USDA United States 

Department of 

Agriculture 

Forest Service 

Rocky Mountain 

Research Station 

General Technical 

Report RMRS-GTR-45 

March 2000 

Representativeness Assessment of 

Research Natural Areas on 

National Forest System Lands 

in Idaho 

Steven K. Rust 
Abstract 

Rust, Steven K. 2000. Representativeness assessment of research natural areas on National 

Forest System lands in Idaho. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-45. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 129 p. 

A representativeness assessment of National Forest System (N FS) Research Natural Areas in 

ldaho summarizes information on the status of the natural area network and priorities for 

identification of new Research Natural Areas. Natural distribution and abundance of plant 

associations is compared to the representation of plant associations within natural areas. 

Natural distribution and abundance is estimated using modeled potential natural vegetation, 

published classification and inventory data, and Heritage plant community element occurrence data. Minimum criteria are applied to select only viable, high quality plant association 

occurrences. In assigning natural area selection priorities, decision rules are applied to 

encompass consideration of the adequacy and viability of representation. Selected for 

analysis were 1,024 plant association occurrences within 21 4 natural areas (including 11 5 

NFS Research Natural Areas). Of the 1,566 combinations of association within ecological 

sections, 28 percent require additional data for further analysis; 8, 40, and 12 percent, 

respectively, are ranked from high to low conservation priority; 13 percent are fully represented. 

Patterns in natural area needs vary between ecological section. The result provides an 

operational prioritization of Research Natural Area needs at landscape and subregional 

scales. Objective ranking criteria provide clear accounting of priority assignments that are 

easily updated to reflect changing information or conditions. 

Keywords: ecological reference area, biological diversity, conservation planning, plant community 

ecology 

The Author 

Steven K. Rust is Ecologist for the ldaho Department of Fish and Game, Conservation Data 

Center, Boise, ID. He holds bachelors degrees in environmental studies and botany from The 

Evergreen State College and University of Washington. He received an M.S. degree from the 

College of Forest Resources, University of Washington, in ecosystems analysis. Prior to joining 

the Conservation Data Center in 1994, he worked as a Botanist and Plant Ecologist for the 

National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, and USDA Forest Service. 

You may order additional copies of this publication by sending 

your mailing information in label form through one of the following 

media. Please send the publication title and number. 

Telephone (970) 498-1 392 

E-mail rschneidert2fs.fed.u~ 

FAX (970) 498-1396 

Mailing Address Publications Distribution 

Rocky Mountain Research Station 

240 West Prospect Road 

Fort Collins, CO 80526-2098 

Cover photo: View west of meadow vegetation within Smiley Mountain RNA, located in the 

Pioneer Mountains of east-central Idaho. Photo by Cate Brigden, September 3, 1995. 
Representativeness Assessment of Research 

Natural Areas on National Forest System Lands 

in ldaho 

Steven K . Rust 

Contents 

Introduction ....................................................................................................... 

Methods .............................................................................................................. 

Study Area ...................................................................................................... 

Synecological Perspective and Nomenclature ............................................... 

Estimation of Natural Distribution and Abundance .......................................... 

Selection of Representative Element Occurrences ........................................ 

Assignment of Priorities for Filling Gaps in the Natural Area Network ............ 

Results and Discussion .................................................................................... 

Northwest Basin and Range Section .............................................................. 

Yellowstone Highlands Section ....................................................................... 

Overthrust Mountains Section ........................................................................ 

ldaho Batholith Section ................................................................................... 

Beaverhead Mountains Section ...................................................................... 

Challis Volcanics Section ............................................................................... 

Blue Mountains Section .................................................................................. 

Okanagon Highlands Section .......................................................................... 

Flathead Valley Section .................................................................................. 

Bitterroot Mountains Section .......................................................................... 

Conclusions ....................................................................................................... 

References ......................................................................................................... 

Table 1 . Plant associations and community types known or expected to 

occur in Idaho listed by National Vegetation Classification subclass ................. 

Table 2 . Assessment summary by ecological section listed by 

National Vegetation Classification Subclass ....................................................... 

Appendix A . Research Natural Areas on National Forest System 

lands in ldaho ...................................................................................................... 

Appendix B . Research Natural Areas on National Forest System lands in 

ldaho listed by lead Forest and Ranger District with proposed and 

established Research Natural Areas ................................................................... 

Appendix C . Natural areas considered in the representativeness 

assessment listed alphabetically by the State in which they occur .................... 

Appendix D . Plant community elements that occur in Research Natural 

Areas on National Forest System lands in ldaho listed alphabetically 

with the total area of occurrence and by Research Natural Area, with 

the total area of occurrence ................................................................................ occurrences, which meet minimum criteria, listed for each plant 

association or communitv tv~e with the size of the occurrence ......................... 
Acknowledgments 

Support for this study was provided by USDA Forest Service, Northern Region, Intermountain Region, and Rocky Mountain Research Station (formerly Intermountain Research 

Station) through a cooperative agreement between the Rl/R4/1NT Natural Areas Program and 

ldaho Department of Fish and Game. 

Thanks to Bob Moseley, Michael Mancuso, Mabel Jankovsky-Jones, Pat Green, and Art 

Zackfor help in compiling information that contributed to the study or for reviewing early drafts. 

Linda Williams, Julie Kaltenecker, Pam Peterson, Andrew Pitner, Juanita Lichthardt, and 

George Stephens helped maintain data base records on natural areas in Idaho. Thanks to 

Marion Reid and Rex Crawford for assistance with tables presented in Reid and others 1995. 

Bob Keane and Jim Menakis provided assistance with spatial data used in the study. Margaret 

Beer, Joel Peterson, Mary Neighbours, Jack McMillen, and Kathy Ahlenslager helped with 

information on natural areas in adjacent States. Terry Vernholm completed final edits on the 

document. Many thanks to Alma Winward and Angela Evenden for their continuing support 

of natural areas. I recognize and thank Chuck Wellner for his leadership in natural area 

identification and conservation. Chuck's long and dedicated service to natural areas in ldaho 

is a legacy of natural heritage conservation in the Northwest. I thank Melinda Moeur and 

Dennis Ferguson for their support in publishing this document. 
Introduction ecosystem composition, structure, and functionu 

(Christensen and others 1996). Implementation of adaptive 

Biological diversity encompasses all levels of natural 

variation from molecules to species to landscapes. With the 

complexity of biological and physical components and 

variability on spacial and temporal scales, biological diversity is difficult to understand or characterize unless it is 

partitioned into components of repeated patterns (Huston 

1994). This is a conceptual objective of the coarse-filter/ 

fine-filter approach to conservation of biological diversity. 

The idea is that protected areas containing representative 

examples of all communities (or ecosystems) will protect 

viable populations of most species, most biotic interactions, and most ecological processes. For the remaining 

species, a fine filter is needed, for example, conservation 

plans reflecting the specific needs of individual species. 

The coarse filter is used to develop conservation strategies 

for all components of native ecosystems (Bourgeron and 

Engelking 1994; Grossman and others 1994; Hunter 1991; 

Noss and others 1995). Basic guidelines for the selection 

and establishment of Research Natural Areas conceptually 

embrace the coarse-filter approach to the conservation of 

biological diversity: Research Naturzl Areas are part of a 

national network of ecological areas selected to preserve a 

wide spectrum of pristine areas that represent important 

forest, shrubland, grassland, alpine, aquatic, geological, 

and similar natural situations that have special or unique 

characteristics. Research Natural Areas are designated in 

perpetuity for research, education, and the maintenance of 

biological diversity on National Forest System (NFS) lands 

(Forest Service Manual 4063). 

The USDA Forest Service has played a historic role in the 

recognition and establishment of Research Natural Areas 

(Habeck 1979). The basic idea of the Forest Service policythe designation of representative pristine sites to serve as 

reference areas for basic research and education, and to 

monitor the effects of intensive management activities-is 

historically expressed as well in the literature of professional forest and range management societies (Allen 1986; 

Anderson 1975; Buckman and Quintus 1972; Wellner 1986). 

The need for Research Natural Areas has a fundamental 

basis in the National Forest Management Act that states 

that land and resource management plans will include a 

plan to monitor and evaluate the effects of implementing 

the management plan (Burns 1984; CFR 36 Sec. 219.11(d); 

Norse and others 1986). Natural areas contribute to the 

land management planning process by providing models 

of benchmark landscape features and habitat conditions 

(Andrews 1994; Ryan and others 1994). 

The role of ecological reference areas is heightened within 

the ecosystem management paradigm: "management 

driven by explicit goals ... and made adaptable by monitoring and research based on our best understanding of the 

ecolq$cal interactions and processes necessary to sustain 

management strategies is a focal component of ecosystem 

management. In adaptive management, which involves a 

repetitive, ordered cycle of planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation, the hypothetical, iterative nature of 

resource management is recognized (Christensen and others 1996; Forest Ecosystem Management Assessment Team 

1993). A principal tenet of ecosystem management is that 

biological diversity, productivity, and sustainability may 

be maintained or enhanced by managing lands within the 

historic range of variability (Swanson and others 1994). 

Research Natural Areas provide the experimental controls 

against which ecosystem management activities may be 

assessed, provide the baseline for understanding the range 

of natural variability, and help establish a basis for defining 

desired conditions (Andrews 1994; Franklin and others 

1972; Moir 1972; Morgan and others 1994; Ryan and others 

1994; Wellner 1986). 

Research Natural Areas are established to preserve a 

wide spectrum of pristine, representative areas that typify 

important forest, woodland, shrubland, grassland, and 

alpine plant communities (Forest Service Manual 4063). 

The first assessment of, and formative biological direction 

for, attainment of this objective on NFS lands in Idaho was 

provided by Wellner and Johnson (1974) and subsequently 

refined by Daubenmire (1975) and Johnson and Pfister 

(1 981,1982). The systematic classification of the biological 

and physical components of Idaho's natural heritage and 

the identification of potential conservation sites for the 

representation of these elements contributed to early regional land and resource management planning. The Regional Guide for the Intermountain Region (USDA Forest 

Service 1984) recognizes the Idaho Natural Areas Coordinating Committee as the authority for assessing natural 

area needs. The Northern Regional Guide (USDA Forest 

Service 1981) provides a natural area needs assessment and 

assigns establishment targets to individual Forests in the 

Region. Publication of regional plant community classifications (such as Hironaka and others 1983; Mueggler and 

Campbell 1982; Steele and others 1981,1983) contributed to 

the most recent assessment of the representative quality of 

natural areas on NFS lands in Idaho (Wellner and Tisdale 

1985). Chadde and others (1996) provided updated Northern Region Research Natural Area establishment targets. 

The biological significance of conservation sites is often 

assessed through analysis of rarity, richness, representativeness, and viability (Grossman and others 1994). Representativeness refers to the idea that a dedicated conservation site or system of such sites should contain biota and 

biophysical characteristics that represent the range of natural variability found within the associated region. Representativeness requires the assessment of how well a site or 

group of sites exemplifies the variability of the biota and 

USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-45.2000 
environment of a larger area (Bourgeron and others 1995; 

Mackey and others 1988). The objective of this assessment 

is to understand how well the system of Research Natural 

Areas represents the ecological variation (as expressed 

through the distribution and abundance of plant communities) on NFS lands in Idaho, and to identify gaps in 

representation so that steps may be taken to identify and 

propose new Research Natural Areas to fill these gaps in 

the system. 

Methods 

Representativeness refers to the idea that a dedicated 

conservation site or system of such sites should contain 

biological and physical characteristics that represent the 

natural range of variability found within the associated 

region. Assessment of representativeness requires the comparison of how well a site or group of sites exemplifies the 

variability of the biological and physical components of a 

larger area (Bourgeron and others 1995; Mackey and others 

1988). The specific focus in this study is the representation 

of plant communities. The intention is that communities, as 

a coarse filter of biological diversity, serve to represent the 

range of variability of the natural physical environment 

and the range of variability in the distribution and abundance of plant and animal species. 

The representativeness of Research Natural Areas on 

NFS lands in Idaho is assessed through completion of the 

following steps: (1) develop a comprehensive list of plant 

communities that occur in Idaho, (2) summarize the distribution and relative abundance of plant communities by 

ecological region, and (3) identify representative plant 

community element occurrences (within Research Natural 

Areas and other similar natural areas) and summarize the 

relative abundance of these selected occurrences by ecological region. The output of the assessment is identification of priorities for conservation action that would enhance the representativeness of the natural area network. 

Study Area 

The focus of this study is the representativeness of Research Natural Areas on NFS lands in Idaho. In the spirit of 

the ecosystem management paradigm and as natural areas 

adjacent NFS lands compliment those on the NFS, an 

ecoregional approach is taken in the completion of this 

assessment. The study area encompasses the area of each of 

the ecoregional sections that intersect with Idaho and that 

contain NFS lands (fig. 1). 

This area involves 10 ecoregional sections (McNab and 

Avers 1994) and overlaps with each of the six States adjacent to Idaho. The area encompasses considerable biological and physical diversity. Landforms within the study 

area range from the large glacial troughs and steeply 

dissected mountainous terrain of the Okanagan Highlands 

and Bitterroot Mountains sections in the Northern Rocky 

Mountains to the broad, gently sloping alluvial fans and 

volcanic plateaus of the southern Northwest Basin and 

Range and Overthrust Mountains sections within the northern extent of the Great Basin. The study area is strongly 

influenced by an east-west precipitation gradient. In the 

north, the climate is strongly maritime-influence. Precipitation (30 to 80 inches) occurs primarily in winter months. 

The southern portion of the study area is characterized by 

a continental climatic regime. Precipitation (4 to 20 inches) 

is relatively evenly distributed throughout the fall, winter, 

and spring months. 

There are 109 established and eight proposed Research 

Natural Areas on NFS lands in Idaho. The locations of these 

areas are shown in figure 2. The letter codes shown in 

figure 2 are listed in appendix A with the name and 

physical attributes of each area. Research Natural Areas 

are listed by Forest and Ranger District in appendix B. 

Appendix D lists the plant associations and community 

types located within each area. 

Synecological Perspective and 

Nomenclature 

Plant communities may be characterized as recurrent 

assemblages of species coexisting in similar landscape 

features (Bourgeron and Engelking 1994). A plant community classification may be likened to a language developed 

to meet the need of a set of commonly held objectives 

(Sawyer and Keeler-Wolf 1995). In representativeness assessment, the intention is to use plant community elements 

to represent groups of species and ecological interactions 

and processes, that is, the objective is to implement the 

coarse-filter approach to conservation. An important assumption of the coarse filter is that ecological units are 

relatively stable over time and predictable on the landscape. To adequately provide for the conservation of populations and habitats of plant and animal species, biotic 

interactions, and ecological processes, the coarse-filter strategy is best based on an ecological land classification system 

(Haufler 1994; Haufler and Irwin 1993; Hunter 1991). From 

the standpoint of vegetation, the coarse-filter strategy is 

best based on a classification of potential natural vegetation (Rust 1997). 

Plant community classifications pertinent to the study 

area are predominantly based on potential natural vegetation. Classification work in the Rocky Mountains (Cooper 

and others 1991; Daubenmire and Daubenmire 1968; Mauk 

and Henderson 1984; Pfister and others 1977; Steele and 

others 1981, 1983) and the Intermountain Region 

(Daubenmire 1970; Hironaka and others 1983; Tisdale 1986) 

is strongly influenced by the work of Daubenmire (1952, 

l968), Wellner (1 989), and Alexander (1 985,1988). In this 

work the "habitat type" is recognized as the basic classiUSDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-45.2000 
WASHINGTON 

OREGON 

Figure 1-The representativeness assessment study area. The nine forested ecoregional sections that intersect with ldaho constitute 

the study area (indicated as light shading). The sections are: 342B-E, eastern portion of Northwest Basin and Range; M331 A, Yellowstone 

Highlands; M331 D, Overthrust Mountains; M332A, ldaho Batholith; M332E, Beaverhead Mountains; M332F, Challis Volcanics; M332G, 

Blue Mountains; M333A, Okanagon Highlands; M333B, Flathead Valley; and M333D, Bitterroot Mountains. National Forest System lands 

within Idaho are indicated by dark shading. 

fication unit and is defined as all the land areas that 

support, or have the potential to support, the same climax 

vegetation. The habitat type is named for the climax vegetation or the plant association. 

The concept of the habitat type as a land classification can 

be misleading because the classification unit, all areas of 

land which support a specific plant association, is actually 

derived through the analysis of floristic similarity (Hall 

1988). In forested regions of Oregon and Washington the 

"plant association" is thought to be the most appropriate 

classification unit because it pertains to the classification of 

plant communities, rather than areas of land (for example, 

Johnson and Simon 1987; Williams and Smith 1991). The 

term "plant association" (or "association") will be used 

refer to potential natural vegetation. With reference to 

much of the community classification work of Idaho, the 

term "plant association" as used here refers to the vegetative expression of the habitat type. 

The term "plant community type" will be used to refer to 

vegetation for which the seral status is unknown. Other 

uses of classification units of existing vegetation are not 

recognized in this study. As the classification unit of existing vegetation encompasses a single combination of seral 

status and structural condition, it is a relatively transient, 

dynamic expression of a given site. In contrast, the unit of 

potential natural vegetation encompasses all potential seral stages and structural conditions of a given site. Thus, 

only the unit of potential natural vegetation is sufficiently 

stable in time to fulfill an important need, or objective, of 

Research Natural Area establishment: maintenance of an 

ecological reference against which the effects of human 

activities may be assessed. 

The term "plant community element" is used generically 

to include both plant associations and community types. 

The term is linked to Natural Heritage Program protocols 

in the sense that "elements" represent all the components 

USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-45.2000 
Figure 2-The location of research Natural Areas on National Forest System lands within Idaho. The approximate location of proposed 

and established Research Natural Areas is indicated by two-character codes. The name associated with thecode is shown in appendix A. 

of "natural biological and ecological diversity" (The Nature Conservancy 1982). The term "occurrence" (or "plant 

community element occurrence") as used here is also derived from Heritage protocols. A plant community element occurrence is simply a stand, or group of stands, of a 

plant association or community type all located within 

close proximity (for example, within a Research Natural 

Area) and that meets minimum criteria regarding ecological integrity and conservation status. The idea of a "cell" as 

a unit for assessing natural area needs (as used by Dyrness 

and others 1975) is developed here as the unique combination of a plant community element (that is, plant association or community type) and the ecoregional section in 

which it occurs. 

The individual distributions of species give rise to variation in species composition over the range of a particular 

community element. Due to administrative and logistic 

factors, considerable variation occurs in the geographical 

scope of work in community ecology and to what degree 

biological &fferences in composition and structure are 

resolved. In compiling a regional classification, these factors 

contribute to problems with the compatibility of community elements described by different authors. Idaho lies at 

the joining of five ecological provinces (Bailey and others 

1994; McNab and Avers 1994), and thus occurs at the 

periphery of the distributional range of a number of plant 

community elements. These factors contribute to a range of 

different levels of confidence in plant community classification work, which may be generalized as: 

Confidence is low in plant community elements that are 

based only on field observations (formal data collection 

and analysis have not yet occurred). 

Confidence is moderate in plant communities that are 

described outside our area but supported in our area 

only by observational data. 

Confidence is moderate in community elements that are 

described over a small area relative to the expected 

range of the element and for which the relevance of the 

classification work to the expected range has not been 

formally documented. 

USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-45.2000 
4. Confidence in the classification is high for plant community elements that are described from data collected in 

our area and that have been treated in regional discussion of synonymy (Grossman and others 1994). 

Classification crosswalks (between similar plant associations that are named differently) employed in this study 

are documented by Rust (1997). 

Plant community elements known or expected to occur 

in Idaho, and treated in this analysis, are listed in table 1 (on 

page 18, following the References section) within the National Vegetation Classification (NVC) (Federal Geographic 

Data Committee 1996) framework (see Rust 1996 for a 

detailed reconciliation of the Classification). The vegetation classification includes plant associations and relatively stable community types that are recurrent and prominent over the landscape. Vegetation resulting from human 

activities (anthropogenic vegetation or disclimatic vegetation) is not included in the classification. Principal authorship for each community element is identified as a basis for 

comparing composition and structure and resolving issues 

of synonymy. Notes on the level of confidence in the 

classification of plant associations and community types 

are provided in situations where the confidence is less than 

high. Plant species nomenclature follows Hitchcock and 

Cronquist (1973), with the following exceptions: Salix follows Brunsfeld and Johnson (1985), with the exception of 

Salixamygdaloides, Salix lasiolepis, and Salixscouleriana which 

follow Hitchcock and Cronquist (1973); Carex utriculata as 

treated by Reznicek (1987); Leucopoa kingii, Poa cusickii, and 

Poa epilis as treated by Cronquist and others (1977); Artemisia follows Cronquist and others (1994), except that Artemisia arbuscula arbuscula, Artemisia arbuscula thermopola, and 

Artemisia longiloba are recognized as treated by Winward 

and Tisdale (1977), and Artemisia tridentata xericensis by 

Rosentreter and Kelsey (1991); and Poa secunda as treated 

by Arnow (1981 ). 

The classification of aquatic plant associations within 

Idaho is not well developed. The three aquatic plant associations currently identified are not included in this analysis. Information concerning these aquatic associations is 

presented by Jankovsky-Jones and others (1999). 

Estimation of Natural Distribution and 

Abundance 

The distribution and abundance of community elements 

in the study area are estimated using information derived 

from (I) the modeling of potential vegetation prepared for 

the Interior Columbia Basin EcosystemManagement Project 

(Reid and others 1995), (2) published regional community 

classification and inventory plot data, and (3) plant community element occurrence data (Idaho Conservation Data 

Center 1996). In the Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem 

Management Project modeling of potential natural vegetation, the physical environment is compartmentalized into 

gradients of moisture and temperature. Four levels of each 

factor are combined to give rise to a matrix of 16 "biophysical settings." A matrix of biophysical settings was developed within each ecoregional section for each of three 

portions of the landscape, named for dominate physiognomic groups: forest, shrubland, and grassland. Potential 

vegetation is modeled using this framework, within each 

ecoregional section, by assigning groups of communities to 

a specific cell, or biophysical setting, within one of the three 

matrices. This vegetation mapping project was selected as 

the best available source of information for the representative assessment because it provides information on potential natural vegetation (a fundamental criterion) and provides consistent coverage for the entire study area. The 

scale (pixel size 1 x 1 km) is a disadvantage of the project 

because it does not effectively reflect vegetation that 

typically occurs in small environmental units (for example, riparian vegetation). Information presented by 

Reid and others (1995) was extensively updated, based on 

refined distributional and classification information, so 

that every community known or expected to occur in the 

study area is assigned to an appropriate biophysical setting. 

An additional shortcoming of the Interior Columbia 

Basin Ecosystem Management Project modeling project is 

that it only estimates the relative abundance of biophysical 

settings. To fulfill the objectives of the representativeness 

assessment, information on the abundance of associations 

within each cell of the biophysical setting matrices is needed. 

Most community classification and inventory publications 

provide information on the distribution and number of 

plots observed. This information is summarized by ecoregional section for studies that are representative of a selected set of biophysical settings for a given ecoregional 

section. For example, Steele and others (1981) provides 

information on selected forested biophysical settings in 

the Idaho Batholith, Beaverhead Mountains, Challis 

Volcanics, and Blue Mountains ecoregional sections. Depending on the information available, the estimated natural abundance of individual communities within each 

ecoregional section is estimated as (listed in descending 

order of preference): 

1. The product of the percent frequency of pixels classified 

as a given biophysical setting and the percent of plots 

observed for the community relative to other communities within the respective biophysical setting and ecoregional section. 

2. The percent of plots observed for the community relative to all plots observed in the entire ecoregional section. 

USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-45.2000 
3. The quotient of the percent frequency of pixels classified 

as a given biophysical setting and the number of communities assigned to the respective biophysical setting 

and ecoregional section. 

Resultant percentage values are transformed to abundance classes using an octave scale. Abundance classes 

listed with percent ranges and narrative descriptive classes 

are: 

Abundance Percent Descriptive 

class range class 

0 0 Present 

1 > 0, r 0.25 Incidental 

2 > 0.25, r 0.50 Incidental 

3 > 0.50, r 1 Incidental 

4 > 1,<2 Minor 

5 >2,14 Minor 

6 >4,18 Minor 

7 >8,r16 Major 

8 > 16,s 32 Major 

9 > 32, r 64 Major 

10 > 64 Major 

An effect of this approach on the estimation of the natural 

abundance of communities within the study area is that the 

characterization of any selected biophysical setting is 

weighted by communities that occur in Idaho. Only data 

from community classification and inventory studies that 

incorporate Idaho are included in the analysis. 

In completion of the second task required for the representativeness assessment (summarize the distribution and 

relative abundance of plant community elements by ecological region), 1,566 combinations of plant community 

element and ecoregional section are recognized. Each of 

these combinations may be viewed as a "cell" within the 

natural area network in the same sense as employed by 

Dyrness and others (1975). The estimated natural abundance of each plant community element is listed in table 2 

(following the References section) by ecoregional section. 

