkshood ~------ 3. Arnica cordifolia ARCO heartleaf arnica ~------ 4. Arnica latifolia ARLA mountain arnica ------- 5. Astragalus miser ASHI weedy milkvetch ------- 6. Caltha leptosepala CALE elkslip marshmarigold 7. Equisetum arvensis EQAR common horsetail ------- 8. Galium triflorum GATR sweetscented bedstraw ------- 9. Osmorhiza chilensis (+ depauperata) OSCH mountain sweetroot 10. Pedicularis racemosa PERA pedicularis ------ 11. Senecio triangularis SETR arrowleaf groundsel f------- 12. Streptopus amplexifolius STAM twisted stalk 13. Thalictrum occidentale THOC western meadowrue 14. Trollius laxus TRLA globe flower ~----- 15. Xerophyllum tenax XETE beargrass ~------ SERIES HABITAT TYPE r------ 1------- PHASE .

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