Selection of Representative 

Element Occurrences 

To complete the third task required for the assessment, 

minimum plant community element occurrence criteria 

were established to include element occurrences that are 

viable and possess high representative quality. Viability 

(and to a lesser extent, quality) was assessed on the basis of 

the level of protection provided the occurrence. Only community elements within the following types of conservation sites were included in the analysis: USDI Bureau of 

Land Management Areas of Critical Environmental Concern and Research Natural Areas; USDA Forest Service 

Research Natural Areas and Special Interest Areas; The 

Nature Conservancy Preserves; Idaho Department of Fish 

and Game and USDI Fish and Wildlife Service Wildlife 

Management Areas; and Washington State Department of 

Natural Resources Natural Area Preserves. Element occurrences in the Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, and Montana portions of ecoregional sections adjoining Idaho were considered for inclusion in the analysis. 

Research Natural Areas on NFS lands in Idaho are listed by 

ecological section (Bailey and others 1994; McNab and 

Avers 1994) with size and minimum and maximum elevation (see figure 1 for geographic distribution) in appendix 

A and by administrative unit in appendix B. All natural 

areas considered in the study are listed in appendix C. 

The representative quality of each occurrence was assessed on the basis of the type of conservation site the 

occurrence is within, narrative descriptions of the occurrence (which may describe, for example, problems with 

noxious weeds or past and current livestock use), and size. 

Justification for the use of the type of conservation site as a 

threshold measure of representative quality is based on 

administrative policy for selection and establishment. Research Natural Areas, Areas of Critical Environmental 

Concerns, and Natural Area Preserves are selected specifically to provide recognition of high quality representative 

plant community occurrences. 

A variety of different resource management objectives 

may apply (for example, ranging from the production of 

specific habitat conditions to protection of open space) to 

The Nature Conservancy Preserves and Wildlife Management Areas. As a result of the land acquisition transactions 

that contribute to their establishment, these areas may also 

incorporate land that is no longer in a natural state. In all 

cases, however, the representative quality of plant community occurrences reported for these areas (and treated in 

this analysis) is verified on the basis of narrative descriptions on file at the Idaho Conservation Data Center. 

Size is an important measure of both viability and representative quality. Many piant associations occur as large, 

continuous stands. Others (especially in riparian and wetland habitats) occur within a complex mosaic of environmentally associated communities. In these cases, the size of 

the individual occurrence is more a reflection of the estimated relative abundance of the community with respect 

to the total area of the stand mosaic. While the assembly of 

communities present represents the total biological diversity of the complex, the stand mosaic is the unit of ecosystem function, and thus the most appropriate biological unit 

for the assessment of representative quality. To allow for 

the inclusion of a small individual occurrence within a 

mosaic of environmentally associated communities, size 

specifications were developed for sets, or classes, of biophysical environments and applied to the sum of associated occurrences within a site. Minimum element occurrence size criteria listed for 12 biophysical classes follows. 

6 USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-45.2000 
Each class incorporates four biophysical settings as identified in the Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Project modeling of potential naturalvegetation (Reid 

and others 1995). For example, the class "cold dry to cool 

very dry forest" includes the following biophysical settings: cold dry forest, cold very dry forest, cool dry forest, 

and cool very dry forest. 

Biophysical class Minimum size 

Cold dry to cool very dry forest 

Cold dry to cool very dry herbland 

Cold dry to cool very dry shrubland 

Cold wet to cool moist forest 

Cold wet to cool moist herbland 

Cold wet to cool moist shrubland 

Warm dry to hot very dry forest 

Warm dry to hot very dry herbland 

Warm dry to hot very dry shrubland 

Warm wet to hot moist forest 

Warm wet to hot moist herbland 

Warm wet to hot moist shrubland 

Plant community element occurrences that meet the minimum criteria and are located within Research Natural 

Areas on NFS lands within Idaho are listed by Research 

Natural Area in appendix D. A complete list c.f plant 

community elements included in the assessment is provided in appendix E. 

Relative abundance values for each community element 

are calculated, for each ecoregional section, as the quotient 

of the sum of the acreage of occurrences that meet the 

minimum criteria and the total of all occurrences within the 

section (that meet the minimum criteria). The resulting 

percentage values are transformed to abundance classes 

using an octave scale and referred to as the "relative 

abundance of reference occurrences." The "count of reference occurrences" is the number of occurrences of each 

community element meeting the minimum viability and 

quality criteria within each section. 

Completion of the third task required for the representativeness assessment, which is to identify representative 

plant community element occurrences and summarize the 

relative abundance of these selected occurrences by ecological region, provides information on how well each cell 

(or each combination of plant community elements within 

an ecoregional section) is represented (or the extent to 

which the cell is "filled") within the natural area network. 

The "relative abundance of reference occurrences" for each 

cell is intended for comparison to the estimated natural 

abundance of the cell, and together with the "count of 

reference occurrences," is used to assess the priority of 

need for further representation of the cell within the natural area network. 

Assignment of Priorities for Filling 

Gaps in the Natural Area Network 

Priorities for filling gaps within the natural area network 

are assigned through consideration of the adequacy and 

viability of the current representation. Values for the estimated natural abundance, the relative abundance of reference occurrences, and the count of reference occurrences 

embody these concepts. In assessing the "adequacy" of 

representation, the relative total area of occurrences and 

the potential range of variation in the occurrences are 

considered based on comparison of the abundance of 

reference occurrences to the estimated natural abundance, 

and the count of reference occurrences. Assessment of the 

"viability" of plant community representation within the 

natural area network is based on the count of occurrences. 

Following is a narrative description of criteria used to 

assign priorities (discrete logic rules for the assignment of 

priorities are shown in the table that follows): 

Priority 1. 

Priority 2. 

Priority 3. 

Priority 4. 

Priority 5. 

A cell with major or minor estimated natural 

abundance, but incidental or no representation (respectively) within the natural area network. 

Major and minor cells represented by few 

reference occurrences of small size, or incidental cells represented by one very small or no 

element occurrences within the natural area 

network. 

Major and minor cells that are represented by 

less than two plant community element occurrences, major and minor cells represented by 

several small occurrences, or incidental cells 

that are represented by one or no element 

occurrences within the natural area network. 

Cells that are fully represented within the 

natural area network; the element occurrence 

abundance is equal to, or greater than, the 

estimated natural abundance, and greater than 

two element occurrences are present. 

Plant community elements that are known or 

expected to occur within the respective 

ecoregional section, are represented by no occurrences, and for which there is insufficient 

information (based on the methods applied in 

this study) to assess the estimated natural 

abundance. 

Logic rules applied in the assignment of priorities of need 

for improved representation are listed by priority rank. If 

USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-45.2000 
the sum of the size of all the occurrences of a particular 

element within a section is smaller than the minimum size 

criteria identified for the biophysical class (as listed on 

page 7) listed in the previous tabulation, the priority 

ranking for the element is dropped by one. 

Relative 

Estimated abundance Count 

natural of reference of reference 

Priority abundance occurrences Differencea occurrences 

1 2 7 53 

24,<7 0 

2 2 4 23 1 3 

2 5 > 0 1 1 

= 4 12 < 1 

2 3 0 1 1 

2 5 5 2 

2 4 22 54 

4 > 0 12 

2 2 I I 

0 1 

1 1 

4 not otherwise assigned 

5 0 0 0 

"Estimated natural abundance minus abundance of reference occurrences. 

Results and Discussion 

Table 2 on page 30 displays the result of the representativeness assessment. Plant associations and community 

types known or expected to occur within the study area are 

listed by ecoregional section. A large number (1,566) of 

combinations of plant community elements within ecoregional sections are recognized. Each of these combinations 

constitutes a cell within the potential natural area network. 

For each cell, the estimated natural abundance of the 

community element within the respective ecoregional section, the relative abundance of reference occurrences that 

meet specified criteria, and the number of reference occurrences that meet the minimum criteria are listed with the 

priority of need for locating a new Research Natural Area 

to fill unfilled cells or to improve the representation of 

poorly represented cells. Priorities are based on the comparison of the relative abundance of reference occurrences 

to the estimated natural abundance, and the count of 

reference occurrences, as described previously. 

In an initial review of the information presented in table 

2, it appears that the representation of plant communities 

is not well balanced within each ecological section and by 

vegetation subclass. Deciduous forest, deciduous 

shrubland, and short grassland community elements appear to be most poorly represented throughout the natural 

area network. In part, this is an artifact of the history of 

inventory work contributing to the identification of Research Natural Areas and related descriptive community 

ecology. Deciduous shrubland and short grassland communities occur in recognized Research Natural Areas but 

are inadequately described (for example, simply identified 

as "wet meadow") because inventory workwas completed 

prior to the availability of applicable community classification work. 

Northwest Basin and Range Section 

The Northwest Basin and Range Section is characterized 

and distinguished by a relatively high diversity of shrubland 

environments. Warm, dry; warm, moist; and cool, dry 

shrubland environments occupied by Artemisia triden ta ta 

wyomingensis and Artemisia tridentata vaseyana plant associations are dominant (table 2). Forested environments 

account for (approximately) 10 percent of the land area. 

National Forest System (NFS) lands within the section 

disproportionally represent cool, dry shrubland and forested environments. For example, while Artemisia triden tata 

wyomingensis associations are most abundant within the 

section overall (table 2), Artemisia tridentata vaseyana associations are more prominent on NFS lands. National Forest 

System lands within the section, compared to all other 

sections within the study area, are most restricted and 

patchy, and least encompassing of the total range of diversity. 

The biological diversity of this ecoregional section, compared to others in the study area, is the least well represented by natural areas. Twenty-four cells are partially 

filled by four conservation sites. The greatest proportion of community elements within the section are assigned Priority 2. Highest priorities for the enhancement of 

the representativeness of the natural area network on NFS 

lands include Pseudotsuga menziesii, Populus tremuloides, 

Juniperus osteosperma, Artemisia tridentata spiciformis, Artemisia tridentata vaseyana, and Cercocarpus ledifolius plant 

community elements (table 2). 

The Idaho portions of the Northwest Basin and Range 

Section are peripheral to many of the relevant plant community classification and inventory studies (Manning and 

Padgett 1995; Mauk and Henderson 1984; Nelson and 

Jensen 1987; Padgett and others 1989; Steele and others 

1983). Herbland and wet shrubland environments were 

not mapped in the Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem 

Management Project model of potential natural vegetation 

(Reid and others 1995). Therefore, portions of the distribution and abundance of plant communities within the 

section are not well documented. 

USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-45.2000 
Yellowstone Highlands Section 

Cold, dry forest environments in which Abies lasiocarpa 

associations are the potential natural vegetation are dominant in the Yellowstone Highlands Section. Forest environments occupy approximately 75 percent of the land area; 

herbland and shrubland occupy approximately 15 percent 

and 8 percent. 

Sixty-one community element occurrences are represented at 8 conservation sites. Within these sites, community elements that occur in cool, wet and cool, moist environments are disproportionately well represented. Cells 

for Carex aquatilis, Carex nebraskensis, Carer simulata, Carex 

utriculata, Deschampsia cespitosa, Eleocharis palustris (wetland/riparian), Juncus balticus, Populus tremuloides/ 

Amelanchier alnifolia-Symphoricarpos oreophilus/ 

Calamagrostis rubescens, and Populus tremuloides/ 

Symphoricarpos oreophilus/Calamagrostis rubescens are considered fully represented within the natural area network 

(table 2). 

The highest priorities for enhancement of the representative quality of the natural area network occur in lower 

elevation warm, dry to hot, very dry and warm, wet to hot, 

moist forest, shrubland and herbland; and cold, dry to cool, 

very dry forest environments. Priority 1 cells include Abies 

lasiocarpa/Acer glabrum, Abies lasiocarpa/Arnica cordifolia, Abies 

lasiocarpa/Calarnagros tis rubescens, Abies lasiocarpa/funiperus 

communis, Abies lasiocarpa/Vaccinium globulare, Agropyron 

spicartrm-Poa secunda, Artemisia triden ta ta triden tata / Agropyron spicatum, Artemisia triden tata triden tata / Festuca 

idahoensis, Artemisia triden fa ta vaseyana / Festuca idahoensis, 

Cercocarpus ledifoEius/Agropyron spicatum, Festuca idahoensisAgropyron spicatunr, Picea engelmarrnii/Galium trifolium, 

Pinus aEbicaulis/Carex geyeri, Populus trichocarpa/Cornus 

stolonifera, Pseudotsuga menziesii/Arnica cordifolia, 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Juniperus communis, Pseudotsuga 

rnenziesii/Physocarpus malvaceus, and Pseudofsuga menziesiil 

Symphoricarpos albus. These cells are all potentially filled on 

NFS lands. Representative occurrences of Artemisia tridentata tridentata/Agropyro spicatum, Artenzisia tridentata 

tridentata/Festuca idahoensis, and Populus trichocarpa/Cornus 

stolonifera, however, may best be located off NFS lands. The 

contribution of Yellowstone National Park to the representation of biological diversity within this section needs to be 

more fully assessed and documented (within the framework of this study). 

Overthrust Mountains Section 

Forest and shrubland environments are predominant in 

the Overthrust Mountains Section, occupying approximately 60 percent and 40 percent, of the land area. Herbland 

environments are incidental. Important plant associations 

within the section are Abies lasiocarpa/Berberis repens, Abies 

lasiocarpa / Calamagrostis rubescens, Abies lasiocarpa/ 

Pedicularis racemosa, Abies lasiocarpa /Ph ysocarpus malvaceus, 

Abies lasiocarpa/Vacciniurn globulare, Artemisia tridentata 

triden tata /Agropyron spicatum, Artemisia tridentata 

vaseyana-Symphoricarpos oreophilus/Festuca idahoensis, Artemisia tridentata vaseyana/Festuca idahoensis, Populus 

tremuloides/ Calamagrostis rubescens, Pseudotsuga menziesii/ 

Berberis repens, and Pseudotsuga menziesii/Calamagrostis 

rubescens. 

One hundred twenty-six community element occurrences 

are within nine conservation sites. Cold, wet to cool, moist 

forest; warm, wet to hot, moist forest; and warm, wet to hot, 

moist herbland environments are disproportionately well 

represented in the natural area network. Twenty-two cells 

are considered fully represented (table 2). 

Cold, dry to cool, very dry forest; cold, dry to cool, very 

dry shrubland; and warm, dry to hot, very dry shrubland 

environments are poorly represented in the natural area 

network. Ten cells are assessed as Priority 1 : Abies lasiocarpa/ 

Arnica cordifolia, Abies lasiocarpa/Symphoricarpos albus, Artemisia tridentata tridentata /Agropyron spica turn, Artemisia 

tridenta ta vaseyana-Symphoricarpos oreophilus /Fes tuca 

idahoensis, Artemisia tridentata vaseyana/Festuca idahoensis, 

Cercocarpus ledifolius / Artemisia tridentata vaseyana, Picea 

engelmannii/ Ribes mon tigenum, Populus tremuloides/ 

Calamagrostis rubescens, Pseudotsuga menziesii/Spiraea 

betulifolia, and Pseudotsuga menziesii/Symphoricarpos albus. 

Within the Overthrust Mountains Section, these plant associations are expected to occur and may best be represented 

on NFS lands. 

Idaho Batholith Section 

The Idaho Batholith Section encompasses 301 community element occurrences within 42 conservation sites. This 

section is characterized by a relatively diverse array of 

forested environments. Forest and shrubland environments 

(80 percent and 20 percent of the land area) are dominant; 

herbland environments are incidental. Important associations include Abies grandis / Acer gla brum, A bies grandis / 

Clin tonia uniflora, Abies grandis / Xerophyllum tenax, Abies 

lasiocarpa/Carex geyeri, Abies lasiocarpa/Clintonia uniflora, 

Abies lasiocarpa / Streptopus amplexifolius, Abies lasiocarpa / 

Xerophyllum tenax, Pinus albicaulis-Abies lasiocarpa, 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Calamagrostis rubescens, Pseudotsuga 

menziesii/Carex geyeri, Pseudotsuga menziesii/Physocarpus 

malvaceus, and Pseudotsuga menziesii/Spiraea betulifolia. 

This section possesses the highest frequency of fully 

represented cells (23 percent) (table 2). Cold, wet to cool, 

moist forest; warm, dry to hot, very dry herbland; and 

warm, wet to hot, moist forest environments are disproportionately well represented within the section. Cold, dry 

to cool, very dry shrubland; cold, wet to cool, moist; and 

USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-45.2000 9 
warm, dry to hot, very dry shrubland environments are 

generally poorly represented. 

The highest priorities are for enhanced representation of 

the following cells: Abies lasiocarpa / Vaccinium caespitosum, 

Artemisia a;.buscula arbuscula /Poa secunda, Artemisia tridentata 

vaseyana-Symphoricarpos oreophilus/Carex geyeri, Artemisia 

tridentata vaseyana-Symphoricarpos oreophilus/Festuca 

idahoensis, Artemisia tridentata vaseyanalcarex geyeri, Artemisia tridentata vaseyana/Stipa comata, Cercocarpus ledifoiius/Festuca idahoensis, Cercocarpus ledifolius / Symphoricarpos albus/ Festuca idahoensis, Pinus contorta /Festuca idahoensis, 

Pinus contorta/Vaccinium scopariurn, Purshia tridentata/ 

Festuca idahoensis, and Salix drummondiana / Calamagrostis 

canadensis. In the Idaho Batholith Section, these plant community elements occur, and are potentially best represented, on NFS lands. 

Beaverhead Mountains Section 

As with the Overthrust Mountains Section, the 

Beaverhead Mountains and Challis Volcanics Sections are 

characterized by a relatively even mix of forest and 

shrubland environments. In the Beaverhead Mountains 

Section forest and shrubland environments occur over 

approximately 38 and 60 percent of the land area. Herbland 

environments occupy approximately 2 percent of the land 

area. Predominant biophysical environments are cold, dry 

forest (occupied primarily Abies lasiocarpa plant associations) and cool, moist shrubland (primarily Artemisia 

tridentata vaseyana associations). Important plant associations within the ecoregional section are Abies lasiocarpa / 

Arnica cordifolia, Abies lasiocarpa/Calamagrostis rubescens, 

Abies lasiocarpa/Ribes montigenum, Artemisia arbuscula 

arbuscula/Festuca idahoensis, Artemisia nova/Agropyron 

spicatum, Artemisia tridentata vaseyana-Symphoricarpos 

oreophilus/Festuca idahoensis, Artemisia tridentata vaseyanal 

Agropyron spica tum, Artemisia triden tata vaseyana /Festuca 

idahoensis, and Pseudotsuga menziesii/ Calamagrostis rubescens. 

The Beaverhead Mountains Section encompasses 139 

community element occurrences within 21 conservation 

sites. Thirty-one cells are considered fully represented. 

Cold, dry to cool, very dry forest; cold, wet to cool, moist 

forest; warm, dry to hot, very dry forest; and warm, dry to 

hot, very dry herbland environments are disproportionately well represented in the natural area network. Cold, 

dry to cool, very dry shrubland; cold, wet to cool, moist 

herbland; cold, wet to cool, moist shrubland; warm, dry to 

hot, very dry shrubland; warm, wet to hot, moist forest; 

and warm, wet to hot, moist shrubland environments are 

relatively poorly represented within the natural area network. Eight cells are assessed as the highest priority for 

inclusion within the natural area: Abies lasiocarpa / Spiraea 

betulifolia, Artemisia arbuscula arbuscula /Agropyron spicatum, 

Artemisia arbuscula arbuscula/Festuca idahoensis, Artemisia 

tridentata spiciformis/Bromus carinatus, Artemisia tridentata 

vaseyana-Symphoricarpos oreophilus/Festuca idahoensis, Artemisia tridentata vaseyana/Bromus carinatus, Artemisia tridentata wyomingensis / Agropyron spicatum, and Populus 

tremuloides/Calamagrostis rubescens. All of these associations are likely to occur on NFS lands within the section. 

Challis Volcanics Section 

The Challis Volcanics Section encompasses approximately 58 percent and 39 percent forest and shrubland 

environments. Approximately 3 percent of the land area is 

herbland environments. Predominant biophysical environments are warm, dry forest; cool, dry forest; cool, dry 

shrubland; and cool, moist shrubland. Abies lasiocarpal 

Carex geyeri, Abies lasiocarpa / Vaccinium scoparium, Artemisia tridentata vaseyana/Agropyron spicatum, Artemisia 

tridentata wyomingensis/ Agropyron spicatum, Leucopoa kingiil 

Phlox pulvida, Pinus albicaulis-Abies lasiocarpa, Pseudotsuga 

menziesiilAmica cordifolia, and Pseudotsuga menziesiil Symphoricarpos oreophilus are important associations within the 

ecoregional section. 

Fifty-eight community occurrences are located within 

eight conservation sites. Cold, wet to cool, moist forest 

environments are generally disproportionately well represented. Cold, dry to cool, very dry shrubland; warm, dry to 

hot, very dry forest; and warm, dry to hot, very dry 

herbland environments are generally poorly represented 

within the natural area network. Seventeen cells are most 

in need of enhanced representation in the Challis Volcanics 

Section: Alnus incana / Cornus stolonifera, Artemisia arbuscula 

arbuscula/Festuca idahoensis, Artemisia tridentata vaseyanaSymphoricarpos oreophilus/Festuca idahoensis, Artemisia tridentata vaseyana/Agropyron spicatum, Artemisia tridentata 

wyomingensis/Agropyron spicatum, Artemisia tripartita/Agropyron spicatum, Artemisia tripartita /Festuca idahoensis, Festuca 

idahoensis/Potentilla diversifolia, Haplopappus suffruticosus/ 

Festuca idahoensis, Haplopappus suffruticosus/ Sitanion hystrix, 

Leucopoa kingii/Achillea millefoliurn, Leucopoa kingii/Phlox 

pulvida, Pseudotsuga menziesii/Agropyron spicatum, 

Pseudotsuga menziesiil Berberis repens, Pseudotsuga menziesiil 

Juniperus communis and Salix wolfii/Swertia perennisPedicularis groenlandica. All of these plant associations and 

community types likely occur on NFS lands within the 

section. Artemisia tridentata wyomingensis/Agropyron 

spicatum, Artemisia tripartita/Agropyron spicatum, and Artemisia tripartita/Festuca idahoensis may well be best represented on sites off NFS lands. Nine cells are considered 

fully represented within the section (table 2). 

Blue Mountains Section 

The Blue Mountains Section 

diverse complement of forest, 

USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. 

encompasses a relatively 

herbland, and shrubland 

Rep. RMRS-GTR-45.2000 
biophysical environments. Important plant associations 

and community types within this section are Abies grandis/ 

Calamagrostis rubescens, Abies grandis/ Clintonia uniflora, Abies 

grandis/Spiraea betulifolia, Abies lasiocarpa/Vaccinium 

scoparium, Agropyron spica tum-Poa secunda, Carex utriculata, 

Cercocarpus ledifolius/ Symphoricarpos albus / Festuca 

idahoensis, Festuca idahoensis-Koeleria cristata, Pinus ponderosa / Fes tuca idahoensis, Pinus ponderosa / Symphoricarpos 

albus, Pseudotsuga menziesii/Calarnagrostis rubescens, 

Pseudotsuga rnenziesii/Physocarpus malvaceus, Pseudotsuga 

menziesii/Spiraea betulifolia, Pseudotsuga menziesii/Symphoricarpos albus, Purshia tridentata/Festuca idahoensis, and Salix 

exigua/Barren. Approximately 63 percent of the land area 

is forest environments, 23 percent shrubland, and 13 percent herbland environments. 

There are 97 community element occurrences within 11 

conservation sites treated in this analysis. Twenty-one cells 

in the natural area network are assessed as fully represented (table 2). Cold, wet to cool, moist forest; cold, wet to 

cool, moist herbland; warm, wet to hot, moist herbland; 

and warm, wet to hot, moist shrubland environments are 

disproportionately poorly represented within the 

ecoregional section. The highest priorities for inclusion 

within the natural area network are representative examples of Abies grandis / Calamagrostis ru bescens, Abies 

grandislLinnaea borealis, Artemisia triden ta ta vaseyana / Carex 

geyeri, Carex aquatilis, Carex utriculata, Cercocarpus ledifolius/ Symphoricarpos albus/ Festuca idahoensis, Pinus ponderosa/Purshia tridentata, Pinus ponderosa/Purshia tridentata, 

Pseudotsuga menziesiilAgropyron spicatum, Pseudotsuga 

menziesii/Carex geyeri, Purshia triden tata / Festuca idahoensis, 

and Salix exigua/Barren. Sites for the inclusion of these cells 

within the natural area network should occur on NFS 

lands. 

Okanagon Highlands Section 

The Okanagon Highlands Section is predominantly forest environments (80 percent of the land area), with a small 

proportion of shrubland environments (20 percent of the 

land area). Herbland environments are incidental. Relatively warm, dry; cool, moist; and warm, moist forest 

environments and hot, dry shrubland environments are 

representative of the section. Abiesgrandis/Clin tonia uniflora, 

Abies grandis/Xerophyllum tenax, Abies lasiocarpa /Clintonia 

uniflora, Abies lasiocarpa / Streptopus amplexifolius, Pinus ponderosa/Physocarpus malvaceus, Pinus ponderosa/Symphoricarpos albus, Pseudotsuga menziesii/Calamagrostis rubescens, 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Physocarpus malvaceus, Pseudotsuga 

rnenziesii/Symphoricarpos albus, Pseudotsuga rnenziesii/ 

Vaccinium caespitosum, Thuja plicata/Clintonia uniflora, Thuja 

plica fa /Oplopanax horridum, Tsuga heterophylla /Asarum 

caudatum, and Tsuga heterophylla/Clintonia uniflora are important plant associations. 

There are 65 plant community element occurrences reported for the area; these are within 13 conservation sites. 

Generally, cold, wet to cool, moist forest, herbland, and 

shrubland environments are well represented within the 

section. Warm, dry to hot, very dry forest environments are 

generally poorly represented in natural areas within the 

section. Ten cells are considered fully represented. Ten 

cells are also assigned the highest priority for enhancement 

of representation within the natural area network: Abies 

gmndis /Physocarpus malvaceus, Abies grandis / Xevophyllum 

tenax, Pinus ponderosa / Festuca idahoensis, Pinus ponderosa / 

Physocarpus malvaceus, Pinus ponderosa / Symphoricarpos albus, 

Pseudotsuga rnenziesii/Calamagrostis rubescens, Pseudotsuga 

menziesii/ Spiraea betulifolia, Pseudotsuga menziesii/ Symphoricarpos albus, Pseudotsuga menziesii/Vaccinium caespitosum, 

and Thuja plicatalclintonia uniflora. These plant associations are all expected to occur on NFS lands within the 

Okanagon Highlands Section. The best opportunity for 

their representation, however, may not occur on NFS lands 

in Idaho. 

Flathead Valley Section 

Relatively warm, dry; cool, moist; and warm, moist 

forest environments and hot, very dry herbland environments are characteristic of the Flathead Valley Section. 

Approximately 85 percent of the land area is forest environments; 15 percent is herbland. Important plant associations include Abies lasiocarpa/Clintonia uniflora, Abies 

lasiocarpa/Menziesia ferruginea, Abies lasiocarpa / Streptopus 

amplexifolius, Abies lasiocarpa/Xerophyllum tenax, Pseudotsuga 

menziesiil Physocarpus malvaceus, Pseudotsuga menziesiil Symphoricarpos albus, Thuja plica ta/Oplopanax horridum, Tsuga 

heterophylla/Asarum caudatum, Tsuga heterophylla/Clintonia uniflora, Tsuga heterophylla / Gymnocarpium dryopteris, 

and Tsuga heterophylla IMenziesia ferruginea. 

There are 64 community element occurrences within 10 

conservation sites. Natural areas within the section provide disproportionately high representation of cold, dry to 

cool, very dry forest environments. Warm dry to hot, very 

dry herbland environments are most poorly represented 

within the section. Thirteen cells are assessed as fully 

represented within the Flathead Valley Section. Three cells 

are identified as most in need of enhanced representation: 

Tsuga heterophylla/Asarum caudatum, Tsuga heterophyllal 

Gymnocarpium dryopteris, and Tsuga heterophylla/Menziesia 

ferruginea. 

Bitterroot Mountains Section 

The Bitterroot Mountains Section is predominantly forest environments. Relatively warm, moist; warm, dry; 

cool, dry; and cool, moist forest environments are most 

abundant. Abies gmndis/Asarum caudatum, Abies grandis/ 

USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-45.2000 11 
Clintonia uniflora, Abiesgrandis/Physocarpus malvaceus, Abies 

lasiocarpa/Xerophyllum tenax, Pseudotsuga menziesiil 

Physocarpus malvaceus, Thuja plicatalAdiantum pedatum, 

Thuja plicata /Asarum caudatum, Thuja plicata/Athyrium filixfemina, Thuja plicata /Clintonia uniflora, Tsuga heterophylla / 

Asarum caudatum, Tsuga heterophylla/Clintonia uniflom, Tsuga 

mertensiana / Clintonia uniflora, Tsuga mertensiana /Menziesia 

ferruginea, and Tsuga mertensiana/Xerophyllum tenax are 

important plant associations within the section. 

There are 89 plant community element occurrences within 

18 conservation sites. Compared to other sections within 

the study area, the relative abundance of protected occurrences is most representative of the estimated natural 

relative abundance. Relatively warm, dry to hot, very dry 

forest environments are most poorly represented within 

the natural area network. Sixteen cells are considered fully 

represented. Four cells are in most need of enhanced representation within conservation sites: Abies grandis/ 

Xerophyllum tenax, Pseudotsuga menziesii/Symphoricarpos 

albus, Tsuga mertensiana/Clintonia uniflora, and Tsuga 

mertensiana/Streptopus amplexifolius. 

Conclusions 

The coarse filter/fine filter approach to conservation is a 

useful model for working with the complexity of biological diversity. Given the objective to preserve a wide 

spectrum of pristine areas that represent important forest, 

shrubland, and grassland habitats, USDA Forest Service 

Research Natural Areas serve as coarse filters in the conservation of biological diversity. A key objective of Research 

Natural Areas is to provide ecological reference areas to 

monitor the effect of more intensive land management 

activities. 

This representativeness assessment was conducted to 

assist with an the ongoing evaluation of the extent to which 

the current Research Natural Area network (coupled with 

other similar conservation sites within the study area) 

fulfills these objectives and to identify gaps in the network 

so that steps may be taken to identify and propose new 

Research Natural Areas to fill these gaps. Arguments for 

the need of these Natural Areas have been successful. In 

Idaho the number of established NFS Research Natural 

Areas has risen from three in 1960 (Shanklin 1960) to 109 

today. This system of natural areas provides representation of 285 plant associations in 917 element occurrences. 

The natural area network, however, still has gaps. While 

approximately 13 percent of the cells within the network 

are considered fully represented, 48 percent are assessed as 

having a high to moderate priority for improved representation within the network. 

This study provides an operational prioritization of the 

need to identify and locate additional Research Natural 

Areas in Idaho and portions of adjacent States. Objective 

ranking criteria provide clear accounting of priority assignments. This information may be used to assess the 

potential value of a given site to contribute to the natural 

area network; alternatively, it may be used to identify a 

Research Natural Area need and organize a search to find 

sites that fill that need. 

References 

Alexander, R. R. 1985. Major habitat types, community types, and 

plant communities in the Rocky Mountains. General Technical 

Report RM-123. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, 

Fort Collins, Co. 105 p. 

Alexander, R. R. 1988. Forest vegetation on National Forests in 

the Rocky Mountain and Intermountain Regions: habitat types 

and community types. General Technical Report RM-162. US. 

Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain 

Forest and Range Experiment Station, Fort Collins, CO. 47 p. 

Allen, B. H. 1986. Remember rangeland reference areas? Rangelands 8(4): 180-182. 

Anderson, E. W. 1975. Why preserve natural areas? In: Laycock, 

W. A. 1975. Rangeland reference areas. Range Science Series 

No. 3. Society for Range Management, Denver,. CO. 66 p. 

Andrews, T. 1994. Research Natural Areas in ecosystem management and research. Unpublished report prepared for U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Washington Office, 

Washington, DC. 9 p. 

Arnow, L. A. 1981. Poa secunda Presl versus P. sandbergii Vasey 

(Poaceae). Syst. Bot. 6: 412 - 421. 

Asherin, D. A., and M. L. Orme. 1978. Inventory of riparian 

habitats and associated wildlife along Dworshak Reservoir 

and lower Clearwater River. Idaho Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit, College of Forestry, Wildlife and Range Sciences, 

University of Idaho, Moscow. 477 p. 

Bailey, R. G., P. E. Avers, T. King, and W. H. McNab, eds. 1994. 

Ecoregions and subregions of theunited States (map). Washington, DC: U.S. Geological Survey. Scale 1 :7,500,000; colored. 

Blackburn, W. H., P. T. Tueller, and R. E. Eckert, Jr. 1969. Vegetation and soils of the Churchill Canyon Watershed. Nevada 

Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin R-45. Reno. 157 p. 

Blackburn, W. H., P. T. Tueller, and R. E. Eckert, Jr. 1971. Vegetation and soils of the Rock Springs Watershed. Nevada Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin R-83. Reno. 116 p. 

Boggs, K., P. Hansen, R. Pfister, and J Joy. 1990. Classification and 

management of riparian and wetland sites in northwestern 

Montana. University of Montana, Montana Forest and Conservation Experiment Station, School of Forestry, Missoula. 217 p. 

Draft Version 1. 

Bourgeron P. S. and L. D. Engelking. 1994. A preliminary vegetation classification of the Western United States. The Nature 

Conservancy, Western Heritage Task Force, Boulder, CO. 

Bourgeron P. S., L. D. Engelking, H. C. Humphries, E. Muldavin, 

and W. H. Moir. 1995. Assessing the conservation value of the 

Gray Ranch: rarity, diversity and representativeness. Desert 

Plants 11 (2-3): 5 - 66. 

USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-45.2000 
Brunsfeld, S. J. 1981. Alpine flora of east-central Idaho. Thesis, 

University of Idaho, Moscow. 205 p. 

Brunsfeld, S. J. and F. D. Johnson. 1985. Field guide to the willows 

of east-central Idaho. University of Idaho, Forest, Wildlife and 

Range Experiment Station Bulletin No. 39. Moscow. 95 p. 

Buckman, R. E. and R. L. Quintus. 1972. Natural Areas of the 

Society of American Foresters. Society of American Foresters, 

Washington, DC. 

Burns, R. M. 1984. Importance of baseline information to the 

ResearchNatural Area program. In: Johnson, J. L., J. F. Franklin, 

and R. G. Krebill, coords. Research Natural Areas: baseline 

monitoring and management. Proceedings of a symposium in 

Missoula, MT, March 21,1984. General Technical Report INT173. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky 

Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, Ogden, UT. 

84 p. 

Bursik, R. J. and R. K. Moseley. 1995. Ecosystem conservation 

strategy for Idaho Panhandle peatlands. Cooperative project 

between Idaho Panhandle National Forests and Idaho Department of Fish and Game, Conservation Data Center, Boise. 28 p. 

plus appendix. 

Caicco, S. L. 1983. Alpine vegetation of the Copper Basin area, 

south-central Idaho. Thesis, University of Idaho, Moscow. 

99 p. 

Caicco, S. L. and C. A. Wellner. 1983a. Research Natural Area 

recommenda tion for Southwest Lemhi Range. Unpublished 

report prepared for USDI, Bureau of Land Management, Burley 

District, ID. Idaho Natural Areas Coordinating Committee. On 

file at Idaho Conservation Data Center, Boise, ID. 

Caicco, S. L. and C. A. Wellner. 1983b. Research Natural Area 

recommendation for Antelope Flat, BLM, Salmon District, ID. 

Idaho Natural Areas Coordinating Committee mimeo report, 

12 p. 

Caicco, S.L. and C. A. Wellner. 1983~. Research Natural Area 

recommendation for East Fork Salmon River Bench, BLM, 

Salmon District, ID. Idaho Natural Areas Coordinating Committee mimeo report, 14 p. 

Caicco, S.L. and C.A. Wellner. 1983d. Research Natural Area 

recommendation for Malm Gulch, Bureau of Land Management. Salmon District, ID. Natural Areas Cr~ordinating Committee mimeo report. 

Caicco, S. L. and C. A. Wellner. 1983e. Research Natural Area 

recommendation for Menan Buttes, BLM, Idaho Falls District, 

ID. Natural Areas Coordinating Committee mimeo report, 10 p. 

Caicco, S. L. and C. A. Wellner. 1983f. Research Natural Area 

recommenda tion for Middle Canyon Alluvial Fan, BLM, Idaho 

Falls District, ID. Idaho Natural Areas Coordinating Committee mimeo report, 10 p. 

Caicco, S. L. and C. A. Wellner. 1983g. Research Natural Area 

recommendation for Robbers Roost Creek, BLM, Burley District, ID. Idaho Natwal Areas Coordinating Committee mimeo 

report 14 p. 

Chadde, S. W. 1993. Establishment record for Rhodes Peak Research Natural Area, Clearwater National Forest, Clearwater 

County, ID. 15 p. 

Chadde, S. W., P. L. Hansen, and R. D. Pfister. 1988. Wetland plant 

communities of the northern range, Yellowstone National 

Park. University of Montana, School of Forestry, Missoula. 

77 p. 

Chadde, S. W., S. F. Kimball, and A. G. Evenden. 1996. Research 

Natural Areas of the Northern Region: status and needs assessment. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Region and Intermountain Research Station, Missoula, MT. 

Chadwick, H. W. and P. D. Dalke. 1965. Plant succession on dune 

sands in Fremont County, Idaho. Ecology 46:765-780. 

Christensen, N. J. and others. 1996. The report of the Ecological 

Society of America Committee on the scientific basis for ecosystem management. Ecological Applications 6(3): 665-691. 

Code of Federal Regulations Title 36-parks, forests, and public 

property, Chapter 11-Forest Service, Department of Agriculture, Part 219-planning, Subpart A-National Forest System 

land and resource management planning, 219-11 Forest plan 

content (d). 

Cooper, S. V., P. Lesica, and D. Page-Dumroese. 1997. Plant 

community classification for alpine vegetation on the 

Beaverhead National Forest, Montana. General technical report INT-GTR-362. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest 

Service, Intermountain Research Station, Ogden, UT. 59 pp. 

Cooper, S. V., K. E. Neiman, and D. W. Roberts. 1991. Forest 

habitat types of northern Idaho: a second approximation. 

General Technical Report INT-236. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Research Station, Ogden, 

UT. 143 p. 

Copeland, W. N. 1979. Harney Lake RNA Guidebook, Supplement #9. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Portland, OR. 

Crawford, R. C. and F. D. Johnson. 1985. Pacific yew dominance 

in tall forests, a classification dilemma. Canadian Journal of 

Botany 63: 592-602. 

Cronquist, A., A. H. Holmgren, N. H. Holmgren, J. L. Reveal, and 

P. K. Holmgren. 1977. Intermountain flora: vascular plants of 

the Intermountain West, U.S.A. Volume 6. Monocotyledons. 

Columbia Univ. Press, New York. 584 p. 

Cronquist, A., A. H. Holmgren, N. H. Holmgren, N. H. Holmgren, 

J. L. Reveal, and P. K. Holmgren. 1994. Intermountain flora: 

vascular plants of the Intermountain West, U.S.A. Volume 5. 

New York Botanical Garden. 496 p. 

Daubenmire, R. 1952. Forest vegetation of northern Idaho and 

adjacent Washington and its bearing on concepts of vegetation 

classification. Ecol. Monogr. 22: 301 - 330. 

Daubenmire, R. 1968. Plant communities: A textbook of plant 

synecology. Harper and Row, New York. 

Daubenmire, R. F. 1970. Steppe vegetation of Washington. Washington State University Agricultural Experiment Station Technical Bulletin No. 62.131 p. 

Daubenmire, R. 1975. A survey of potential national landmarks, 

biotic themes, on the Columbia Plateau. Unpublished report 

prepared by U.S. Department of Interior, National Park Service. Department of Botany, Washington State University, 

Pullman. 

Daubenmire, R. F. and J. B. Daubenmire. 1968. Forest vegetation 

of eastern Washington and northern Idaho. Washington State 

University Agricultural Experiment Station Technical Bulletin 

No. 60.104 p. 

Day, T. A. and R. G. Wright. 1985. The vegetation types of Craters 

of the Moon National Monument. Forestry, Wildlife, and Range 

Experiment Station Bulletin No. 38. University of Idaho, Moscow. 6 p. 

USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-45.2000 
Dealy, J. E. 1975. Ecology of curl-leaf mahogany (Cercocarpus 

ledifolius Nutt.) in Oregon and adjacent areas. Dissertation, 

Oregon State University, Corvallis. 168 p. 

Del Moral, R. 1979. High elevationvegetation of the Enchantment 

Lakes Basin, Washington. Canadian Journal of Botany 5700): 

1111-1130. 

Doremus, J. and A. DeBolt. 1987. The distribution, monitoring 

and observed impacts on Lepidium davisii in the Kuna Planning 

Unit. Unpublished report on file at: U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Boise District Office, Boise, 

ID. 11 p. 

Douglas, G. W. and L. C. Bliss. 1977. Alpine and high subalpine 

plant communities of the North Cascades Range, Washington 

and British Columbia. Ecological Monographs 47: 113-150. 

Driscoll, R. S. 1964. Vegetation-soil units in the central Oregon 

juniper zone. Research Paper PNW-19. U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, Forest Service, PacificNorthwest Forest and Range 

Experiment Station, Portland, OR. 60 pp. 

Dyrness, C. T., J. F. Franklin, C. Maser, S. A. Cook, J. D. Hall, and 

G. Faxon. 1975. Research Natural Area needs in the Pacific 

Northwest. General Technical Report PNW-38. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Forest 

and Range Experiment Station, Portland, OR. 231 p. 

Evenden, A. G. 1989. Ecology and distribution of riparian vegetation in the Trout Creek Mountains of southeastern Oregon. 

Thesis, Oregon State University, Portland. 128 p. 

Federal Geographic Data Committee-Vegetation Subcommittee. 

1996. Vegetation classificationand information standards. U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, Reston, VA. 

Forest Ecosystem Management Assessment Team (FEMAT). 1993. 

Forest ecosystem management: an ecological, economical, and 

social assessment. Joint publication of the U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Commerce, 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, National Marine Fisheries Service, 

U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, 

U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. 

Department of the Interior, National Park Service, and U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC. 

Forest Service Manual 4063 Research Natural Areas. 1994. U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Research, Washington, DC. 

Franklin, J.F. 1966. Vegetation and soils in the subalpine forests of 

the southern Washington Cascade range. Dissertation, Washington State University, Pullman. 132 p. 

Franklin, J. F., R. E. Jenkins, and R. M. Romancier. 1972. Research 

Natural Areas: contributions to environmental quality programs. Journal of Environmental Quality l(2): 133 - 139. 

French, N. R. and J. E. Mitchell. 1983. Long-term vegetation 

changes in permanent quadrats at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory. Forestry, Wildlife, and Range Experiment 

Station BulletinNumber 36, University of Idaho, Moscow. 42 p. 

Grossman, D. H., K. L. Goodin, and C. L. Reuss, eds. 1994. Rare 

plant communities of the conterminous United States-an 

initial survey. Prepared for the USDI Fish and Wildlife Service. 

The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, VA. 620 p. 

Habeck, J. 1979. Slow progress: a report on Research Natural 

Areas. Western Wildlands, Spring. 4 p. 

Hall, F. C. 1973. Plant communities of the Blue Mountains in 

Eastern Oregon and Southeastern Washington. R6-8200-1. U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest 

Region, Portland, OR. 46 p. 

Hall, F. C. 1988. Pacific Northwest ecoclass codes for plant 

associations. R6 Ecol. Tech. Paper 289-87. U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, Portland, OR. 164 p. 

Hansen, P.L., R.D. Pfister, K. Boggs, B.J. Cook, J. Joy, and D.K. 

Hinckley. 1995. Classification and Management of Montana's 

Riparian and Wetland Sites. Montana Forest and Conservation 

Experiment Station, School of Forestry, Missoula, MT. 646 pp. 

Haufler, j. B. 1994. An ecological framework for planning for 

forest health. Journal of Sustainable Forestry 3/4: 307-316. 

Haufler, J. B. and L. L. Irwin. 1993. An ecological basis for forest 

planning for biodiversity and resource use. Proc. Internatl. 

Union Game Biol. Halifax. 

Hironaka, M., M. A. Fosberg, and A. H. Winward. 1983. Sagebrush-grass habitat types of southern Idaho. Forestry, Wildlife, 

and Range Experiment Station Bulletin No. 15, University of 

Idaho, Moscow. 44 p. 

Hitchcock, C. L. and A. Cronquist. 1973. Flora of the Pacific 

Northwest: an illustrated manual. University of Washington 

Press, Seattle, WA. 

Hunter, M. L. 1991. Coping with ignorance: the coarse-filter 

strategy for maintaining biodiversity. In: K. A. Kohm, ed. 

Balancing on the brink of extinction, the endangered species act 

and lessons for the future. Island Press, Washington, DC. 

Huschle, G. 1975. Analysis of the vegetation along the middle and 

lower Snake River. Thesis, University of Idaho, Moscow. 271 p. 

Huston, M. A. 1994. Biological diversity: the coexistence of species on changing landscapes. Cambridge University Press, 

New York. 

Idaho Conservation Data Center, Department of Fish and Game. 

1996. Community element occurrence record database. Boise, 

ID. 

Jankovsky-Jones, M., S. K. Rust, and R. K. Moseley. 1999. Riparian 

reference areas in Idaho: a catalog of plant associations and 

conservation sites. General Technical Report RMRS-GTR-20. 

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Ogden, UT. 141 pp. 

Jensen, M. E., L. S. Peck, and M. V. Wilson. 1988. A sagebrush 

community type classification for mountainous northeastern 

Nevada rangelands. Great Easin Naturalist 48(4): 422-433. 

Jensen, S. 1990. Wetlands delineation, Moose Meadow Ranch, 

Fremont County, Idaho. White Horse Associates, Smithfield, 

UT. 17 p. 

Johnson, Charles G. and Steven A. Simon. 1987. Plant associations of the Wallowa-Snake province. R6-ECOL-TP-255A-86. 

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, WallowaWhitman National Forest. Baker City, OR. 400 p. plus appendices. 

Johnson, J. L. and R. D. Pfister. 1981. A survey of potential 

ecological natural landmarks of the Northern -~ock~ Mountains. Unpublished report prepared for U.S. Department of the 

Interior, National Park Service. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station. Ogden, UT. 416 p. 

Johnson, J. L. and R. D. Pfister. 1982. A survey of potential 

ecological natural landmarks of the middle ~ock~ ~ountains. 

Unpublished report prepared for U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service. U.S. Department of Agriculture, 

USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-45.2000 
Forest Service, Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment 

Station. Ogden, UT. 197 p. 

Johnston, B. C. 1987. Plant associations of Region Two. Edition 4. 

R2-Ecol-87-2. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, 

Rocky Mountain Region, Lakewood, CO. 429 p. 

Kauffman, J. B., W. C. Krueger, and M. Vavra. 1985. Ecology and 

plant communities of the riparianarea associated with Catherine 

Creek in northeastern Oregon. Agricultural Experiment Station 

Technical Bulletin 147. Oregon State University, Corvallis. 35 p. 

Komarkova, V. 1986. Habitat types on selected parts of the 

Gunnison and Uncompahgre National Forests. Unpublished 

report prepared for U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest 

Service, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, Fort Collins, CO. 270 p. 

Kovalchik, B. L. 1987. Riparian zone associations: Deschutes, 

Ochoco, Fremont, and Winema National Forests. Region 6 

Ecology Technical Paper 279-87. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, Portland, OR. 

171 p. 

Kovalchik, B. L. 1993. Riparian plant associations on the National 

Forests of eastern Washington- Draft version 1. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Colville National Forest, 

Colville, WA. 203 p. 

Lewis, M. E. 1971. Flora and major plant communities of the 

Ruby-East Humboldt Mountains with special emphasis on 

Lamoille Canyon. Unpublished report prepared for U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Region, Ogden, Utah. 62 p. 

Lewis, M. E. and R. Riegelhuth. 1964. Sawtooth Mountain study 

area: ecology and vegetation. Study report No. 2. U.S. Unpublished report prepared for US. Department of the Interior, 

National Park Service and U.S. Department of Agriculture, 

Forest Service, Intermountain Region, Ogden, UT. 25 p. 

Lichthardt, J. J. 1992. Vegetation of Lower and Middle Cottonwood Islands Research Natural Area/Area of Critical Environmental Concern and establishment of photopoints for longterm monitoring. Idaho Bureau of Land Management Technical 

Bulletin No. 92-1. Boise, ID. 12 p. 

Mackey, B. G., H. A. Nix, M. F. Hutchinson, J. P. MacMahon, and 

P. M. Fleming. 1988. Assessing representativeness of places for 

conservation reservation and heritage listing. Environmental 

Management 12: 501 - 514. 

Manning, M. E. and W. G. Padgett. 1995. Riparian community 

type classification for the Humboldt and Toiyabe National 

Forests, Nevada and eastern California. R4-Ecol-95-01. U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Region, Ecology and classification Program, Ogden, UT. 167 p. 

plus appendices. 

Mattson, D. J. 1984. Classification and environmental relationships of wetland vegetation in central Yellowstone National 

Park. Thesis, University of Idaho, Moscow. 409 p. 

Mauk, R. L. and J. A. Henderson. 1984. Coniferous forest habitat 

types of northern Utah. General Technical Report INT-170. 

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain 

Forest and Range Experimental Station, Ogden, UT. 89 p. 

McLean, A. 1970. Plant communities of the Similkameen Valley 

British Columbia, and their relationships to soils. Ecological 

Monographs 40(4): 403-424. 

McNab, W. H. and P. E. Avers, comps. 1994. Ecological subregions of the United States: section descriptions. Administrative 

Publication WO-WSA-5. Washington, DC: U. S. Department of 

Agriculture, Forest Service. 267 p. 

Merigliano, M. F. 1996. Ecology and management of the South 

Fork Snake kver cottonwood forest. Cooperative Challenge 

Cost-share Project, Idaho State Office BLM, The Nature Conservancy of Idaho, Upper Snake River Chapter Trout Unlimited and The School of Forestry, University of Montana, 

Missoula. 79 p. 

Miller, T. B. 1976. Ecology of riparian communities dominated by 

white alder in western Idaho. Thesis, University of Idaho, 

Moscow. 154 p. 

Moir, W. H. 1972. Natural areas. Science 177: 396 - 400. 

Morgan P., G. H. Aplet, J. B. Haufler, H. C. Humphries, M. M. 

Moore, and W. D. Wilson. 1994. Historic range of variability: a 

useful tool for evaluating ecosystem change. In: R. H. Sampson 

and D. L. Adams, eds. Assessing for ecosystem health in the 

Inland West. Journal of Sustainable Forestry 2(1/2): 87 - 11 1. 

Moseley, R. K. 1985. Synecological relationships of alpine spikefescue grasslands in east-central Idaho. Thesis, University of 

Idaho, Moscow. 70 p. 

Moseley, R. K. 1986. Field notes from Garden Creek (Craig 

Mountain) regarding plant communities along Corral Creek. 

Note and map on file at Idaho Department of Fish and Game, 

Conservation Data Center, Boise, ID. 

Moseley, R. K. 1987a. Area of critical environmental concern and 

Research Natural Area recommendation for Malm Gulch and 

Germer Basin, Bureau of Land Management, Salmon District, 

Idaho. 

Moseley, R. K. 198%. Research Natural Area/Area of Critical 

Environmental Concern recommendation for The Badlands. 

Unpublished report to the Boise District, BLM. 6 p. 

Moseley, R. K. 1987c. Idaho Preserve design package: Formation 

Spring, Caribou County, ID. 9 p. 

Moseley, R. K. 1987d. Research Natural Area/Area of Critical 

Environmental Concern Recommendation for Jump Creek 

Canyon. Unpublished report for the Boise District BLM, Owyhee 

Resource Area. 6 pp. 

Moseley, R. K.. and R. J. Bursik. 1994. Black cottonwood communities of Spion Kop Research Natural Area, Coeur dtAlene 

River, Idaho. Unpublished report prepared for U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Idaho Panhandle National 

Forests, Coeur d'Alene, ID. 14 p. plus appendices. 

Moseley, R. K., R. J. Bursik, and M. Mancuso. 1991. Floristic 

inventory of wetlands in Fremont and Teton counties, Idaho. 

Unpublished report on file at: Idaho Department of Fish and 

Game, Conservation Data Center, Boise, ID. 60 p. plus appendices. 

Mueggler, W. F. 1988. Aspen community types of the Intermountain Region. General Technical Report INT-250. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Research 

Station, Ogden, UT. 135 p. 

Mueggler, W. F. and R. B. Cambell. 1982. Aspen community types 

on the Caribou and Targhee National Forests in southeastern 

Idaho. Research Paper INT-362. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Research Station, Ogden, UT. 

Mueggler, W. F. and W. L. Stewart. 1980. Grassland and shrubland 

habitat types of western Montana. General Technical Report 

INT-66. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, Ogden, UT. 

155 p. 

USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-45.2000 
Mutz, K. M. and J. Queiroz. 1983. Riparian community classification for the Centennial Mountains and South Fork Salmon 

River, Idaho. Unpublished report prepared for U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Region, 

under contract 53-84M8-2-0048 by Meiiji Resource Consultants, Layton, UT. 168 p. 

Nelson, L. P. and M. E. Jensen. 1987. Sagebrush-grass community 

types of the Humboldt National Forest. Unpublished report 

prepared for U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, 

Humboldt National Forest, Elko, NV. 80 p. plus appendices. 

Norse, E. A., K. L. Rosenbaum, D. S. Wilcove, B. A. Wilcox, W. H. 

Romme, D. W. Johnston, and M. L. Stout. 1986. Conserving 

biological diversity in our National Forests. Prepared by the 

Ecological Society of America for The Wilderness Society. 

116 p. 

Noss, R. F., E. T. LaRoe, and J. M. Scott. 1995. Endangered 

ecosystems of the United States: a preliminary assessment of 

loss and degradation. USDI National Biological Service Biological Report 28. Washington, DC. 58 p. 

Oregon Natural Heritage Council. 1993. Oregon Natural Heritage Plan. Natural Heritage Advisory Council, State Land 

Board, Salem. 

Padgett, W. G., A. P. Youngblood, and A. H. Winward. 1989. 

Riparian community type classification of Utah and southeastern Idaho. R4-Ecol-89-01. U.S. Department of Agriculture, 

Forest Service, Intermountain Region, Ogden, UT. 191 p. 

Pfister, R. D., B. L. Kovalchik, S. F. Arno, and R. C. Presby. 1977. 

Forest habitat types of Montana. General Technical Report, 

INT-34. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, Ogden, UT. 

174 p. 

Reid, Marion, Bob Moseley, Jim Menakis, Jimmy Kegan, Mark 

Jensen, Hope Humphries, Lisa Engelking, Rex Crawford, Steve 

Cooper, and Patrick Bourgeron. 1995. Documentation of the 

modeling of potential vegetation at three spatial scales using 

biophysical settings in the Columbia River Basin assessment 

area. Compiled and edited by Marion Reid, Patrick Bourgeron, 

Hope Humphries, and Mark Jensen. Part I: Text; Part 11: Appendices. Unpublished report prepared for U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, Forest Service. Western Heritage Task Force, The 

Nature Conservancy, Boulder, CO. 

Reznicek, A. A. 1987. Key to Carex rostrata complex in North 

America. Unpublished report on file at Idaho Department of 

Fish and Game, Conservation Data Center, Boise, ID. 3 p. 

Rosentreter, R., and R. G. Kelsey. 1991. Xeric big sagebrush, a new 

subspecies in the Artemisia tridentata complex. Journal of Range 

Management 44(4): 330-335. 

Rust, S. K. 1996. Natural plant communities of Idaho, a working 

list for the conservation of biological diversity. Idaho Conservation Data Center, Idaho Department of Fish and Game, 

Boise. 14 p. 

Rust, S. K. 1997. Community concepts and applications for conservation. Unpublished report prepared for U.S. Department 

of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Region, Intermountain Region and Intermountain Research Station. Conservation Data Center, Idaho Department of Fish and Game, Boise. 

67 p. 

Rust, S. K. 1999. Pinyon-juniper woodland classification and 

description in Research Natural Areas of southeastern Idaho. 

In: Monson, S. B. and R. Stevens. Proceedings: ecology and 

management of pinyon-juniper communities within the 

Interior West; 1997 September 15-18, Provo, UT. Proceedings RMRS-P-9. U.S. Department of Agriculture, 

Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Ogden, 

UT: 82-93. 

Ryan, M. G., L. A. Joyce, T. Andrews, and K. Jones. 1994. 

Research Natural Areas in Colorado, Nebraska, North 

Dakota, South Dakota, and parts of Wyoming. General 

Technical Report RM-251. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range 

Experiment Station, Fort Collins, CO. 57 p. 

Sawyer, J. 0. and T. Keeler-Wolf. 1995. A manual of California vegetation. California Native Plant Society, Sacramento. 

Shanklin, J. F. 1960. Society of American Foresters Natural 

Areas. Journal of Forestry 58(11). 13 p. 

Schlatterer, E. F. 1972. A preliminary description of plant communities found on the Sawtooth, White Cloud, Boulder, and 

Pioneer Mountains. Unpublished report prepared for U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Region, Ogden UT. 11 1 p. 

Steele, R. W. 1971. Red alder habitats in Clearwater County, 

Idaho. Thesis, University of Idaho, Moscow. 88 p. 

Steele, R., R. D. Pfister, R. A. Ryker, and J. A. Kittams. 1981. Forest 

habitat types of central Idaho. General Technical Report INT114. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, Ogden, UT. 

138 p. 

Steele, R., S. V. Cooper, D. M. Ondov, D. W. Roberts, and R. D. 

Pfister. 1983. Forest habitat types of eastern Idaho-western 

Wyoming. General Technical Report INT-144. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Forest and 

Range Experiment Station, Ogden, UT. 122 p. 

Swanson, F. J., J. A. Jones, D. 0. Wallin, and J. H. Cissel. 1994. 

Natural variability-implications for ecosystem management. 

In: Jensen, M. E. and P. S. Bourgeron, tech. eds. 1994. Volume 

11: Ecosystem management: principles and applications. General Technical Report PNW-GTR-318. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, 

Portland, OR. 376 p. 

The Nature Conservancy. 1982. Natural Heritage Program Operations Manual. The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, VA. 

Tisdale, E. W. 1986. Canyongrasslands and associated shrublands 

of west-central Idaho and adjacent areas. Bulletin Number 40; 

Forest, Wildlife and Range Experiment Station; Moscow. 42 p. 

Tuhy, J. S. 1981. Stream bottom community classification for the 

Sawtooth Valley, Idaho. Thesis, University of Idaho, Moscow. 230 p. 

Tuhy, J. S. and S. Jensen. 1982. Riparian classification for the 

Upper Salmon and Middle Fork Salmon River drainages, 

Idaho. Unpublished report prepared for the U.S. Department 

of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Region, by White 

Horse Associates, Smithfield, UT. 183 p. 

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. 1981. The Northern Regional Plan. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest 

Service, Northern Region, Missoula, MT. 

U. S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. 1984. Regional 

Guide for the Intermountain Region Northern Regional Plan. 

U. S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain 

Region, Ogden. 

USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-45.2000 
Urbanczyk, Stephan M. 1993. Classification and ordination of 

alpine plant communities, Sheep Mountain, Lemhi County, 

Idaho. Thesis, University of Idaho, Moscow. 

Wellner, C. A. 1985. Note dated June 10 to Bob Steele, Intermountain Research Station, Ogden, UT, regarding the ponderosa 

pine/pinegrass community observed in Little Granite Creek 

proposed RNA. 1 p. 

Wellner, C. A. 1986. Why natural areas? In: Loop, D. J. and J. R. 

Bird, eds. Montana Natural Areas, conference proceedings, 

October 14 - 16,1986, Billings, MT. The Nature Conservancy, 

Helena. 

Wellner, C. A. 1989. Classification of habitat types in the Western 

United States. In: Ferguson, D. E., P. Morgan, and F. Johnson, 

comps. Proceedings-land classifications based on vegetation: 

applications for resource management; 1987 November 17-19; 

Moscow, ID. General Technical Report INT-257. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Research 

Station, Ogden, UT. 315 p. 

Wellner, C. A. 1991a. Establishment record for Middle Canyon 

Research Natural Area within Challis National Forest, Butte 

County, Idaho. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. 

26 p. 

Wellner, C. A. 1991b. Establishment record for Smiley Mountain 

Research Natural Area within Challis National Forest, Custer 

County, Idaho. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. 

26 p. 

Wellner, C. A. and S. J. Bernatas. 1991. Establishment Record for 

Thurmon Creek Research Natural Area within Targhee National Forest, Fremont County, Idaho. U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, Forest Service. 23 p. plus maps and appendices. 

Wellner, C. A. and F. D. Johnson, eds. 1974. Research Natural 

Area needs in Idaho: a first estimate. Report of the Natural 

Areas Workshop; 1974 April 24-25; Boise, ID. Moscow, ID: 

College of Forestry, Wildlife and Range Sciences. 179 p. 

Wellner, C. A. and R. K. Moseley. 1988a. Establishment record for 

Five Lakes Butte Research Natural Area within St. Joe National 

Forest, Shoshone County, Idaho. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. 19 p. 

Wellner, C. A. and R. K. Moseley. 1988b. Establishment record for 

Basin Gulch Research Natural Area within Sawtooth National 

Forest, Blaine County, Idaho. U.S. Department of Agriculture, 

Forest Service. 18 p. 

Wellner, C. A,, and R. K. Moseley. 1988d. Establishment record 

for No Business Creek Research Natural Area within Nez Perce 

National Forest, Idaho County, Idaho. U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, Forest Service. 25 pp. 

Wellner, C. A. and E. W. Tisdale. 1985. Coverage of natural 

diversity in northern, central, and southern Idaho within established and proposed Research Natural Areas and equivalents. 

Unpublished report prepared for Idaho Natural Areas Coordinating Committee on file at Idaho Department of Fish and 

Game, Conservation Data Center, Boise, ID. 

Williams, C. K. and B. G. Smith. 1991. Forested plant associations 

of the Wenatchee National Forest - Draft. Wenatchee National 

Forest, Wenatchee, WA. 

Winward, A. H. and E. W. Tisdale. 1977. Taxonomy of the 

Artemisia tridentata complex in Idaho. University of Idaho, 

College of Forestry, Wildlife and Range Sciences Bulletin 19. 

Moscow. 15 p. 

Youngblood, A. P., W. G. Padgett, and A. H. Winward. 1985. 

Riparian community type classification of eastern Idaho - western Wyoming. R4-Ecol-85-01. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Region, Ogden, UT. 

78 PP. 

USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-45.2000 
Table 1. Plant associations and community types known 

or expected to occur in Idaho listed by National Vegetation 

Classification subclass. 

Plant associations and Principal descriptive 

community types work 

Evergreen forest 

Abies grandis/Acer glabrum Steele and others 1981 

Acer glabrum phase Steele and others 1981 

Physocarpus malvaceus phase Steele and others 1981 

Abies grandis/Adiantum pedatum" Wellner and Moseley 

19884 

Abies grandis/Asarum caudatum Cooper and others 1991 

Asarum caudatum phase Cooper and others 1991 

Menziesia ferruginea phase Cooper and others 1 991 

Abies grandis/Clintonia uniflora Steele and others 1981 

Clintonia uniflora phase Cooper and others 1991 

Menziesia ferruginea phase Cooper and others 1991 

Physocarpus malvaceus phase Cooper and others 1991 

Xerophyllum tenax phase Cooper and others 1991 

Abies grandis/Coptis occidentalis Steele and others 1 98 1 

Abies grandidlinnaea borealis Steele and others 1981 

Linnaea borealis phase Steele and others 1981 

Vaccinium globulare phase Steele and others 1 981 

Xerophyllum tenax phase Steele and others 1981 

A bies grandis/Physocarpus Cooper and others 1991 

malvaceus 

Coptis occidentalis phase Cooper and others 1991 

Physocarpus malvaceus phase Cooper and others 1991 

Abies grandis/Senecio triangularis Cooper and others 1991 

Abiesgrandis/Spiraeabetulifolia Steeleandothers1981 

Abies grandisflaxus brevifolid Crawford and Johnson 

Asarum caudatum 1985 

Abies grandisflaxus brevifolid Crawford and Johnson 

Clintonia uniflora 1985 

Abies grandis/ Steele and others 1981 

Vaccinium caespitosum 

Abies grandisNaccinium globulare Steele and others 1 98 1 

Abies grandis/Xerophyllum tenax Steele and others 1981 

Coptis occidentalis phase Cooper and others 199 

Vaccinium globulare phase Cooper and others 199 

Abies IasiocarpdAcer glabrum Steele and others 1981 

Pachistima myrsinites phase Steele and others 1983 

Abies IasiocarpdActaea rubra Steele and others 1983 

Abies IasiocarpdAlnus sinuata Steele and others 1981 

Abies IasiocarpdArnica cordifolia Steele and others 1981 

Arnica cordifolia phase Steele and others 1983 

Astragalus miser phase Steele and others 1983 

Picea engelmannii phase Steele and others 1983 

Shepherdia canadensis phase Steele and others 1983 

Abies IasiocarpdArnica latifolia Steele and others 1 983 

Abies lasiocarpa/Berberis repens Steele and others 1983 

Berberis repens phase Steele and others 1983 

Carex geyeri phase Steele and others 1983 

Plant associations and Principal descriptive 

community types work 

Pinus flexilis phase Mauk and Henderson 

1984 

Pseudotsuga menziesii phase Mauk and Henderson 

1984 

Ribes montigenum phase Mauk and Henderson 

1984 

Abies lasiocarpd Steele and others 1981 

Calamagrostis canadensis 

Calamagrostis canadensis Steele and others 1 981 

phase 

Ligusticum canbyi phase Steele and others 1 981 

Vaccinium caespitosum phase Steele and others 1 981 

Abies lasiocarpd Steele and others 1981 

Calamagrostis rubescens 

Calamagrostis rubescens phase Steele and others 1983 

Pachistima myrsinites phase Steele and others 1 983 

Abies lasiocarpa/Caltha biflora Steele and others 

Abieslasiocarpa/Carexgeyeri Steeleandothers 

Artemisiatridentata vaseyana Steeleandothers 

phase 

Carex geyeri phase Steele and others 

A bies lasiocarpa/Carex rossii Steele and others 

Abies lasiocarpa/Clintonia uniflora Steele and others 

Clintonia uniflora phase Steele and others 

Menziesia ferruginea phase Steele and others 1 981 

Xerophyllum tenax phase Cooper and others 1991 

Abies lasiocarpa/Coptis Steele and others 1981 

occidentalis 

A bies lasiocarpd Steele and others 1981 

Ledum glandulosum 

Abies IasiocarpdLinnaea borealis Steele and others 1981 

Linnaea borealis phase Steele and others 1981 

Vaccinium scoparium phase Steele and others 1981 

Xerophyllum tenax phase Steele and cthers 1981 

Abies IasiocarpdLuzula hitchcockii Steele and others 1981 

Luzula hitchcockii phase Steele and others 1981 

Vaccinium scoparium phase Steele and others 1981 

Abies lasiocarpd Steele and others 1981 

Menziesia ferruginea 

Coptis occidentalis phase Cooper and others 1991 

Luzula hitchcockii phase Cooper and others 1991 

Menziesia ferruginea phase Steele and others 1983 

Vaccinium scoparium phase Cooper and others 1991 

Xerophyllum tenax phase Cooper and others 1991 

Abies lasiocarpa/Oplopanax Pfister and others 1977 

horridum 

Abies lasiocarpd Steele and others 1983 

Osmorhiza chilensis 

Osmorhiza chilensis phase Steele and others 1 983 

Pachistima myrsinites phase Steele and others 1983 

Con t 'd. 

USDA Forest Service Gen.Tech.Rep. RMRS-GTR-45. 2000 
Table 1 Cont'd. 

Plant associations and Principal descriptive 

community types work 

Abies lasiocarpa/Pedicularis 

racemosa 

Pedicularis racemosa phase 

Pseudotsuga menziesii phase 

A bies lasiocarpaPhysocarpus 

malvaceus 

Abies lasiocarpd 

Polemonium pulcherrimum 

A bies lasiocarpdRhododendron 

albifloru~ 

A bies IasiocarpdRibes 

montigenum 

Pinus albicaulis phase 

Ribes montigenum phase 

Thalictrum fendleri phase 

Steele and others 1983 

Mauk and Henderson 

1984 

Mauk and Henderson 

1984 

Steele and others 1983 

Johnson and Simon 

1987 

Wellner and Tisdale 

1985 

Steele and others 1981 

Steele and others 1983 

Steele and others 1983 

Mauk and Henderson 

1984 

Abies IasiocarpdSpiraea betulifolia Steele and others 1 98 1 

A bies IasiocarpdStreptopus Steele and others 1981 

amplexi folius 

Ligusticum canbyi phase Steele and others 1983 

Menziesia ferruginea phase Cooper and others 1 991 

Streptopus amplexifolius phase Steele and others 1 983 

Abies lasiocarpa/Symphoricarpos Steele and others 1983 

albus 

Abies lasiocarpa/Thalictrum Steele and others 1983 

occiden tale 

Abies lasiocarpa/Vaccinium Steele and others 1981 

caespitosum 

Abies lasiocarpa/Vaccinium Steele and others 1981 

globulare 

Pachistima myrsinites phase Steele and others 1 983 

Vaccinium globulare phase Steele and others 1981 

Vaccinium scoparium phase Steele and others 1981 

Abies lasiocarpa/Vaccinium Steele and others 1981 

scopa rium 

Arnica latifolia phase Mauk and Henderson 

1984 

Calamagrostis rubescens phase Steele and others 1 98 1 

Pinus albicaulis phase Steele and others 1981 

Vaccinium scoparium phase Steele and others 1981 

Abieslasiocarpa4terophyllum Steeleandothers1981 

tenax 

Coptis occidentalis phase Cooper and others 1991 

Luzula hitchcockii phase Steele and others 1981 

Vaccinium globulare phase Steele and others 1 981 

Vaccinium scoparium phase Steele and others 1 981 

Picea engelmanniVArnica cordifolia Steele and others 1 983 

Picea engelmanniKalamagrostis Young blood and others 

canadensis 1985 

Plant associations and Principal descriptive 

community types work 

Picea engelmannii/Caltha Steele and others 1983 

leptosepala 

Picea engelmannii/Carex disperma Steele and others 1 981 

Picea engelmannii/Equisetum Steele and others 1981 

arvense 

Picea engelmannii/Galium trifolium Steele and others 1 98 1 

Picea engelmannii/Hypnum Steele and others 1981 

re volutum 

Picea engelmannii/Juniperus Steele and others 1983 

communis 

Picea engelmannii/Ribes Steele and others 1983 

montigenum 

Picea glaucaKarex disperma Tu h y and J ensen 1 982 

Picea glauca/Carex utriculata Jensen 1 990 

Picea glauca/Equisetum arvense Jensen 1 990 

Pinus albicaulis/Carex rossii Steele and others 1983 

Pinus contotta phase Steele and others 1983 

Pinus albicaulis/Vaccinium Steele and others 1983 

scoparium 

Pinus contorta/Arnica cordifolia Steele and others 1983 

PinuscontottdCalamagrostis Steeleandothers1983 

rubescens 

Pinus contortdspiraea betulifolia Steele and others 1983 

Pinus contotta/Vaccinium Steele and others 1981 

caespitosum 

Pinus contottan/accinium globulare Steele and others 1983 

Pinus contotta/Vaccinium Tuhy and Jensen 1982 

occidentale 

Pinus contorta/Vaccinium Steele and others 1981 

scopa rium 

Pinus contottdXerophyllum tenax Cooper and others 1991 

Pinus ponderosa/Calamagrostis Well ner 1 985 

rubescens" 

Pinus ponderosaPhysocarpus Steele and others 1 98 1 

malvaceus 

Pinus ponderosdSymphoricarpos Steele and others 1981 

albus 

Pinus ponderosdSymphoricarpos Steele and others 1 981 

oreophilus 

Pseudotsuga menziesiVAcer Steele and others 1981 

gla brum 

Acer glabrum phase Steele and others 1981 

Symphoricarpos oreophilus Steele and others 1981 

phase 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Arnica Steele and others 1 98 1 

cordifolia 

Arnica cordifolia phase Steele and others 1981 

Astragalus miser phase Steele and others 1 981 

Con t 'd. 

USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-45.2000 
Table 1 Cont'd. 

Plant associations and Principal descriptive 

community types work 

Pseudotsugamenziesii/Berberis Steeleandothers1981 

repens 

Berberis repens phase Steele and others 1981 

Carex geyeri phase Steele and others 1981 

Symphoricarpos oreophilus Steele and others 1981 

phase 

Pseudotsuga menziesiy Steele and others 1 981 

Calamagrostis rubescens 

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi phase Cooper and others 1 991 

Calamagrostis rubescens phase Steele and others 1 981 

Festuca idahoensis phase Steele and others 1981 

Pachistima myrsinites phase Steele and others 1983 

Pinus ponderosa phase Steele and others 1981 

Pseudotsuga menziesiKarex Steele and others 1 98 1 

geyeri 

Carex geyeri phase Steele and others 1981 

Pinus ponderosa phase Steele and others 1981 

Symphoricarpos oreophilus Steele and others 1981 

phase 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Juniperus Steele and others 1981 

communis 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Linnaea Steele and others 1981 

borealis 

Pseudotsuga menziesi~Osmorhiza Steele and others 1 98 1 

chilensis 

Pseudotsuga menziesiy Steele and others 1981 

Physocarpus malvaceus 

Calamagrostis rubescens phase Steele and others 1981 

Pachistima myrsinites phase Steele and others 1 983 

Physocarpus malvaceus phase Cooper and others 1 991 

Pinus ponderosa phase Steele and others 1981 

Pseudotsuga menziesii phase Steele and others 1 981 

Smilacina stellata phase Cooper and others 1991 

Pseudotsuga menziesifipiraea Steele and others 

betulifolia 

Calamagrostis rubescens phase Steele and others 

Pinus ponderosa phase Steele and others 

Spiraea betulifolia phase Steele and others 

Pseudotsuga menziesiy Steele and others 

Symphoricarpos albus 

Pinus ponderosa phase Steele and others 

Symphoricarposalbusphase Steeleandothers1981 

Pseudotsuga menziesiy Steele and others 1 981 

Symphoricarpos oreophilus 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Vccinium Steele and others 1 98 1 

caespitosum 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/ Steele and others 1 981 

Vaccinium globulare 

Thuja plicatdAdiantum pedatum Cooper and others 1991 

Thuja plicatdAsarum caudatum Cooper and others 1991 

Asarum caudatum phase Cooper and others 1991 

Plant associations and Principal descriptive 

community types work 

Menziesia ferruginea phase 

Taxus brevifolia phase 

Thuja plicatdAthyrium filix-femina 

Adiantum pedatum phase 

Athyrium filix-femina phase 

Thuja plicata/Clntonia uniflora 

Clintonia uniflora phase 

Menziesia ferruginea phase 

Taxus brevifolia phase 

Xerophyllum tenax phase 

Thuja plica tdDryopteris s p p . 

Thuja plicatdGymnocarpium 

dryopteris 

Thuja plicataLysichitum 

americanud 

Thuja plicata/Oplopanax horridum 

Tsuga heterophylldAsarum 

caudatum 

Aralia nudicaulis phase 

Asarum caudatum phase 

Menziesia ferruginea phase 

Tsuga heterophylldCIintonia 

uniflora 

Aralia nudicaulis phase 

Clintonia uniflora phase 

Menziesia ferruginea phase 

Xerophyllum tenax phase 

Tsuga heterophylld 

Gymnocarpium dryopteris 

Tsuga heterophylldMenziesia 

ferruginea 

Tsuga mertensiandclintonia 

uniflora 

Menziesia ferruginea phase 

Xerophyllum tenax phase 

Tsuga mertensiandLuzula 

hitchcockii 

Tsuga mertensiandMenziesia 

ferruginea 

Luzula hitchcockii phase 

Xerophyllum tenax phase 

Tsuga mertensiana/Phyllodoce 

empetri formis" 

Tsuga mertensiana/Streptopus 

amplexi folius 

Luzula hitchcockii phase 

Menziesia ferruginea phase 

Tsuga mertensiana/Xerophyllum 

tenax 

Luzula hitchcockii phase 

Cooper and others 1991 

Cooper and others 1991 

Cooper and others 1991 

Cooper and others 1991 

Cooper and others 1991 

Cooper and others 1991 

Cooper and others 1991 

Cooper and others 1991 

Cooper and others 1991 

Cooper and others 1991 

Steele 1971 

Cooper and others 1991 

Franklin 1966 

Cooper and others 1991 

Cooper and others 1991 

Cooper and others 

Cooper and others 

Cooper and others 

Cooper and others 

Cooper and others 

Cooper and others 

Cooper and others 

Cooper and others 

Cooper and others 

Cooper and others 

Cooper and others 

Cooper and others 1991 

Cooper and others 1991 

Cooper and others 1991 

Cooper and others 1991 

Cooper and others 1991 

Cooper and others 1 991 

Wellner and Moseley 

1988a 

Cooper and others 1991 

Cooper and others 1991 

Cooper and others 1 991 

Cooper and others 1 991 

Cooper and others 1991 

Con t 'd. 

USDA Forest Service Gen.Tech.Rep. RMRS-GTR-45.2000 
Table 1 Cont'd. 

Plant associations and Principal descriptive 

community types work 

Vaccinium globulare phase Cooper and others 1991 

Vaccinium scoparium phase Cooper and others 1 991 

Xerophyllum tenax phase Cooper and others 1991 

Deciduous forest 

Acer grandidentatum/Berberis Johnson and Pfister 

repens" 1982 

Acer grandiden tatum/ Caicco and Wellner 

Calamagrostis rubescens" 1983g 

Acer grandidentatum/Juniperus Wellner and Tisdale 

scopulorum" 1985 

Acer grandidentatum/Osmorhiza Wellner and Tisdale 

chilensis" 1985 

Acer negundo/Cornus stolonifera Padgett and others 

1989 

Acer negundo/Equisetum awense Padgett and others 

1989 

Alnus rhombifolidAmelanchier Miller 1976 

alnifolia 

Alnus rhombifolidBetula Miller 1976 

occidentalis 

Alnus rhombifolia/Celtis reticulata Miller 1 976 

Alnus rhombifolidPhiladelphus Miller 1 976 

le wisii 

Alnus rhombifolidPrunus virginiana Miller 1976 

Alnus rhombifolidRhus glabra Miller 1976 

Alnus rhombifolia/Rosa woodsii Miller 1 976 

Alnus rhombifolidSambucus Miller 1976 

cerulea 

Alnus rubrdAdiantum pedatum Steele 1971 

Crataegus douglasii- Daubenmire 1 970 

Symphoricarpos albus, Populus 

tremuloides phase 

Populus angustifolidAcer Padgett and others 

grandidentatum 1989 

Populus angustifolidBetula Padgett and others 

occidentalis 1989 

Populus angustifolidChrysopsis Merigliano 1996 

villosa 

Populus angustifolidElaeagnus Merigliano 1996 

commutata 

Populus angustifolidRhus trilobata Padgett and others 

1 989 

Populus tremuloides/Amelanchier Mueggler 1 988 

alnifolia-Symphoricarpos 

oreophilus/Bromus carinatus 

Populus tremuloides/Amelanchier M uegg ler 1 988 

alnifolia-Symphoricarpos 

oreophilus/Calamagrostis 

rubescens 

Plant associations and Principal descriptive 

community types work 

Populus tremuloides/Amelanchier Muegg ler 1 988 

alnifolia-Symphoricarpos 

oreophilus/tall forb 

Populus tremuloides/Amelanchier Muegg ler 1 988 

alnifolia-Symphoricarpos 

oreophilus/Thalictrum fendleri 

Populus tremuloides/Amelanchier Mueggler 1 988 

alnifoliaAall forb 

Populus tremuloides/Amelanchier Mueggler 1988 

alnifolia/Thalictrum fendleri 

Populus tremuloides/Artemisia 

triden ta ta 

Populus tremuloides/Bromus 

carinatus 

Populus tremuloides/ 

Calamagrostis canadensisb 

Populus tremuloides/ 

Calamagrostis rubescens 

Populus tremuloides/Cornus 

stolonifera 

Populus tremuloides/Juniperus 

communis/Carex geyeri 

Populus tremuloides/Rubus 

pa ~uiflorus 

Populus tremuloides/Salix 

scouleriana 

Populus trernuloides/Shepherdia 

canadensis 

Mueggler 1988 

Mueggler 1988 

Hansen and others 

1995 

Mueggler 1988 

Hansen and others 

1995 

Mueggler 1988 

Mueggler 1988 

Mueggler 1988 

Mueggler 1988 

Populus tremuloides/Stipa comata M uegg ler 1 988 

Populus tremuloides/ Mueggler 1988 

Symphoricarpos oreophilus/ 

Bromus carinatus 

Populus tremuloides/ Mueggler 1 988 

Symphoricarpos oreophilus/ 

Calamagrostis rubescens 

Populus tremuloides Mueggler 1988 

Symphoricarpos oreophilus/Carex 

rossii 

Populus tremuloides/ 

Symphoricarpos oreophilus/ 

tall forb 

Populus tremuloides/ 

Symphoricarpos oreophilus/ 

Thalictrum fendleri 

Populus tremuloidesAai l forb 

Populus tremuloides/Thalictrum 

fendleri 

Populus tremuloides/Veratrum 

californicum 

Populus tremuloidesNVyethia 

amplexica ulis 

Mueggler 1988 

Mueggler 1988 

Mueggler 1988 

Mueggler 1988 

Mueggler 1988 

Mueggler 1988 

Cont'd. 

USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-45.2000 
Table 1 Cont'd. 

Plant associations and Principal descriptive 

community types work 

Populus trichocarpdAlnus incanab Kovalchi k 1 993 

Populus trichocarpa/Cicuta Daubenmire 1 970 

douglasii 

Populus trichocarpa/Cornus TuhyandJensen 1982 

stolonifera 

Populus trichocarpaKrataegus Kauff man and others 

douglasiF 1985 

Populus trichocarpdfestuca Lichthardt 1 992 

idahoensis" 

Populus trichocarpdRecent Hansen and others 

Alluvial Ba P 1995 

Populus trichocarpdRhamnus Moseley and Bu rsi k 

alnifolia" 1994 

Populus trichocarpdRosa woodsip C hadde and others 

1988 

Populus trichocarpa/Salix luted" Manning and Padgett 

1995 

Populus trichocarpd Moseley and Bursik 

Symphoricarpos albus" 1 994 

Mixed evergreen-deciduous forest 

Alnus rhombifolia-Abies grandis Miller 1 976 

Larix lyallii-Abies lasiocarpa Cooper and others 1 991 

Evergreen woodland 

A bies grandis/Calamagrostis Steele and others 1981 

rubescens 

Abies lasiocarpa-Pinus albicaulis/ Pfister and others 1977 

Vaccinium scoparium 

A bies IasiocarpdJuniperus Steele and others 1981 

communis 

Juniperus occidentalis/Artemisia Hall 1 973 

tridentata vaseyana 

Juniperus occidentalis/ Dealy 1975 

Cercocarpus ledifolius/ 

Symphoricarpos oreophilus 

Juniperus osteosperma- Rust 1999 

Cercocarpus ledifolius/ 

Symphoricarpos oreophilud 

Agropyron spica tum 

Juniperus osteospermdArtemisia Rust 1 999 

arbuscula arbusculdAgropyron 

spicatum 

Juniperus osteospermdArtemisia Rust 1 999 

a rbuscula arbuscula/festuca 

idahoensis 

Juniperus osteospermdArtemisia Rust 1 999 

no vdAgropyron spica tum 

Juniperus osteospermdArtemisia Rust 1 999 

novaPoa secunda 

Plant associations and Principal descriptive 

community types workv 

Juniperus osteospermdArtemisia Caicco and Wellner 

tridentata tridentatdAgropyron 1 983e 

spicatum" 

Juniperus osteospermd Rust 1999 

Artemisia tridentata vaseyand 

Agropyron spica tum 

Juniperus osteospermdArtemisia Rust 1 999 

tridentata vaseyana/Festuca 

idahoensis 

Picea engelmannii/Cornus Youngblood and others 

stolonifera 1985 

Pinus albicaulis (timberline)" Wellner and Tisdale 

1985 

Pinus albicaulis-Abies lasiocarpa Steele and others 1 981 

Pinus albicaulis/Carex geyeri Steele and others 1983 

Pin us albicaulis/Festuca Steele and others 1983 

ida hoensis 

Pinus albicaulis/Juniperus Steele and others 1983 

communis 

Pinus albicaulis/Poa netvosa" Wellner and Moseley 

1988b 

Pinus contorta/Festuca idahoensis Steele and others 1981 

Pinus flexilis (timberline)" Wellner and Tisdale 

1985 

Pinus flexilis/Cercocarpus ledifolius Steele and others 1 98 1 

Pinusflexilis/Festucaidahoensis Steeleandothers1981 

Pinus flexilis/Juniperus communis Steele and others 1 981 

Pin us flexilis/L eucopoa kingii Steele and others 1981 

Pinus flexilis/Potentilla fruticosa, Moseley 1 986 

Distichlis stricta stricta" 

Pinus flexilis/Purshia tridentata" Day and Wright 1 985 

Pinus monophylla-Cercocarp~is Rust 1 999 

ledifolius/Holodiscus dumosus/ 

Elymus cinereus 

Pinus monophylla-Cercocarpus Rust 1 999 

ledifolius/Poa secunda 

Pinus monophylla-Cercocarpus Rust 1999 

ledifolius/Symphoricarpos 

oreophilus-Berberis repens/ 

Agropyron spicatum 

Pinus monophylla-Juniperus Rust 1999 

osteospermdAgropyron spicatum 

Pinus monophylla- Juniperus Rust 1999 

osteospermdArtemisia nova/ 

Agropyron spica tum 

Pinus monophylla-Juniperus Rust 1999 

osteospermdArtemisia tridentata 

vaseyandAgropyron spicatum 

Cont'd. 

USDA Forest Service Gen.Tech.Rep. RMRS-GTR-45. 2000 
Table 1 Cont'd. 

Plant associations and 

communitv tv~es 

Principal descriptive 

work 

Plant associations and Principal descriptive 

community types work 

Pinus ponderosdAgropyron 

spica tum 

Steele and others 1 981 Artemisiatridentatatridentatd CaiccoandWellner 

Poa secunda" 1983e 

Pinus ponderosaKrataegus 

douglasii" 

Pinus ponderosaFestuca 

ida hoensis 

Pinus ponderosaEestuca 

scabrellab 

Kauffman and others 

1 985 

Artemisia tridentata tridentatd Daubenmire 1970 

Stipa comata 

Steele and others 1981 Artemisia tridentata vaseyana- Hironaka and others 

Symphoricarpos oreophilus/ 1983 

McLean Agropyron spica tum 1970 

Artemisia tridentata vaseyana- Nelson and Jensen 

Symphoricarpos oreophilus/ 1987 

Bromus carinatus 

Pinus ponderosdPurshia 

tridentata 

Agropyron spicatum phase 

Festuca idahoensis phase 

Pinus ponderosdstipa comata 

Steele and others 1981 

Steele and others 1981 

Steele and others 1981 

Artemisia tridentata vaseyana- Hi ronaka and others 

Symphoricarpos oreophilus/ 1983 

Daubenmire and Carex geyeri 

Daubenmire 1968 Artemisia tridentata vaseyana- Hi rona ka and others 

Symphoricarpos oreophilus/ 1983 

Festuca ida hoensis 

Pinus ponderosa/Stipa 

occidentalis 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/ 

Agropyron spica tum 

Pseudotsuga menziesiy 

Cercocarpus ledifolius 

Steele and others 1 981 

Artemisiatridentatavaseyand Hironakaandothers 

Agropyron spica tum 1983 

Steele and others 1981 

Artemisia tridentata vaseyand Lewis 1 971 

Bromus carinatus 

Steele and others 1981 

Artemisia tridentata vaseyand Hi ronaka and others 

Elymus cinereus 1983 Pseudotsuga menziesii/ 

Festuca idahoensis 

Steele and others 1981 

Artemisia tridentata vaseyand Johnston 1987 

Leucopoa kingiP 

Festuca idahoensis phase Steele and others 1981 

Steele and others 1981 

Wellner 1991 a 

Pinus ponderosa phase 

Pseudotsuga menziesiy 

Juniperus scopulorum" 

Artemisia tridentata vaseyand Day and Wright 1985 

Poa secunda" 

Artemisia tridentata vaseyand Hironaka and others 

Stipa comata 1983 Pseudotsuga menziesiil 

Leucopoa king$ 

Wellner 1991 a 

Artemisia tridenta ta Caicco and Wellner 

wyomingensis/Carex fiIifoli2 1983c Deciduous woodland 

Artemisia tridentata wyomingensis/ Moseley 1 987a 

Elymus ambiguus salmonis" Celtis reticulatdAgropyron 

spicatum 

Populus angustifolidCornus 

stolonifera 

Tisdale 1986 

Artemisia tridentata wyomingensis/ M osel ey 1 987 b 

Festuca idahoensis" Youngblood and others 

1985 

Artemisia tridentata wyomingensis/ Hi ronaka and others 

Poa secunda 1983 Evergreen shrubland 

Artemisia tridentata wyomingensis/ Hironaka and others 

Sitanion hystrix 1983 Artemisia cana visciduld 

Deschampsia cespitosa 

Attemisia cana viscidula~Festuca 

idahoensis 

Padgett and others 

1 989 Artemisia tridentata wyomingensis/ Hirona ka and others 

Stipa comata 1 983 Hironaka and others 

1983 Artemisia tridentata wyomingensis/ Hi rona ka and others 

Stipa thurberiana 1 983 Attemisia tridentata spiciformis/ 

Bromus carinatus 

Hironaka and others 

1983 

Artemisia tridentata xericensis/ Hi ronaka and others 

Agropyron spicatum 1983 Artemisia tridentata spiciformis/ 

Carex geyeri 

Artemisia tridentata tridentatd 

Elymus cinereus 

Hironaka and others 

1983 Artemisiatridentataxericensis/ Hironakaandothers 

Festuca idahoensis 1983 Hironaka and others 

1983 

Atriplex confertifolidAgropyron Wellner and Tisdale 

spica tum" 1985 A rtemisia tridentata tridentatd 

Festuca idahoensis 

Hironaka and others 

1983 Atriplex con fettifolidElymus Moseley 1987a 

ambiguus salmonis" 

Con t 'd. 

USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-45.2000 
Table 1 Cont'd. 

Plant associations and Principal descriptive 

community types work 

Plant associations and Principal descriptive 

community types work 

Atriplex confettifolidOryzopsis Mosele y 1 987a 

hymenoidep 

Atriplex con fe~tifolidSitanion Wellner and Tisdale 

hystriy 1 985 

Alnus incanhesic forb Padgett and others 

1989 

Alnus incanalvlesic Graminoid Padgett and others 

1989 

Cercocarpus ledifolius/Agropyron Tisdale 1 986 

spicatum 

Alnus incandRibes hudsonianum Youngblood and others 

1985 

Cercocarpus ledifolius/Artemisia Deal y 1 975 Kovalchik 1 987 

tridentata 

Alnus incanaLSpiraea douglasiP 

Alnus sinuata Daubenmire and 

Daubenmire 1 968 

Kovalchi k 1 993 

Kovalchi k 1 993 

Cooper and others 1991 

Bursik and Moseley 

1995 

Cercocarpus ledifolius/Attemisia Blac kbu rn and others 

tridentata vaseyanab 1969 Alnus sinuatdAthyrium filix-feminab 

Alnus sinuatahesic forbb 

Alnus sinuatdMontia cordifolia 

Betula glandulosa/Carex 

lasioca rpa" 

Betula glandulosdCarex simulata 

Cercocarpus ledifolius/Artemisia Deal y 1 975 

tridentata/Festuca idahoensis 

Cercoca rpus ledifolius/ Dealy 1975 

Calamagrostis rubescens 

Cercocarpus ledifolius/Elymus Moseley 1 987a 

ambiguus salmonis" Moseley and others 

1991 

Hansen and others 

1995 

Tuhy 1981 

Cercocarpus ledifolius/Elymus Deal y 1 975 

cinereus Betula glandulosa/Carex utriculatab 

Cercocarpus ledifolius/Festuca Dealy 1 975 

idahoensis Betula glandulosdLonicera 

caerulea/Senecio pseudaureus 

Betula occidentalisb Cercocarpus ledifolius/Holodiscus Moseley 1 987a 

dumosus" Hansen and others 

1995 

Miller 1976 

Padgett and others 

1989 

Moseley 1986 

Cercocarpus ledifolius/Leucopoa Wellner and Tisdale 

king;? 1985 Betula occidentalis/Celtis reticulata 

Betula occidentalis/Cornus 

stolonifera 

Betula occidentalis/Crataegus 

douglasi? 

Betula occidentalishesic forb 

Cercocarpus ledifolius/ Dealy 1975 

Symphoricarpos albus/Festuca 

ida hoensis 

Cercocarpus ledifolius/ Dealy 1975 

Symphoricarpos oreophilus Padgett and others 

1989 

Moseley 1987d Chrysothamnus nauseosus/Elymus Chadwick and Dalke 

flavescens/Psoralea lanceolata" 1 965 Betula occidentalis/Philadelphus 

le wisi? 

Betula occidentalis/Prunus 

virginiana 

Betula occidentalis/Purshia 

tridentataBtipa comata" 

Betula papyriferdAralia nudicaulisb 

Cornus stoloniferab 

Purshia tridentata-Artemisia Chadwick and Dalke 

tridentata tridentata" 1965 Huschle 1975 

Purshia tridentata-Chrysothamnus Chadwick and Dalke 

nauseosusC 1965 

Purshia tridentata- Prunus Chadwick and Dalke 

virginiana" 1965 

Moseley 1987c 

Kovalchik 1 993 

Hansen and others 

1995 Purshia tridentataPoa nevadensis" Moseley 1 987c 

Cornus stoloniferdGalium trifolium Youngblood and others 

1985 

Deciduous shrubland 

Alnus incana-Betula occidentalis/ Miller 1 976 

Salix exigua 

Alnus incandAthyrium filix-feminab Kovalchi k 1 993 

Cornus stoloniferdHeracleum Youngblood and others 

lanatum 1985 

Crataegusdouglasii/Heracleum Daubenmire1970 

lanatum 

Cra taegus douglasii/Montia Asherin and Orme 1978 

perfoliata" 

Crataegus douglasii/ Daubenmire 1970 

Symphoricarpos albus 

Alnus incandcarex utriculatab Kovalc h i k 1 993 

Alnus incandcornus stolonifera Tuhy and Jensen 1982 

Alnus incandEquisetum awenseb Kovalc hi k 1 993 

Alnus incandLysichitum Kovalchi k 1 993 

americanumb 

Con t 'd. 

USDA Forest Service Gen.Tech.Rep. RMRS-GTR-45. 2000 
Table 1 Cont'd. 

Plant associations and Principal descriptive Plant associations and Principal descriptive 

community types work community types work 

Johnson and Simon 

1987 

Salix exigudEquisetum arvense 

Salix exiguahnesic forb 

Salix exiguhesic graminoid 

Salix exigudRosa woodsiP 

Salix geyeriandCalamagrostis 

canadensis 

Salix geyeriandcarex aqua tilis 

Salix geyerianaKa rex utricula ta 

Salix geyeriandDeschampsia 

cespitosa 

Salix geyeriandGeum 

macrop hyllum 

Salix geyerianhesic forb 

Salix geyerianhtesic graminoid 

Salix geyerianapoa palustris 

Salix IasiandrdBenchb 

Salix lasiandr~esic forbb 

Salix IasiandrdRosa woodsip 

Salix lasiolepisharren 

Salix lutea 

Salix IutedBenchb 

Salix luteahnesic forbb 

1995 

Youngblood and others 

1985 

Glossopetalon nevadense/ 

Agropyron spicatum 

Philadelphus lewisii" 

Physocarpus malvaceusSymphoricarpos albus 

Potentilla fruticosa/Deschampsia 

cespitosa 

Prunus virginiandArtemisia 

tridentata vaseyanaSymphoricarpos oreophilus" 

Rhamnus alnifolia 

Moseley 19874 Padgett and others 

1989 Johnson and Simon 

1987 Padgett and others 

Youngblood and others 1 989 

1985 Manning and Padgett 

Wellner 1995 and Bernatas 

1991 

Youngblood and others 

1985 

Padgett and others 

1989 

Hansen and others 

1995 

Rosa woodsip Youngblood and others 

1985 

Salix bebbianab Hansen and others 

1995 

Padgett and others 

1989 

Salix bebbianhesic graminoid Padgett and others 

1989 

Tuhy 1981 

Salix boothii/Calamagrostis 

canadensis 

Salix boothii/Carex aqua tilis 

Youngblood and others 

1985 

Youngblood and others 

1985 

Youngblood and others 

1985 

Padgett and others 

1989 

Salix boothii/Carex nebraskensis 

1 985 

Salix boothiilcarex utriculata 

Salix boothii/Equisetum arvense 

Youngblood and others Youngblood and others 

1985 

Mutz and Queiroz 1983 Manning and Padgett 

Youngblood and others 1995 

1985 Manning and Padgett 

Salix boothiihesic 1995 forb Padgett and others 

1989 Evenden I989 

Padgett and others 

1989 

Salix boothiihesic graminoid Padgett and others 

1989 

Salix boothii/Poa palustris Youngblood and others 

1985 

Youngblood and others 

1985 

Salix boothii/Smilacina stellata Youngblood and others 

1985 

Manning and Padgett 

1995 

Salix candida/Carex utriculatab Hansen and others 

1995 

Manning and Padgett 

Salix commutataKarex scopulorumTuhy and Jensen 1 982 Salix IutedRosa woodsiP Manning and Padgett 

Salix drummondianab Hansen and others 1995 

1995 Salix planifolia Youngblood and others 

Tuhy and Jensen 1982 1985 

Salix planifolia monica/Carex Padgett and others 

Kovalchik 1993 aquatilis-Carex utriculata 1989 

Salix planifolia monica/Carex Komarkova 1986 

Mutz and Queiroz 1983 scopulorumb 

Salix drummondiand 

Calamagrostis canadensis 

Salix drummondiandCarex 

utricula tab 

Salix eastwoodiae/Carex aquatilis 

Salix eastwoodiae/Carex utriculata Mutz and Queiroz 1983 Salix planifolidCarex aquatilis Padgett and others 

Salix exiguaharren Padgett and others 1989 

1989 Salix wolfii/Calamagrostis Youngblood and others 

canadensis 1985 

Cont'd. 

USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-45. 2000 
Table 1 Cont'd. 

Plant associations and Principal descriptive 

community types work 

Salix wolfii/Ca rex a qua tilis Youngblood and others 

1985 

Salix wolfii7Carex microptera Tuhy and Jensen 1982 

Salix wolfii/Carex nebraskensis Youngblood and others 

1985 

Salix wolfii/Ca rex utricula ta Youngblood and others 

1985 

Salix wolfii7Deschampsia cespitosa Young blood and others 

1985 

Salix wolfiihesic forb Mutz and Queiroz 1983 

Salix wolfi17Poa palustris 

Salix wolfii7S wertia perennisPedicularis groenlandica 

Sarcobatus vermiculatus/ 

Distichlis stricta stricta 

Sarcobatus vermiculatus/ 

Elymus cinereusb 

Spiraea douglasiP 

Symphoricarpos albus-Rosa spp. 

Evergreen dwarf-shrubland 

A rtemisia no vdAgropyron 

spica tum 

Artemisia no vaDryzopsis 

hymenoidesb 

A rtemisia nova/Poa secunda" 

Youngblood and others 

1 985 

Tuhy and Jensen 1982 

Daubenmire 1 970 

Mueggler and Stewart 

1980 

Hansen and others 

1995 

Johnson and Simon 

1987 

Hironaka and others 

1983 

Jensen and others 1988 

Caicco and Wellner 

1983e 

Cassiope mertensiana-Phyllodoce Del Moral 1 979 

empetriformisb 

Cassiope mertensiana/Carex Cooper and others 1997 

paysonisb 

Cassiope mertensiandLuetkea Douglas and Bliss 1 977 

pectinatab 

Eriogonum ovalifolium depressum Day and Wright 1 985 

Cinder Gardensc 

Eriogonum sphaerocephalum/ Dau benmire 1 970 

Poa secunda 

Eriogonum spp.-Physaria oregana Johnson and Simon 

1987 

Eriogonum thymoides/Poa secunda Dau benmi re 1 970 

Eurotia IanataPoa secunda Daubenmire 1970 

Kalmia microp hylla/Ca rex Hansen and others 

scopulorurrP 1995 

Phyllodoce empetriformis- Ledum Sc hlatterer 1 972 

glandulosum 

Plant associations and Principal descriptive 

community types work 

Phyllodoce empetriformis/ Cooper and others 1997 

Antenna ria lanatab 

Deciduous dwarf-shrubland 

Salix nivalis" Urbanczyk 1993 

Perennial graminoid vegetation 

Agropyron scribneri" 

Agropyron smithii 

Caicco 1983 

French and Mitchell 

1983 

Agropyron spicatum/ Johnson and Simon 

Eriogonum heracleoides 1987 

Agropyron spicatum- Festuca Daubenmire 1970 

idahoensis 

Agropyron spicatum- Mueggler and Stewart 

Melica bulbosab 1980 

Agropyron spicatum/Opuntia Johnson and Simon 

polyacantha 1987 

Agropyron spicatum-Poa secunda Johnson and Simon 

1987 

Erigeron pumilis variant Johnson and Simon 

1987 

Phlox colubrina variant Johnson and Simon 

1987 

Scutellaria angustifolia variant Johnson and Simon 

1987 

granite variant Johnson and Simon 

1987 

Agropyron spicatum-Poa secunda, Johnson and Simon 

scabland 1987 

Agropyron spicatum-Poa secundd Johnson and Simon 

~alsamorhiza sagittata 

Astragalus cusickii variant 

basalt variant 

Agrostis exarata-Agrostis scabra 

Aristida IongisetaPoa secunda 

Artemisia arbuscula arbusculd 

Agropyron spicatum 

Artemisia arbuscula arbusculd 

Elymus ambiguus salmonis" 

Artemisia arbuscula arbusculd 

Festuca idahoensis 

Artemisia arbuscula arbusculd 

Poa secunda 

A rtemisia a rbuscula thermopold 

Festuca idahoensis 

Artemisia cana bolanderi/ 

Muhlenbergia richardsonis 

1987 

Johnson and Simon 

1987 

Johnson and Simon 

1987 

Tuhy 1981 

Daubenmire 1970 

Hironaka and others 

1983 

Caicco and Wellner 

1983a 

Hironaka and others 

1983 

Hironaka and others 

1983 

Hironaka and others 

1 983 

Hironaka and others 

1983 

Cont'd. 

USDA Forest Service Gen.Tech.Rep. RMRS-GTR-45.2000 
Table 1 Cont'd. 

Plant associations and Principal descriptive 

community types work 

Plant associations and Principal descriptive 

community types work 

Artemisia longiloba/festuca Hironaka and others 

idahoensis 1983 

Artemisia novdElymus ambiguus Caicco and Wellner 

salmonis" 1 983f 

Artemisia nova/Festuca idahoensis Hironaka and others 

1983 

Artemisiarigida/Poasecunda JohnsonandSimon 

1987 

Artemisia tridentata tridentatd Hironaka and others 

Agropyron spica tum 1983 

Artemisiatridentatavaseyand JohnsonandSimon 

Carex geyeri 1987 

Artemisia tridentata vaseyand H ironaka and others 

Festuca idahoensis 1 983 

Artemisia tridentata wyomingensis/ H ironaka and others 

Youngblood and others 

1985 

Cooper and others 1997 

Lewis and Riegelhuth 

1 964 

Carex nebraskensis 

Carex nigricansb 

Carex nigricans-Agrostis humilis" 

Carex paysonis" Lewis and Riegelhuth 

1964 

Moseley and others 

1991 

Caicco 1983 

Cooper and others 1997 

Cooper and others 1997 

Carex praegracilis-Carex aquatilis 

Carex rupestris" 

Carex scirpoidedGeum rossiP 

Carex scirpoidea/Potentilla 

diversi foliab 

Carex scopulorumb 

Carex simulata 

Kovalchik 1 993 

Youngblood and others 

1985 

Caicco and Wellner 

1983b 

TuhyandJensen1982 

1983 

Daubenmire 1970 

Agropyron spicatum 

Artemisia tripartita/Agropyron 

spica tum 

A rtemisia tripa rtitdElymus 

cinereus" 

Artemisia tripartitaFestuca 

idahoensis 

Artemisia tripartitdstipa comata 

Bromus s p p ./Stipa occidentalis 

Calamagrostis canadensis 

Carex stenophylla- Poa secunda" 

Moseley 1987c Carex utricula ta 

Carex vesicariab Hansen and others 

1995 

Daubenmire 1 970 

Deschampsia cespitosa 

Deschampsia cespitosd 

Caltha leptosepalab 

Deschampsia cespitosd 

Potentilla diversifolia" 

Distichlis stricta stricta 

Distichlis stricta stricta-Scirpus 

ne vadensisb 

Dryas octopetala" 

Dryas octopetala- Polygonum 

viviparud 

Dryas octopetala/Carex rupestrisb 

Dulichium arundinaceum" 

Daubenmire 1 970 

Tuhy 1981 

Padgett and others 

1989 

Moseley 1985 

Wellner 1991 b 

Boggs and others 1990 

Youngblood and others 

1985 

Padgett and others 

1989 

Bursik and Moseley 

1995 

Cooper and others 1997 

Caicco 1983 

Calamagrostis purpurescens 

Carex albonigraa 

Carex apetW 

Carex a qua tilis 

Daubenmire 1970 

Copeland 1979 

Urbanczyk 1993 

Cooper and others Carex buxbaumii 

Cooper and others Carex cusicki? 

Bursik and Mosele) 

1995 Carex elynoides/Lupinus agenteus" Caicco 1 983 

Eleocharis acicularis" Lewis and Riegelhuth 

1964 

TuhyandJensen1982 

Carex elynoides/Oxytropis sericea" Caicco 1 983 

Carex lanuginosa Padgett and others 

1989 

Eleocharis palustris 

(wetlandlriparian) 

Eleocharis pauciflora- Carex 

aquatilis, Carex livida phase 

Eleocharis pauciflora 

Carex lasiocarpa Padgett and others 

1989 

Mattson 1984 

Carex limosa 

Carex livida" 

Padgett and others 

1989 

Padgett and others 

1989 

Bursik and Moseley 

1995 

Eleocharis rostellata Herbaceous 

Vegetation 

Hansen and others 

1995 

Carex microptera Youngblood and others 

1985 

Caicco and Wellner 

1983d 

Elymus ambiguus salmonis/ 

Enceliopsis nudicaulis" 

USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-45. 2000 
Table 1 Cont'd. 

Plant associations and Principal descriptive 

community types work 

Elymus ambiguus salmonis/ Caicco and Wellner 

Lupinus argenteus" 19834 

Elymus cinereus Johnson and Simon 

1987 

Elymus cinereus- Distichlis Daubenmire 1970 

stricta stricta 

Eriogonum douglasii/Poa secunda Johnson and Simon 

1 987 

Eriogonum strictum/Poa secunda Johnson and Simon 

1 987 

Eriophorum po1ystachiot-P Kovalchi k 1 993 

Festuca idahoensis (alpine) Schlatterer 1972 

Festuca idahoensis-Agropyron Johnson and Simon 

spica tum 1987 

Balsamorhiza sagittata variant Johnson and Simon 

1987 

Lupinus sericeus variant Johnson and Simon 

1987 

Phlox colubrina variant Johnson and Simon 

1 987 

ridgetop variant Johnson and Simon 

1 987 

Festuca idahoensis-Carex geyeri Johnson and Simon 

1 987 

Festuca idahoensis-Carex hoodii Johnson and Simon 

1 987 

Festuca idahoensis-Danthonia Moseley 1 987b 

californica" 

Festuca idahoensis-Danthonia Johnson and Simon 

intermedia-Carex spp. 1987 

Festuca idahoensis-Deschampsia Mueggler and Stewart 

cespitosab 1 980 

Festuca idahoensis/Eriogonum Caicco 1 983 

caespitosum 

Festuca idahoensis- Koeleria Johnson and Simon 

cris ta ta 1987 

high elevation variant Johnson and Simon 

1987 

low elevation variant Johnson and Simon 

1987 

mounds variant Johnson and Simon 

1987 

ridgetop variant Johnson and Simon 

1 987 

Festuca idahoensis/Potentilla Caicco 1983 

diversifolia" 

Festuca idahoensis/Rosa nutkana Daubenmire 1 970 

Festuca idahoensis/ Daubenmire 1970 

Symphoricarpos albus 

Plant associations and 

communitv tv~es 

Principal descriptive 

work 

Festuca scabrella- Festuca 

ida hoensis" 

Festuca viridula" 

1985 

Glyceria boreali& 

1995 

Hordeum jubatumb 

1995 

Juncus balticus 

Juncus drummondii- Carex spp." 

Juncus parvP 

Juniperus occidentalis/Agropyron 

spicatum 

Juniperus occidentalis/Artemisia 

arbuscula/Festuca idahoensis 

Juniperus occidentalis/Festuca 

idahoensis 

Juniperus osteospermdElymus 

ambiguus salmonis" 

Juniperus osteospermd 

Stipa comataa 

Leucopoa kingii-Carex elynoides 

Leucopoa kingii- Poa cusickii 

Leucopoa kingii/Achillea 

mille folium 

L eucopoa kingii/Oxytropis 

campestrisb 

Leucopoa kingii/Phlox pulvinata 

Phalaris arundinaceab 

Phragmites austral;$ 

Phragmites communis/ 

Rhus radicans 

Poa epilis" 

Potentilla fruticosdDanthonia 

intermedia 

Potentilla fruticosdFestuca 

idahoensis 

Purshia tridentatdAgropyron 

spicatum 

Purshia tridenta ta/Agropyron 

spicatum-Elymus cinereus" 

Purshia tridentata/Festuca 

idahoensis 

Purshia tridentataBtipa comata 

Wellner and Tisdale 

1985 

Wellner and Tisdale 

Hansen and others 

Hansen and others 

TuhyandJensen1982 

Lewis and Riegelhuth 

1964 

Chadde 1993 

Driscoll 1964 

Hall 1973 

Driscoll 1 964 

Caicco and Wellner 

1983a 

Caicco and Wellner 

1983a 

Moseley 1985 

Moseley 1985 

Moseley 1985 

Cooper and others 1997 

Moseley 1985 

Hansen and others 

1995 

Hansen and others 

1995 

Huschle 1975 

Caicco 1983 

TuhyandJensen 1982 

Youngblood and others 

1985 

Johnson and Simon 

1987 

Day and Wright 1985 

Johnson and Simon 

1 987 

Daubenmire 1970 

Cont'd. 

USDA Forest Service Gen.Tech.Rep. RMRS-GTR-45. 2000 
Table 1 Cont'd. 

Plant associations and Principal descriptive 

community types work 

Rhus glabrdAgropyron spicatum 

Scirpus acutusb 

Scirpus americanusb 

Scirpus cespitosus-Carex livida 

Scirpus maritimusb 

Scirpus validusb 

Spartina gracilisb 

Sporobolus cryptandra 

Sporobolus cryptandraPoa secunda 

Perennial forb vegetation 

A rtemisia ludo viciana" 

Caltha leptosepala 

Camassia cusickii 

Camassia quamash 

Chrysopsis villosa" 

Chrysopsis villosd 

Sporobolos cryptandrus 

Daubenmire 1970 

Hansen and others 

1995 

Hansen and others 

1995 

Tuhy 1981 

Hansen and others 

1995 

Kovalchik 1 993 

Hansen and others 

1995 

Johnson and Simon 

1987 

Tisdale 1986 

Lichthardt 1992 

Padgett and others 

1989 

Johnson and Simon 

1987 

Daubenmire 1970 

Lichthardt 1 992 

Huschle 1975 

Plant associations and Principal descriptive 

community types work 

Equisetum fluvia ti/& Hansen and others 

1995 

Geum rossiP Brunsfeld 1981 

Geum rossii/Arenaria obtusilobab Cooper and others 1997 

lvesia gordonii-Arenaria obtusiloba" Caicco 1 983 

lvesia gordonii- Eriogonum Caicco 1983 

caespitosum" 

Lepidium davisii Vernal Pool Doremus and DeBolt 

1 987 

Mertensia ciliata Padgett and others 

1989 

Phlox pulvinataPoa epilis" Caicco 1983 

Potentilla diversifolia-Arenaria Wellner 1 991 b 

obtusiloba" 

Potentilla ovinaLAgropyron Moseley 1985 

scribneri 

Saxifraga oppositifolia" Brunsfeld 1981 

Veratrum californicum Youngblood and others 

1 985 

Xerophyllum tenax" Wellner and Tisdale 

1985 

"Anecdotal element not supported by quantitaJ,ive data. Formal data collection and analysis have not contributed to the recognition of this plant 

community element. 

bDescription of element is not supported by quantitative data collected in Idaho. Formal data collection contributing to the recognition of this plant 

community element occurred outside our area. The occurrence of the plant community element in our area is supported by observational data only. 

Quantitative data is only representative of a small portion of the potential range of the community. Formal data collection contributing to the 

recognition of this plant community element occurred over a small area relative to the expected range of the element. The relevance of the 

classification work to the expected range has not been formally tested. 

USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-45.2000 
Table 2. Assessment summary by ecological section listed by National Vegetative Classification Subclass. 

Estimated Relative 

natural abundance Count of 

relative of reference reference 

abundance occurrences occurrences Priority 

Northwest Basin and Range, Section 3428- 

Eastern Portion 

Evergreen forest 

Abies IasiocarpdAcer glabrum 

Abies IasiocarpdActaea rubra 

Abies IasiocarpdBerberis repens 

Abies lasiocarpa/Calamagrostis rubescens 

A bies IasiocarpdCarex geyeri 

Abies lasiocarpa/Carex rossii 

Abies lasiocarpa/Osmorhiza chilensis 

Abies lasiocarpa/Physocarpus malvaceus 

Abies IasiocarpdRibes montigenum 

Abies lasiocarpa/lhalictrum occidentale 

Abies lasiocarpa/Vaccinium globulare 

Picea glauca/Equisetum arvense 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Acer glabrum 

Pseudotsuga menziesiUBerberis repens 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Calamagrostis rubescens 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Osmorhiza chilensis 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Physocarpus malvaceus 

Deciduous forest 

Acer grandidentatum/Calamagrostis rubescens 

Acer negundo/Cornus stolonifera 

Acer negundo/Equisetum arvense 

Populus angustifolidAcer grandidentatum 

Populus tremuloides/Amelanchier alnifoliaSymphoricarpos oreophilus/Calamagrostis rubescens 

Populus tremuloides/Amelanchier alnifoliaSymphoricarpos oreophilusAall forb 

Populus tremuloides/Amelanchier alnifoliaSymphoricarpos oreophilus/lhalictrum fendleri 

Populus tremuloides/Amelanchier alnifolia/tall forb 

Populus tremuloides/Amelanchier alnifolia/ 

Thalictrum fendleri 

Populus tremuloides/Cornus stolonifera 

Populus tremuloides/Shepherdia canadensis 

Populus tremuloides/Symphoricarpos oreophilus/ 

Calamagrostis rubescens 

Populus tremuloides/Symphoricarpos oreophilus/tall forb 

Populus tremuloides/Symphoricarpos oreophilus/ 

Thalictrum fendleri 

Populus tremuloides/2al l forb 

Populus tremuloides/Thalictrum fendleri 

Populus tremuloides/Veratrum californicum 

Populus tremuloides/Wyethia amplexicaulis 

Populus trichocarpdRosa woodsii 

Cont'd. 

USDA Forest Service Gen.Tech.Rep. RMRS-GTR-45. 2000 
Table 2. Cont'd. 

Estimated Relative 

natural abundance Count of 

relative of reference reference 

abundance occurrences occurrences Priority 

Northwest Basin and Range, Section 3428- 

Eastern Portion (Cont'd.) 

Evergreen woodland 

Juniperus osteospermdArtemisia arbuscula arbusculd 

Agropyron spicatum 

Juniperus osteospermdArtemisia arbuscula arbusculd 

Festuca idahoensis 

Juniperus osteospermdArtemisia nova/ 

Agropyron spicatum 

Juniperus osteospermdArtemisia novaPoa secunda 

Juniperus osteospermdArtemisia tridentata vaseyand 

Agropyron spicatum 

Juniperus osteospermdArtemisia tridentata vaseyand 

Festuca idahoensis 

Pinus f/exilis/Cercocarpus ledifolius 

Pinus monophylla- Cercocarpus ledifolius/ 

Holodiscus dumosus/Elymus cinereus 

Pinus monophylla-Cercocarpus ledifolius/Poa secunda 

Pinus monophylla-Cercocarpus ledifolius/ 

Symphoricarpos oreophilus-Berberis repens/ 

Agropyron spicatum 

Pinus monophylla-Juniperus osteospermd 

Agropyron spicatum 

Pinus monophylla-Juniperus osteospermaLArtemisia 

novdAgropyron spicatum 

Pinus monophylla-Juniperus osteospermd 

A rtemisia tridenta ta vaseyandAgropyron spicatum 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Cercocarpus ledifolius 

Evergreen shrubland 

Artemisia tridentata spiciformis/Bromus carinatus 

Artemisia tridentata spiciformis/Carex geyeri 

Artemisia tridentata tridentata/Festuca idahoensis 

Artemisia tridentata vaseyanaSymphoricarpos oreophilus/Agropyron spicatum 

Artemisia tridentata vaseyanaSymphoricarpos oreophilus/Bromus carinatus 

A rtemisia tridentata vaseyanaSymphoricarpos oreophilus/Carex geyeri 

Artemisia tridentata vaseyana - Symphoricarpos oreophilus/Festuca idahoensis 

Artemisia tridentata vaseyandAgropyron spicatum 

Artemisia tridentata vaseyandBromus carinatus 

Artemisia tridentata vaseyanaLElymus cinereus 

Artemisia tridentata wyomingensis/Festuca idahoensis 

Atriplex con fertifolidsitanion hystrix 

Cercocarpus ledifolius/Agropyron spicatum 

Cercocarpus ledifolius/Artemisia tridentata 

USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-45.2000 

Con t 'd. 

31 
Table 2. Cont'd. 

Estimated Relative 

natural abundance Count of 

relative of reference reference 

abundance occurrences occurrences Priority 

Northwest Basin and Range, Section 3428- 

Eastern Portion (Cont'd.) 

Evergreen shrubland (cont'd.) 

Cercocarpus ledifolius/Artemisia tridentatflestuca 

idahoensis 

Cercocarpus ledifolius/Calamagrostis rubescens 

Cercocarpus ledifolius/Festuca idahoensis 

Cercocarpus ledifolius/Leucopoa kingii 

Cercocarpus ledifolius/Symphoricarpos albus/Festuca 

ida hoensis 

Cercocarpus ledi folius/Symphoricarpos oreophilus 

Purshia tridentatapoa nevadensis 

Deciduous shrubland 

Alnus incana/Cornus stolonifera 

Alnus incanahnesic forb 

Alnus incanahesic graminoid 

Betula occidentalis 

Betula occidentalis/Cornus stolonifera 

Betula occidentalishesic forb 

Betula occidentalis/Purshia tridentataBtipa comata 

Cornus stolonifera 

Cornus stoloniferdGalium trifolium 

Cornus stoloniferdHeracleum lanatum 

Potentilla fruticosdDeschampsia cespitosa 

Rosa woodsii 

Salix bebbiana 

Salix boothii/Calamagrostis canadensis 

Salix boothiKarex aquatilis 

Salix boothii/Carex utriculata 

Salix boothiihesic forb 

Salix boothiihesic graminoid 

Salix drummondiana 

Salix exiguabarren 

Salix exiguahnesic forb 

Salix exiguahnesic graminoid 

Salix exigudRosa woodsii 

Salix geyeriana/Ca rex u tricula ta 

Salix geyerianahnesic forb 

Salix geyerianahnesic graminoid 

Salix geyerianapoa palustris 

Salix lasiandrabench 

Salix lasiandrahnesic forb 

Salix lasiolepisharren 

Salix luteaA3ench 

Salix luteahnesic forb 

Salix IutedRosa woodsii 

Salix wolfii/Carex aqua tilis 

2 

1 

1 

5 

5 

5 

5 

2 

5 

5 

5 

2 

5 

5 

5 

5 

5 

5 

2 

1 

5 

5 

2 

2 

2 

5 

5 

1 

2 

2 

2 

1 

1 

5 

Con t 'd. 

USDA Forest Service Gen.Tech.Rep. RMRS-GTR-45. 2000 
Table 2. Cont'd. 

Estimated Relative 

natural abundance Count of 

relative of reference reference 

abundance occurrences occurrences Priority 

Northwest Basin and Range, Section 342%- 

Eastern Portion (Cont'd.) 

Evergreen dwarf-shrubland 

Artemisia no vdAgropyron spicatum 

Artemisia nova/Oryzopsis hymenoides 

Artemisia novaPoa secunda 

Eurotia IanataPoa secunda 

Perennial graminoid vegetation 

Agropyron spicatum- Poa secunda 

Artemisia arbuscula arbuscula/Agropyron spicatum 

Artemisia arbuscula arbusculaRestuca idahoensis 

Artemisia arbuscula arbuscula/Poa secunda 

Artemisia arbuscula thermopolaFestuca idahoensis 

Artemisia longiloba/Festuca idahoensis 

Artemisia tridentata tridentataLAgropyron spicatum 

Artemisia tridentata vaseyanaFestuca ida hoensis 

A rtemisia triden ta ta wyomingensis/Agrop yron spica tum 

Artemisia tripartitdAgropyron spicatum 

A rtemisia tripartitdElymus cinereus 

A rtemisia tripartitdFestuca idahoensis 

Carex aqua tilis 

Carex lanuginosa 

Carex lasiocarpa 

Carex microptera 

Carex nebraskensis 

Carex scopulorum 

Carex simulata 

Carex utriculata 

Deschampsia cespitosa 

Distichlis stricta stricta 

Distichlis stricta stricta-Scirpus nevadensis 

Eleocharis acicularis 

Eleocharis palustris (wetlandlriparian) 

Eleocharis pauciflora 

Eleocharis rostellatalherbaceous vegetation 

Elymus cinereus 

Festuca idahoensis (alpine) 

Juncus balticus 

Juniperus occidentalis/Agropyron spicatum 

Juniperus osteosperma/Stipa comata 

Phalaris arundinacea 

Scirpus acutus 

Spartina gracilis 

Perennial forb vegetation 

Veratrum californicum 1 

Con t Id. 

USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-45.2000 33 
Table 2. Cont'd. 

- 

Estimated Relative 

natural abundance Count of 

relative of reference reference 

abundance occurrences occurrences Priority 

Yellowstone Highlands, Section M331 A 

Evergreen forest 

Abies IasiocarpdAcer glabrum 

A bies IasiocarpdActaea rubra 

Abies lasiocarpdAlnus sinua ta 

A bies IasiocarpdA rnica cordifolia 

A bies IasiocarpdArnica la tifolia 

Abies IasiocarpdBerberis repens 

Abies lasiocarpa/Calamagrostis canadensis 

Abies lasiocarpa/Calamagrostis rubescens 

Abies IasiocarpaKarex geyeri 

Abies IasiocarpdCarex rossii 

Abies lasiocarpa/Ledum glandulosum 

Abies IasiocarpdLinnaea borealis 

A bies IasiocarpdL uzula hitchcockii 

Abies lasiocarpdOsmorhiza chilensis 

Abies IasiocarpdRibes montigenum 

Abies lasiocarpa/Spiraea betulifolia 

Abies 1asiocarpa~Symphoricarpos albus 

Abies lasiocarpa/Thalictrum occidentale 

A bies lasiocarpaNaccinium globulare 

A bies lasiocarpaNaccinium scoparjum 

Picea engelmannii/Arnica cordifolia 

Picea engelmannii/Caltha leptosepala 

Picea engelmanniKarex disperma 

Picea engelmanniI7Equisetum arvense 

Picea engelmanniI7Galium trifolium 

Picea engelmanniI7Hypnum revolutum 

Picea engelmannii/Juniperus communis 

Picea engelmannii/Ribes montigenum 

Picea glaucaKarex disperma 

Picea glaucdCarex utriculata 

Picea glaucdEquisetum arvense 

Pinus albica ulis/Ca rex rossii 

Pinus albicaulis/Vaccinium scoparium 

Pinus contortdCalamagrostis rubescens 

Pinus contottdspiraea betulifolia 

Pinus contottaNaccinium globulare 

Pinus contortaNaccinium scoparium 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Acer glabrum 

Pseudotsuga menziesiI7Arnica cordifolia 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Berberis repens 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Calamagrostis rubescens 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Juniperus communis 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Osmorhiza chilensis 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Physocarpus malvaceus 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Spiraea betulifolia 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Symphoricarpos albus 

Cont'd. 

USDA Forest Service Gen.Tech.Rep. RMRS-GTR-45. 2000 
Table 2. Cont'd. 

- - 

Estimated Relative 

natural abundance Count of 

relative of reference reference 

abundance occurrences occurrences Priority 

Yellowstone Highlands, Section M331 A (Cont'd.) 

Evergreen forest (cont'd.) 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Symphoricarpos oreophilus 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Vaccinium globulare 

Deciduous forest 

Acer grandidentatum/Calamagrostis rubescens 

Populus tremuloides/Amelanchier alnifoliaSymphoricarpos oreophilus/Calamagrostis rubescens 

Populus tremuloides/Amelanchier alnifoliaSymphoricarpos oreophilus/Thalictrum fendleri 

Populus tremuloides/Amelanchier alnifolia/2all forb 

Populus tremuloides/Amelanchier alnifolid 

Thalictrum fendleri 

Populus tremuloides/Calamagrostis canadensis 

Populus tremuloides/Calamagrostis rubescens 

Populus tremuloides/Salix scouleriana 

Populus tremuloides/Shepherdia canadensis 

Populus tremuloides/Stipa comata 

Populus tremuloides/Symphoricarpos oreophilus/ 

Calamagrostis rubescens 

Populus tremuloides/Symphoricarpos oreophilus/tall forb 

Populus tremuloides/Symphoricarpos oreophilus/ 

Thalictrum fendleri 

Populus tremuloides/tal l forb 

Populus tremuloides/Thalictrum fendleri 

Populus tremuloides/Wyethia amplexicaulis 

Populus trichocarpa/Cornus stolonifera 

Evergreen woodland 

A bies lasiocarpa- Pinus albicaulis/Vaccinium scoparium 

Abies lasiocarpa,Juniperus communis 

Picea engelmannii/Cornus stolonifera 

Pin us albica uiis/Ca rex geyeri 

Pinus albicaulis/Festuca idahoensis 

Pinus albicaulis/Juniperus communis 

Pinus flexilis/Festuca idahoensis 

Pinus flexilis/Juniperus communis 

Pinus flexilis/L eucopoa kingii 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Agropyron spicatum 

Pseudotsuga menziesii6estuca idahoensis 

Evergreen shrubland 

Artemisia cana viscidula/Deschampsia cespitosa 

Artemisia cana viscidula/Festuca idahoensis 

A rtemisia tridentata tridentataFestuca ida hoensis 

Artemisia tridenta ta vaseyana -Symphoricarpos 

oreophilus/Bromus carinatus 

USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-45. 2000 

Cont'd. 

35 
Table 2. Cont'd. 

Estimated Relative 

natural abundance Count of 

relative of reference reference 

abundance occurrences occurrences Priority 

Yellowstone Highlands, Section M331 A (Cont'd.) 

Evergreen shrubland (cont'd.) 

Artemisia tridentata vaseyana-Symphoricarpos 

oreophilus/Carex geyeri 

Artemisia tridentata vaseyana-Symphoricarpos 

oreophilus/Festuca idahoensis 

Artemisia tridentata vaseyandAgropyron spicatum 

Artemisia tridentata vaseyandBromus carinatus 

Cercocarpus ledifolius/Agropyron spicatum 

Deciduous shrubland 

Alnus incanhesic forb 

Alnus incanhesic graminoid 

Alnus incandRibes hudsonianum 

Betula glandulosa/Carex utriculata 

Cornus stolonifera/Galium trifolium 

Cornus stolonifera/Heracleum lanatum 

Potentilla fruticosdDeschampsia cespitosa 

Prunus virginiandArtemisia tridentata vaseyanaSymphoricarpos oreophilus 

Salix boothii/Calamagrostis canadensis 

Salix boothiCarex utriculata 

Salix boothii/Equisetum arvense 

Salix boothiihesic graminoid 

Salix boothii/Smilacina stella ta 

Salix candidacarex utriculata 

Salix drummondiana 

Salix drummondiana/Carex utriculata 

Salix geyeriandCalamagrostis canadensis 

Salix geyerianaLarex aquatilis 

Salix geyerianacarex utriculata 

Salix geyerianhesic forb 

Salix geyerianhesic graminoid 

Salix geyerianaPoa palustris 

Salix lasiandrhesic forb 

Salix planifolia 

Salix planifolia monica/Carex aquatilis-Carex utriculata 

Salix wolfii/Carex aqua tilis 

Salix wolfii/Carex utriculata 

Evergreen dwarf-shrubland 

Artemisia novdAgropyron spicatum 

Perennial graminoid vegetation 

Agropyron spicatum- Poa secunda 

Artemisia arbuscula thermopola/Festuca idahoensis 

A rtemisia tridenta ta tridenta tdAgropyron spica tum 

Cont'd. 

USDA Forest Service Gen.Tech.Rep. RMRS-GTR-45.2000 
Table 2. Cont'd. 

Estimated Relative 

natural abundance Count of 

relative of reference reference 

abundance occurrences occurrences Priority 

Yellowstone Highlands, Section M331 A (Cont'd.) 

Perennial graminoid vegetation (c0n't.d) 

Artemisia tridentata vaseyanaFestuca idahoensis 

A rtemisia tripa rtitaLAgropyron spica tum 

Artemisia tripartitdFestuca idahoensis 

Calamagrostis canadensis 

Carex aquatilis 

Carex buxbaumii 

Carex lanuginosa 

Carex lasiocarpa 

Carex limosa 

Carex microptera 

Carex nebraskensis 

Carex praegracilis-Carex aquatilis 

Carex scopulorum 

Carex simula ta 

Carex utriculata 

Carex vesica ria 

Deschampsia cespitosa 

Distichlis stricta stricta 

Dulichium arundinaceum 

Eleocharis acicularis 

Eleocharis palustris (wetlandlriparian) 

Eleocharis pauciflora- Carex aquatilis, Carex livida phase 

Eleocharis pauciflora 

Festuca idahoensis-Agropyron spicatum 

Festuca idahoensis-Deschampsia cespitosa 

Glyceria borealis 

Juncus balticus 

Phalaris arundinacea 

Scirpus acutus 

Perennial forb vegetation 

A rtemisia ludo viciana 

Caltha leptosepala 

Veratrum californicum 

USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-45.2000 

Cont'd, 

37 
Table 2. Cont'd. 

Estimated Relative 

natural abundance Count of 

relative of reference reference 

abundance occurrences occurrences Priority 

Overthrust Mountains, Section M331 D 

Evergreen forest 

Abies IasiocarpdAcer glabrum 

Abies IasiocarpdActaea rubra 

Abies IasiocarpdArnica cordifolia 

A bies IasiocarpdArnica latifolia 

Abies IasiocarpdBerberis repens 

Abies lasiocarpa/Calamagrostis canadensis 

Abies lasiocarpa/Calamagrostis rubescens 

Abies lasiocarpa/Carex geyeri 

Abies IasiocarpdCarex rossii 

Abies IasiocarpdLedum glandulosum 

Abies IasiocarpdLinnaea borealis 

Abies lasiocarpa/Osmorhiza chilensis 

Abies lasiocarpa/Pedicularis racemosa 

Abies lasiocarpaPhysocarpus malvaceus 

Abies IasiocarpaLQibes montigenum 

Abies lasiocarpdspiraea betulifolia 

Abies lasiocarpa/Symphoricarpos albus 

Abies lasiocarpa/Thalictrum occidentale 

Abies lasiocarpa/Vaccinium globulare 

A bies lasiocarpa/Vaccinium scoparium 

Picea engelmannii/Calamagrostis canadensis 

Picea engelmanniVCaltha leptosepala 

Picea engelmannii/Carex disperma 

Picea engelmannii/Equisetum arvense 

Picea engelmannii/Galium trifolium 

Picea engelmannii/Juniperus communis 

Picea engelmannii/Ribes montigenum 

Picea glaucdEquisetum arvense 

Pinus albicaulis/Carex rossii 

Pinus albicaulisNaccinium scoparium 

Pinus contoMArnica cordifolia 

Pinus contortdCalamagrostis rubescens 

Pinus contortdspiraea betulifolia 

Pinus contorta/Vaccinium globulare 

Pinus contorta/Vaccinium scoparium 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Acer glabrum 

Pseudotsuga menziesii7Arnica cordifolia 

Pseudotsuga menziesiYBerberis repens 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Calamagrostis rubescens 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Juniperus communis 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Osmorhiza chilensis 

Pseudotsuga menziesiPhysocarpus malvaceus 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Spiraea betulifolia 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Symphoricarpos albus 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Symphoricarpos oreophilus 

Pseudotsuga menziesiiNaccinium globulare 

Cont 'd. 

USDA Forest Service Gen.Tech.Rep. RMRS-GTR-45. 2000 
Table 2. Cont'd. 

Estimated Relative 

natural abundance Count of 

relative of reference reference 

abundance occurrences occurrences Priority 

Overthrust Mountains, Section M331 D (Cont'd.) 

Deciduous forest 

Acer grandidentatum/Berberis repens 

Acer grandidentatum/Calamagrostis rubescens 

Acer grandidentatum/Juniperus scopulorum 

Acer grandidentatum/Osmorhiza chilensis 

Acer negundo/Cornus stolonifera 

Acer negundo/Equisetum arvense 

Acer negundo/Osmorhiza chilensis 

Populus angustifolidAcer grandidentatum 

Populus angustifolidBetula occidentalis 

Populus angustifolidChrysopsis villosa 

Populus angustifolia/Elaeagnus commutata 

Populus tremuloides/Amelanchier alnifoliaSymphoricarpos oreophilus/Bromus carina tus 

Populus tremuloideslAmelanchier alnifoliaSymphoricarpos oreophilus/Calamagrostis rubescens 

Populus tremuloides/Amelanchier alnifoliaSymphoricarpos oreophilus/tall forb 

Populus tremuloides/Amelanchier alnifoliaSymphoricarpos oreophilusfThalictrum fendleri 

Populus tremuloides/Amelanchier alnifolidtal l forb 

Populus tremuloides/Amelanchier alnifolia/ 

Thalictrum fendleri 

Populus tremuloides/Bromus carinatus 

Populus tremuloides/Calamagrostis rubescens 

Populus tremuloides/Juniperus communid 

Carex geyeri 

Populus tremuloides/Rubus parviflorus 

Populus tremuloides/Shepherdia canadensis 

Populus tremuloides/Stipa comata 

Populus tremuloides/Symphoricarpos oreophilud 

Bromus carinatus 

Populus tremuloides/Symphoricarpos oreophilus/ 

Calamagrostis rubescens 

Populus tremuloides/Symphoricarpos oreophilusl 

tall forb 

Populus tremuloides/Symphoricarpos oreophilud 

Thalictrum fendleri 

Populus tremuloideslt al l forb 

Populus tremuloides/Thalictrum fendleri 

Populus tremuloides/ln/yethia amplexicaulis 

Populus trichocarpa/Cornus stolonifera 

Populus trichocarpahecent alluvial bar 

Evergreen woodland 

Abies IasiocarpdJuniperus communis 

Juniperus osteosperma-Cercocarpus ledifolius/ 

Symphoricarpos oreophilus/Agropyron spicatum 

Cont'd. 

USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-45.2000 39 
Table 2. Cont'd. 

Estimated Relative 

natural abundance Count of 

relative of reference reference 

abundance occurrences occurrences Priority 

Overthrust Mountains, Section M331 D (Cont'd.) 

Evergreen woodland (cont'd.) 

Juniperus osteospermdArtemisia arbuscula arbusculd 

Agropyron spicatum 

Juniperus osteospermdArtemisia novdAgropyron 

spicatum 

Juniperus osteospermdArtemisia tridentata vaseyand 

Agropyron spica turn 

Picea engelmannii/Cornus stolonifera 

Pinus albicaulis/Juniperus communis 

Pinus flexilis/Cercocarpus ledifolius 

Pinus flexilis/Festuca idahoensis 

Pinus flexilis/Leucopoa kingii 

Pseudotsuga menziesii7Cercocarpus ledifolius 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Juniperus scopulorum 

Deciduous woodland 

Populus angustifolia/Cornus stolonifera 

Evergreen shrubland 

Artemisia cana visciduldDeschampsia cespitosa 

Artemisia cana viscidula/Festuca idahoensis 

Artemisia tridentata spiciformis/Bromus carinatus 

Artemisia tridentata spiciformis/Carex geyeri 

Artemisia tridenta ta tridentatdElymus cinereus 

Artemisia tridentata tridentataFestuca idahoensis 

Artemisia tridentata tridenta ta/Stipa comata 

Artemisia tridenta ta vaseyanaSymphoricarpos oreophilus/Agropyron spicatum 

Artemisia tridentata vaseyanaSymphoricarpos oreophilus/Carex geyeri 

Artemisia tridentata vaseyanaSymphoricarpos oreophilus/Festuca idahoensis 

Artemisia tridentata vaseyandAgropyron spicatum 

Artemisia tridentata vaseyandBromus carinatus 

Artemisia tridentata vaseyandElymus cinereus 

Artemisia tridentata vaseyandLeucopoa kingii 

Artemisia tridentata wyomingensis/Poa secunda 

Artemisia tridentata wyorningensidstipa comata 

Cercocarpus ledifolius/Agropyron spicatum 

Cercocarpus ledifolius/Artemisia tridentata vaseyana 

Cercocarpus ledifolius/Leucopoa kingii 

Deciduous shrubland 

Alnus incana/Cornus stolonifera 

Alnus incandEquisetum awense 

Alnus incanahesic forb 

Cont'd. 

USDA Forest Service Gen.Tech.Rep. RMRS-GTR-45. 2000 
Table 2. Cont'd. 

Estimated Relative 

natural abundance Count of 

relative of reference reference 

abundance occurrences occurrences Priority 

Overthrust Mountains, Section M331 D (Cont'd.) 

Deciduous shrubland (cont'd.) 

Alnus incanahesic graminoid 

Alnus incanambes hudsonianum 

Betula glandulosa/Carex simulata 

Betula occidentalis 

Betula occidentalis/Cornus stolonifera 

Betula occidentalishesic forb 

Betula occidentalis/Prunus virginiana 

Cornus stolonifera 

Cornus stolonifer~Galium trifolium 

Cornus stolonifera/Heracleum lanatum 

Crataegus douglasii/Heracleum lanatum 

Elaeagnus commutata 

Potentilla fruticosaLDeschampsia cespitosa 

Rhamnus alnifolia 

Salix bebbiana 

Salix bebbianahesic graminoid 

Salix boothii/Calamagrostis canadensis 

Salix boothiKarex aquatilis 

Salix boothii/Carex nebraskensis 

Salix boothii/Carex utriculata 

Salix boothii/Equisetum arvense 

Salix boothiihesic forb 

Salix boothiihesic graminoid 

Salix boothii/Poa palus tris 

Salix boothii/Smilacina stellata 

Salix exigualbarren 

Salix exiguaLEquisetum arvense 

Salix exiguahesic forb 

Salix exiguahesic graminoid 

Salix geyeriana/Calamagrostis canadensis 

Salix geyerianflarex aquatilis 

Salix geyerianaEarex utricula ta 

Salix geyeriandDeschampsia cespitosa 

Salix geyeriandmesic forb 

Salix geyerianahesic graminoid 

Salix geyeriana/Poa palustris 

Salix lutea 

Salix pla fiifolidCarex aquatilis 

Salix wolfii/Carex aquatilis 

Salix wolfii/Carex nebraskensis 

Salix wolfii/Ca rex utricula ta 

Salix wolfii/Deschampsia cespitosa 

Salix wolfiihesic forb 

Salix wolfii/Poa palustris 

Sarcobatus vermiculatus/Distichlis stricta stricta 

USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-45.2000 

Cont'd. 
Table 2. Cont'd. 

Estimated Relative 

natural abundance Count of 

relative of reference reference 

abundance occurrences occurrences Priority 

Overthrust Mountains, Section M331 D (Cont'd.) 

Evergreen dwarf-shrubland 

Artemisia no vaLAgropyron spicatum 

A rtemisia novaPoa secunda 

Perennial graminoid vegetation 

Agropyron spicatum- Poa secunda 

Artemisia arbuscula arbusculaLAgropyron spicatum 

Artemisia arbuscula arbuscula/festuca idahoensis 

Artemisia arbuscula arbuscula/Poa secunda 

Artemisia no va/festuca ida hoensis 

Artemisia tridentata tridenta taLAgropyron spicatum 

Artemisia tridentata vaseyanaFestuca idahoensis 

Artemisia tridentata wyomingensis/Agropyron spicatum 

A rtemisia tripa rtita/Agropyron spica tum 

A rtemisia tripartitaFestuca ida hoensis 

Carex aqua tilis 

Carex lanuginosa 

Carex lasiocarpa 

Carex microptera 

Carex nebraskensis 

Carex praegracilis-Carex aquatilis 

Carex simulata 

Carex utriculata 

Deschampsia cespitosa 

Distichlis stricta stricta 

Eleocharis acicularis 

Eleocharis palustris (wetlandlriparian) 

Eleocharis rostellata Herbaceous Vegetation 

Elymus cinereus 

Hordeum jubatum 

Juncus balticus 

Phalaris arundinacea 

Potentilla fruticosa/Festuca idahoensis 

Purshia tridentatdAgropyron spicatum 

Purshia tridentatalstipa comata 

Scirpus acutus 

Scirpus americanus 

Scirpus maritimus 

Scirpus validus 

Spartina gracilis 

Perennial forb vegetation 

Caltha leptosepala 

Mertensia ciliata 

Veratrum californicum 

Cont'd. 

USDA Forest Service Gen.Tech.Rep. RMRS-GTR-45. 2000 
Table 2. Cont'd. 

Estimated Relative 

natural abundance Count of 

relative of reference reference 

abundance occurrences occurrences Priority 

Idaho Batholith, Section M332A 

Evergreen forest 

Abies grandis/Acer glabrum 

Abies grandis/A diantum pedatum 

A bies grandis/Asarum caudatum 

Abies grandis/Clintonia uniflora 

Abies grandis/Coptis occidentalis 

Abies grandis/Linnaea borealis 

Abies grandis/Physocarpus malvaceus 

Abies grandis/Senecia triangularis 

Abies grandidspiraea betulifolia 

A bies grandisflaxus brevi folidAsarum caudatum 

Abies grandisflaxus brevifolidCIintonia uniflora 

Abies grandisNaccinium caespitosum 

Abies grandisNaccinium globulare 

Abies grandis/Xerophyllum tenax 

Abies IasiocarpdAcer glabrum 

Abies lasiocarpaLAlnus sinuata 

Abies IasiocarpalArnica cordifolia 

Abies lasiocarpa/Calamagrostis canadensis 

Abies lasiocarpa/Calamagrostis rubescens 

A bies lasiocarpa/Caltha biflora 

A bies IasiocarpdCarex geyeri 

Abies lasiocarpdCIintonia uniflora 

Abies lasiocarpa/Coptis occidentalis 

Abies lasiocarpa/Ledum glandulosum 

Abies IasiocarpaLinnaea borealis 

Abies lasiocarpa/Luzula hitchcockii 

Abies IasiocarpaLMenziesia ferruginea 

A bies lasiocarpafipiraea betulifolia 

A bies lasiocarpa/Streptopus amplexifolius 

Abies lasiocarpaNaccinium caespitosum 

Abies lasiocarpaNaccinium globulare 

Abies lasiocarpaNaccinium scoparium 

Abies lasiocarpdXerophyllum tenax 

Picea engelmanni17Equisetum arvense 

Picea engelmannii/Galium trifolium 

Pinus contortaNaccinium caespitosum 

Pinus contottaNaccinium occidentale 

Pinus contottaNaccinium scoparium 

Pinus contottdXerophyllum tenax 

Pinus ponderosa/Physocarpus malvaceus 

Pinus ponderosa/Symphoricarpos albus 

Pinus ponderosa/Symphoricarpos oreophilus 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Acer glabrum 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Berberis repens 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Calamagrostis rubescens 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Carex geyeri 

USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-45. 2000 

Cont'd. 

43 
Table 2. Cont'd. 

Estimated Relative 

natural abundance Count of 

relative of reference reference 

abundance occurrences occurrences Priority 

Idaho Batholith, Section M332A (Cont'd.) 

Evergreen forest (cont'd.) 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Linnaea borealis 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Osmorhiza chilensis 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Physocarpus malvaceus 

Pseudotsuga menziesiEpiraea betulifolia 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Symphoricarpos albus 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Symphoricarpos oreophilus 

Pseudotsuga menziesiiNaccinium caespitosum 

Pseudotsuga menziesiiNaccinium globulare 

Thuja plicatdAdiantum pedatum 

Thuja plicatdAsarum cauda tum 

Thuja plicatdAthyrium filix-femina 

Thuja plicata/Clintonia uniflora 

Thuja plicatdGymnocarpium dtyopteris 

Tsuga mettensiana/Clintonia uniflora 

Tsuga mettensiandMenziesia ferruginea 

Tsuga mettensiandXerophyllum tenax 

Deciduous forest 

Alnus rhombifolidAmelanchier alnifolia 

Alnus rhombifolidBetula occidentalis 

Alnus rhombifolia/Celtis reticulata 

Alnus rhombifolia/Prunus virginiana 

Populus tremuloides/Attemisia tridentata 

Populus tremuloides/Symphoricarpos oreophilusltall forb 

Populus trichocarpdAlnus incana 

Populus trichocarpaCicuta douglasii 

Populus trichocarpa/Cornus stolonifera 

Populus trichocarpdCrataegus douglasii 

Populus trichocarpdRhamnus alnifolia 

Populus trichocarpa/Symphoricarpos albus 

Mixed evergreen-deciduous forest 

Alnus rhombifolia-A bies grandis 

Larix lyallii-A bies lasiocarpa 

Evergreen woodland 

Abies grandis/Calamagrostis rubescens 

Abies IasiocarpdJuniperus communis 

Pinus albicaulis (timberline) 

Pinus albicaulis-Abies lasiocarpa 

Pinus contortdFestuca idahoensis 

Pinus ponderosdAgropyron spicatum 

Pinus ponderosdcra taegus douglasii 

Pinus ponderosaRestuca idahoensis 

Pinus ponderosdPurshia tridentata 

2 

4 

3 

4 

1 

4 

5 

4 

4 

Cont'd. 

USDA Forest Service Gen.Tech.Rep. RMRS-GTR-45. 2000 
Table 2. Cont'd. 

Estimated Relative 

natural abundance Count of 

relative of reference reference 

abundance occurrences occurrences Priority 

Idaho Batholith, Section M332A (Cont'd.) 

Evergreen woodland (cont'd.) 

Pinus ponderosa/Stipa occidentalis 

Pseudo tsuga menziesii/Agropyron spica tum 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Cercocarpus ledifolius 

Pseudotsuga menziesiYFestuca idahoensis 

Evergreen shrubland 

A rtemisia tridenta ta vaseyanaSymphoricarpos oreophilus/Agropyron spicatum 

Arfemisia tridentata vaseyanaSymp horica rpos oreop hilus/Ca rex geyeri 

Artemisia tridentata vaseyanaSymphoricarpos oreophilus/Festuca idahoensis 

Artemisia tridentata vaseyana/Agropyron spicatum 

Artemisia tridentata vaseyana/Stipa comata 

Cercocarpus ledifolius/Agropyron spicatum 

Cercocarpus ledifolius/Festuca idahoensis 

Cercocarpus ledifolius/Symphoricarpos albus/ 

Festuca idahoensis 

Deciduous shru bland 

Alnus incandAthyrium filix-femina 

Alnus incana/Carex utriculata 

Alnus incanaKornus stolonifera 

Alnus incanaEquisetum arvense 

Alnus incanhesic forb 

Alnus incanalmesic graminoid 

Alnus incandRibes hudsonianum 

Alnus incana/Spiraea douglasii 

Alnus sinuata 

Alnus sinua tdA thyrium filix- femina 

Alnus sinuatahesic forb 

Alnus sinuatdMontia cordi folia 

Betula glandulosa/Carex utricula~a 

Betula glandulosa/Lonicera caeruled 

Senecio pseudaureus 

Betula occidentalis 

Cornus stolonifera 

Cornus stoloniferdHeracleum lanatum 

Cra taegus douglasii/Symphoricarpos albus 

Glossopetalon ne vadense/Agropyron spicatum 

Potentilla fruticosa/Deschampsia cespitosa 

Salix boothii/Calamagrostis canadensis 

Salix boothii/Carex aquatilis 

Salix boothiCarex utriculata 

Salix boothiEquisetum arvense 

Salix commutata/Carex scopulorum 

5 

5 

5 

5 

2 

5 

5 

5 

5 

5 

2 

Cont'd. 

USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-45.2000 
Table 2. Cont'd. 

Estimated Relative 

natural abundance Count of 

relative of reference reference 

abundance occurrences occurrences Priority 

Idaho Batholith, Section M332A (Cont'd.) 

Deciduous shrubland (cont'd.) 

Salix drummondiana/Calamagrostis canadensis 

Salix drummondiana/Carex utriculata 

Salix eastwoodiae/Carex aquatilis 

Salix eastwoodiae/Carex utriculata 

Salix exiguaha rren 

Salix exigudRosa woodsii 

Salix geyeriandCalamagrostis canadensis 

Salix geyerianalcarex aquatilis 

Salix geyerianacarex utriculata 

Salix geyeriandGeum macrophyllum 

Salix planifolia monica/Carex aquatilis- Carex utricula ta 

Salix planifolia monicaCarex scopulorum 

Salix wolfii/Carex aquatilis 

Salix wolfii/Carex microptera 

Salix wolfii/Carex utriculata 

Salix wolfiI7Swertia perennis-Pedicularis groenlandica 

Evergreen dwarf-shrubland 

Cassiope mettensianaCarex paysonis 

Kalmia microphylla/Carex scopulorum 

Phyllodoce empetriformis-Ledum glandulosum 

Phyllodoce empetriformis/Antennaria lanata 

Phyllodoce empetriformis/Carex scopulorum 

Deciduous dwarf-shrubland 

Salix nivalis 

Perennial graminoid vegetation 

Agropyron scribneri 

Agropyron spicatum- Melica bulbosa 

Agropyron spicatum- Poa secunda 

Agropyron spicatum-Poa secunddBalsamhoriza sagittata 

Agropyron spicatum/Eriogonum heracleoides 

Agrostis exarata-Agrostis scabra 

Attemisia arbuscula arbusculdAgropyron spicatum 

Attemisia arbuscula arbuscula/Poa secunda 

Attemisia tridentata tridentatdAgropyron spicatum 

Attemisia tridenta ta vaseyana/Carex geyeri 

Attemisia tridentata vaseyana/Festuca idahoensis 

A ttemisia tripa ttitdAgropyron spica tum 

Attemisia tripattitdFestuca idahoensis 

Bromus spp./Stipa occidentalis 

Calamagrostis canadensis 

Carex aqua tilis 

Carex buxbaumii 

1 

2 

5 

5 

5 

5 

2 

2 

5 

5 

2 

5 

5 

2 

2 

2 

5 

5 

5 

5 

5 

5 

2 

2 

3 

4 

2 

2 

5 

1 

3 

1 

4 

2 

2 

5 

4 

4 

2 

Cont'd, 

USDA Forest Service Gen.Tech.Rep. RMRS-GTR-45.2000 
Table 2. Cont'd. 

- - 

Estimated Relative 

natural abundance Count of 

relative of reference reference 

abundance occurrences occurrences Priority 

Idaho Batholith, Section M332A (Cont'd.) 

Perennial graminoid vegetation (cont'd.) 

Carex lanuginosa 

Carex nebraskensis 

Carex nigricans 

Carex nigricans-Agrostis humilis 

Carex paysonis 

Carex scirpoidedGeum rossii 

Carex scirpoidea/Potentilla diversifolia 

Carex simula ta 

Carex utriculata 

Deschampsia cespitosa 

Deschampsia cespitosa/Caltha leptosepala 

Neocharis acicularis 

Eleocharis palustris (wetlandhi parian) 

Eleocharis pauciflora 

Eleocharis rostellata herbaceous vegetation 

Festuca idahoensis (a1 pine) 

Festuca ida hoensis-Agropyron spicatum 

Festuca idahoensis-Carex geyeri 

Juncus balticus 

Juncus drummondii-Carex s p p. 

Potentilla fruticosdDanthonia intermedia 

Purshia tridentatdAgropyron spicatum 

Purshia tridentatflestuca ida hoensis 

Scirpus cespitosus-Carex livida 

Perennial forb vegetation 

Caltha leptosepala 

Camassia quamash 

Geum rossii 

lvesia gordonii-Arenaria obtusiloba 

lvesia gordonii-Eriogonum caespitosum 

Saxifraga oppositifolia 

USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-45. 2000 

Cont'd. 

47 
Table 2. Cont'd. 

Estimated Relative 

natural abundance Count of 

relative of reference reference 

abundance occurrences occurrences Priority 

Beaverhead Mountains, Section M332E 

Evergreen forest 

Abies IasiocarpdAcer glabrum 

Abies IasiocarpdAlnus sinuata 

Abies IasiocarpdA rnica cordifolia 

A bies IasiocarpdA rnica latifolia 

Abies lasiocarpa/Calamagrostis canadensis 

Abies lasiocarpdCalamagrostis rubescens 

A bies IasiocarpdCarex geyeri 

Abies IasiocarpdLedum glandulosum 

Abies IasiocarpahLinnaea borealis 

Abies IasiocarpdMenziesia ferruginea 

Abies lasiocarpa/Ribes montigenum 

Abies IasiocarpdSpiraea betulifolia 

Abies lasiocarpa/Streptopus amplexifolius 

A bies lasiocarpa/Symphoricarpos albus 

Abies lasiocarpafThalictrum occidentale 

Abies IasiocarpaNaccinium caespitosum 

Abies IasiocarpaNaccinium globulare 

Abies IasiocarpaNaccinium scoparium 

Abies lasiocarpa/Xerophyllum tenax 

Picea engelmannii/Arnica cordifolia 

Picea engelmannii/Carex disperma 

Picea engelmanniiEquisetum arvense 

Picea engelmannii/Galium trifolium 

Picea engelmannii/Hypnum revolutum 

Picea engelmannii/Juniperus communis 

Picea engelmanniMbes montigenum 

Pinus albicaulis/Carex rossii 

Pinus albicaulis/Vaccinium scoparium 

Pinus ponderosa/Symphoricarpos albus 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Acer glabrum 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Arnica cordifolia 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Berberis repens 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Calamagrostis rubescens 

Pseudotsuga menziesiKarex geyeri 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Juniperus communis 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Osmorhiza chilensis 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Physocarpus malvaceus 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Spiraea betulifolia 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Symphoricarpos albus 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Symphoricarpos oreophilus 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Vaccinium globulare 

Deciduous forest 

Populus tremuloides/Amelanchier alnifoliaSymphoricarpos oreophilus/Calamagrostis rubescens 

Cont'd. 

USDA Forest Service Gen.Tech.Rep. RMRS-GTR-45.2000 
Table 2. Cont'd. 

Estimated Relative 

natural abundance Count of 

relative of reference reference 

abundance occurrences occurrences Priority 

Beaverhead Mountains, Section M332E (Cont'd.) 

Deciduous forest (cont'd.) 

Populus tremuloides/Amelanchier alnifoliaSymphoricarpos oreophilus/Thalictrum fendleri 

Populus tremuloides/Calamagrostis rubescens 

Populus tremuloides/Shepherdia canadensis 

Populus tremuloides/Stipa comata 

Populus tremuloides/Symphoricarpos oreophilus/ 

Calamagrostis rubescens 

Populus tremuloides/Symphoricarpos oreophilusitall forb 

Populus tremuloides/Symphoricarpos oreophilus/ 

Thalictrum fendleri 

Populus tremuloidesitall forb 

Populus tremuloides/Thalictrum fendleri 

Populus tremuloides/Wyethia amplexicaulis 

Populus trichocarpaCornus stolonifera 

Mixed evergreen-deciduous forest 

Larix lyallii-A bies lasiocarpa 

Evergreen woodland 

Abies lasiocarpdJuniperus communis 

Juniperus osteospermdArtemisia arbuscula arbusculd 

Festuca idahoensis 

Juniperus osteosperma/Artemisia no vd 

Agropyron spicatum 

Juniperus osteospermdArtemisia nova/Poa secunda 

Jun@erus osteospermdArtemisia tridentata vaseyand 

Agropyron spicatum 

Juniperus osteospermdArtemisia tridentata vaseyand 

Festuca idahoensis 

Picea engelmannii/Cornus stolonifera 

Pinus albicaulis (timberline) 

Pinus albicaulis-Abies lasiocarpa 

Pinus albicaulis/Carex geyeri 

Pinus albicaulis/Festuca idahoensis 

Pinus albicaulis/Juniperus communis 

Pinus contortdFestuca ida hoensis 

Pinus flexilis (timberline) 

Pinus flexilis/Cercocarpus ledifolius 

Pinus flexilis/Festuca idahoensis 

Pinus flexilis/Juniperus communis 

Pinus flexilis/L eucopoa kingii 

Pinus flexi/is/Potentilla fruticosdDistichlis stricta stricta 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Agropyron spicatum 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Cercocarpus ledifolius 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Festuca idahoensis 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Juniperu$ scopulorum 

Pseudotsuga menziesiiZLeucopoa kingii Cont'd, 

USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-45.2000 
Table 2. Cont'd. 

Estimated Relative 

natural abundance Count of 

relative of reference reference 

abundance occurrences occurrences Priority 

Beaverhead Mountains, Section M332E (Cont'd.) 

Evergreen shrubland 

Artemisia cana visciduldDeschampsia cespitosa 

Artemisia tridentata spiciformis/Bromus carinatus 

A rtemisia tridentata vaseyanaSymphoricarpos oreophilus/Agropyron spicatum 

Artemisia tridentata vaseyanaSymphoricarpos oreophilus/Bromus carinatus 

Artemisia tridentata vaseyanaSymphoricarpos oreophilus/Carex geyeri 

Artemisia tridentata vaseyanaSymphoricarpos oreophilus/Festuca idahoensis 

Artemisia tridentata vaseyandAgropyron spicatum 

Artemisia tridentata vaseyandBromus carinatus 

Artemisia tridentata vaseyandstipa comata 

A rtemisia tridenta ta wyomingensis/Elymus 

ambiguus salmonis 

Artemisia tridentata wyomingensis/Festuca idahoensis 

Atriplex con fertifolidAgropyron spicatum 

Atriplex con fertifolidElymus ambiguus salmonis 

Atriplex con fertifolidOryzopsis hymenoides 

Cercocarpus ledifolius/Agropyron spicatum 

Cercocarpus ledifolius/Artemisia tridentata vaseyana 

Cercocarpus ledifolius/Artemisia tridentatd 

Festuca idahoensis 

Cercocarpus ledifolius/Festuca idahoensis 

Deciduous shrubland 

Alnus incana- Betula occidentalis/Salix exigua 

Alnus incana/Cornus stolonifera 

Alnus incandRibes hudsonianum 

Betula glandulosa/Carex utriculata 

Betula glandulosdLonicera caerulea/Senecio 

pseudaureus 

Betula occidentalis 

Betula occidentalis/Cornus stolonifera 

Cornus stolonifera/Galium trifolium 

Cornus stoloniferdHeracleum lanatum 

Salix boothii/Calamagrostis canadensis 

Salix boothii/Carex aquatilis 

Salix boothii/Carex nebraskensis 

Salix boothii/Carex utriculata 

Salix boothii/Equisetum arvense 

Salix boothiihnesic forb 

Salix boothii/Smilacina stellata 

Salix drummondiana/Calamagrostis canadensis 

Salix drummondiana/Carex utriculata 

Salix eastwoodiae/Carex aquatilis 

Cont'd. 

USDA Forest Service Gen.Tech.Hep. RMRS-GTR-45. 2000 
Table 2. Cont'd. 

Estimated Relative 

natural abundance Count of 

relative of reference reference 

abundance occurrences occurrences Priority 

Beaverhead Mountains, Section M332E (Cont'd.) 

Deciduous shrubland (cont'd.) 

Salix eastwoodiae/Carex utriculata 

Salix geyeriandCalamagrostis canadensis 

Salix geyerianacarex utricula ta 

Salix geyerianahnesic forb 

Salix geyerianahnesic graminoid 

Salix geyerianaPoa palustris 

Salix lutea 

Salix planifolia 

Salix planifolia monicdcarex aquatilis-Carex utriculata 

Salix planifolia monica/Carex scopulorum 

Salix wolfii/Calamagrostis canadensis 

Salix wolfiYCa rex a qua tilis 

Salix wolfii/Carex nebraskensis 

Salix wolfii/Carex utriculata 

Salix wolfiihesic forb 

Salix wolfii/Poa palustris 

Evergreen dwarf-shrubland 

Artemisia novdAgropyron spicatum 

A rtemisia no va/Oryzopsis hymenoides 

Artemisia nova/Poa secunda 

Cassiope mertensianaCarex paysonis 

Phyllodoce empetriformis/Antennaria lanata 

Deciduous dwarf-shrubland 

Haplopappus suffruticosus/Festuca idahoensis 

Haplopappus suffruticosus/Sitanion hystrix 

Salix nivalis 

Perennial graminoid vegetation 

Agropyron scribneri 

Artemisia arbuscula arbusculdAgropyron spicatum 

Artemisia arbuscula arbuscula/Elymus ambiguus salmonis 

Artemisia arbuscula arbuscula/festuca idahoensis 

Artemisia arbuscula thermopolalFestuca idahoensis 

Artemisia novaEIymus ambiguus salmonis 

Artemisia nova/Festuca idahoensis 

Artemisia tridentata tridentatdAgropyron spicatum 

Artemisia tridentata vaseyanaiCarex geyeri 

Artemisia tridentata vaseyanaFestuca idahoensis 

Artemisia tridentata wyomingensis/Agropyron spicatum 

Artemisia tripartitdAgropyron spicatum 

Artemisia tripartitaFestuca idahoensis 

Calamagrostis canadensis 

Calamagrostis purpurescens 

2 

1 

2 

1 

5 

2 

2 

2 

2 

3 

1 

2 

3 

3 

3 

Cont'd. 

USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-45.2000 
Table 2. Cont'd. 

-- - 

Estimated Relative 

natural abundance Count of 

relative of reference reference 

abundance occurrences occurrences Priority 

Beaverhead Mountains, Section M332E (Cont'd.) 

Perennial graminoid vegetation (cont'd.) 

Carex aqua tilis 

Carex elynoides/Lupinus argenteus 

Carex elynoides/Oxytropis sericea 

Carex lanuginosa 

Carex microptera 

Carex nebraskensis 

Carex nigricans 

Carex rupes tris 

Carex scirpoidedGeum rossii 

Carex scirpoidedPotentilla diversifolia 

Carex scopulorum 

Carex simula ta 

Carex stenophylla- Poa secunda 

Carex utricula ta 

Deschampsia cespitosa 

Deschampsia cespitosdCaltha leptosepala 

Deschampsia cespitosdPotentilla diversifolia 

Dryas octopetala 

Dryas octopetala- Polygonum viviparum 

Dryas octopetala/Carex rupestris 

Elymus ambiguus salmonis/Enceliopsis nudicaulis 

Elymus ambiguus salmonis/Lupinus argenteus 

Eleocharis palustris (wetlandlriparian) 

Eleocharis pauci flora 

Festuca idahoensis (a1 pine) 

Festuca idahoensis-Agropyron spicatum 

Festuca idahoensis-Carex geyeri 

Festuca idahoensis-Deschampsia cespitosa 

Festuca idahoensis-Leucopoa kingii 

Festuca idahoensis/Eriogonum caespitosum 

Festuca idahoensis/Potentilla diversifolia 

Juncus balticus 

Juncus drummondii-Carex s p p. 

Juniperus osteosperma/Eymus ambiguus salmonis 

Juniperus osteospermdStipa comata 

L eucopoa kingii- Carex elynoides 

Leucopoa kingii- Poa cusickii 

Leucopoa kingii/Achillea millefolium 

Leucopoa kingii/Oxytropis campestris 

Leucopoa kingii/Phlox pulvinata 

Poa epilis 

Potentilla fruticosa/Festuca idahoensis 

Perennial forb vegetation 

Caltha leptosepala 

Geum rossii 

4 

2 

2 

5 

2 

2 

2 

3 

2 

2 

2 

5 

5 

4 

4 

2 

2 

5 

2 

2 

5 

5 

5 

3 

3 

4 

2 

2 

2 

2 

2 

2 

2 

2 

2 

2 

2 

3 

2 

2 

2 

2 

2 

2 

Cont'd. 

USDA Forest Service Gen.Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-45. 2000 
Table 2. Cont'd. 

Estimated Relative 

natural abundance Count of 

relative of reference reference 

abundance occurrences occurrences Priority 

Beaverhead Mountains, Section M332E (Cont'd.) 

Perennial forb vegetation (cont'd.) 

Geum rossii/Arenaria obtusiloba 

lvesia gordonii-Arenaria obtusiloba 

lvesia gordonii- Eriogonum caespitosum 

Mertensia ciliata 

Phlox pulvinataPoa epilis 

Potentilla ovinahlgropyron scribneri 

Saxifraga oppositifolia 

Vera trum californicum 

USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-45.2000 

Cont 'd. 

53 
Table 2. Cont'd. 

Estimated Relative 

natural abundance Count of 

relative of reference reference 

abundance occurrences occurrences Priority 

Challis Volcanics, Section M332F 

Evergreen forest 

Abies lasioca rpdA rnica cordifolia 

Abies lasiocarpa/Calamagrostis canadensis 

Abies lasiocarpa/Calamagrostis rubescens 

Abies IasiocarpdCaltha biflora 

A bies IasiocarpdCarex geyeri 

Abies IasiocarpaLedum glandulosum 

Abies lasiocarpa/luzula hitchcockii 

Abies IasiocarpdMenziesia ferruginea 

Abies IasiocarpdRibes montigenum 

Abies IasiocarpaKpiraea betulifolia 

Abies lasiocarpa/Streptopus amplexifolius 

Abies lasiocarpa/Vaccinium caespitosum 

Abies lasiocarpa/Vaccinium globulare 

Abies lasiocarpa/Vaccinium scoparium 

Abies lasiocarpa/Xerophyllum tenax 

Picea engelmannii/Carex disperma 

Picea engelmanni17Equisetum anlense 

Pinus contorta/Vaccinium occidentale 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Acer glabrum 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Arnica cordifolia 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Berberis repens 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Calamagrostis rubescens 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Carex geyeri 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Juniperus communis 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Spiraea betulifolia 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Symphoricarpos albus 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Symphoricarpos oreophilus 

Deciduous forest 

Populus tremuloides/Calamagrostis rubescens 

Populus tremuloides/Symphoricarpos oreophilus/ 

Carex rossii 

Populus tremuloides/tall forb 

Populus trichocarpaCornus stolonifera 

Populus trichocarpa/Salix lutea 

Evergreen woodland 

Abies lasiocarpa/Juniperus communis 

Pinus albicaulis (t im bed ine) 

Pinus albicaulis-Abies lasiocarpa 

Pinus albicaulis/Festuca idahoensis 

Pinus albicaulis/Poa nervosa 

Pinus contortdFestuca idahoensis 

Pinus flexilis (timberline) 

Pinus flexilis/Cercocarpus ledifolius 

4 

4 

4 

2 

3 

2 

2 

2 

Cont 'd. 

USDA Forest Service Gen.Tech.Rep. RMRS-GTR-45. 2000 
Table 2. Cont'd. 

Estimated Relative 

natural abundance Count of 

relative of reference reference 

abundance occurrences occurrences Priority 

Challis Volcanics, Section M332F (Cont'd.) 

Evergreen woodland (cont'd.) 

Pinus flexilis/Festuca idahoensis 

Pin us flexilis/Purs hia triden ta ta 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Agropyron spicatum 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Cercocarpus ledifolius 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Festuca idahoensis 

Evergreen shrubland 

Artemisia cana viscidula/Festuca ida hoensis 

Artemisia tridentata tridentataEIymus cinereus 

Artemisia tridentata tridentatastipa comata 

A rtemisia tridentata vaseyanaSymphoricarpos oreophilus/Agropyron spica tum 

A rtemisia tridentata vaseyanaSymphoricarpos oreophilus/Festuca idahoensis 

A rtemisia tridentata vaseyandAgropyron spicatum 

A rtemisia tridenta ta vaseyana.4 eucopoa kingii 

A rtemisia tridentata vaseyanafitipa comata 

A rtemisia tridenta ta wyomingensis/Ca rex filifolia 

Artemisia tridentata wyomingensis/Elymus 

ambiguus salmonis 

Artemisia tridentata wyomingensis/Poa secunda 

Artemisia tridentata wyomingensis/Sitanion hystrix 

Artemisia tridentata wyomingensis/Stipa comata 

Atriplex con fertifolidAgropyron spicatum 

Atriplex con fertifolidElymus ambiguus salmonis 

Atriplex con fertifolia/Oryzopsis hymenoides 

Atriplex confertifolia/Sitanion hystrix 

Cercocarpus ledifolius/Agropyron spicatum 

Cercocarpus ledifolius/Artemisia tridentata vaseyana 

Cercocarpus ledifolius/Artemisia tridentateestuca 

ida hoensis 

Cercocarpus ledifolius/Elymus ambiguus salmonis 

Cercocarpus ledifolius/Festuca idahoensis 

Cercocarpus ledifolius/Holodiscus dumosus 

Cercocarpus ledifolius/Symphoricarpos albus/ 

Festuca idahoensis 

Cercocarpus ledifolius/Symphoricarpos oreophilus 

Deciduous shrubland 

Alnus incana/Carex utriculata 

Alnus incandcornus stolonifera 

Alnus incanmesic forb 

Alnus incandRibes hudsonianum 

Alnus sinuata 

Betula glandulosa/Lonicera caerulea/Senecio 

pseudaureus 

Cont'd. 

USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-45.2000 
Table 2. Cont'd. 

Estimated Relative 

natural abundance Count of 

relative of reference reference 

abundance occurrences occurrences Priority 

Challis Volcanics, Section M332F (Cont'd.) 

Deciduous shrubland (cont'd.) 

Betula occidentalis 

Betula occidentalis/Cornus stolonifera 

Cornus stolonifera 

Cornus stoloniferdGalium trifolium 

Glossopetalon nevadense/Agropyron spicatum 

Potentilla fruticosdDeschampsia cespitosa 

Salix boothii/Calamagrostis canadensis 

Salix boothiKarex aquatilis 

Salix boothiflarex utriculata 

Salix boothiihesic graminoid 

Salix boothii/Smilacina stellata 

Salix commutata/Carex scopulorum 

Salix drummondiana/Calamagrostis canadensis 

Salix drummondiana/Carex utriculata 

Salix eastwoodiae/Carex aquatilis 

Salix eastwoodiae/Carex utriculata 

Salix exiguaharren 

Salix exiguhesic graminoid 

Salix geyeriandCaIamagrostis canadensis 

Salix geyerianaca rex a qua tilis 

Salix geyeriandcarex utriculata 

Salix geyerianhesic forb 

Salix planifolia monica/Carex aquatilis- Carex utriculata 

Salix planifolia monica/Carex scopulorum 

Salix wolfiYCarex aquatilis 

Salix wolfii/Carex microptera 

Salix wolfii/Carex utriculata 

Salix wolfii/Swertia perennis-Pedicularis groenlandica 

Evergreen dwarf-shrubland 

Artemisia novdAgropyron spicatum 

Artemisia no va/Oryzopsis hymenoides 

Artemisia novaPoa secunda 

Cassiope mertensiandCarex paysonis 

Kalmia microphylla/Carex scopulorum 

Phyllodoce empetriformis-Ledum glandulosum 

Phyllodoce empetriformis/Antennaria lanata 

Deciduous dwarf-shrubland 

Haplopappus suffruticosus/Festuca idahoensis 

Haplopappus suffruticosus/Sitanion hystrix 

Salix nivalis 

Perennial graminoid vegetation 

Agropyron scribneri 3 

Cont 'd. 

USDA Forest Service Gen.Tech.Rep. RMRS-GTR-45. 2000 
Table 2. Cont'd. 

Estimated Relative 

natural abundance Count of 

relative of reference reference 

abundance occurrences occurrences Priority 

Challis Volcanics, Section M332F (Cont'd.) 

Perennial graminoid vegetation (cont'd.) 

Agrostis exarata-Agrostis scabra 

Agropyron spicatum-Melica bulbosa 

Agropyron spicatum-Poa secundaLBalsamhoriza 

sagitta ta 

Agropyron spicatum/Eriogonum heracleoides 

Artemisia arbuscula arbuscula/Agropyron spicatum 

Artemisia arbuscula arbuscula/Festuca idahoensis 

Artemisia arbuscula thermopola/festuca ida hoensis 

Artemisia nova/Elymus ambiguus salmonis 

A rtemisia nova/Festuca idahoensis 

Artemisia tridentata tridentataLAgropyron spicatum 

Artemisia tridentata vaseyanaFestuca idahoensis 

Artemisia tridentata wyomingensis/Agropyron spicatum 

A rtemisia tripa rtitaLAgropyron spica tum 

A rtemisia tripartiWFestuca ida hoensis 

Calamagrostis canadensis 

Calamagrostis purpurescens 

Carex albonigra 

Carex aqua tilis 

Carex buxbaumii 

Carex elynoides/L upinus argenteus 

Carex elynoides/Oxytropis sericea 

Carex lanuginosa 

Carex microptera 

Carex nebraskensis 

Carex nigricans 

Carex nigricans-Agrostis humilis 

Carex rupestris 

Carex scirpoidedGeum rossii 

Carex scirpoideaPotentilla diversifolia 

Carex scopulorum 

Carex simulata 

Carex stenophylla- Poa secunda 

Carex utricula ta 

Deschampsia cespitosa 

Deschampsia cespitosa/Caltha leptosepala 

Deschampsia cespitosaLCaltha leptosepala 

Dryas octopetala 

Dryas octopetala/Carex rupestris 

Eleocharis palustris (wetlandfriparian) 

Eleocharis pauciflora 

Eleocharis rostellata herbaceous vegetation 

Elymus cinereus 

Festuca idahoensis (a1 pine) 

Festuca idahoensis-Agropyron spica tum 

Festuca idahoensis-Deschampsia cespitosa 

2 

2 

1 

5 

2 

3 

2 

4 

1 

1 

1 

5 

2 

3 

5 

5 

2 

3 

5 

2 

5 

5 

5 

3 

5 

5 

5 

5 

5 

2 

3 

5 

2 

2 

2 

5 

2 

5 

5 

3 

2 

2 

Con t 'd, 

USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-45.2000 
Table 2. Cont'd. 

Estimated Relative 

natural abundance Count of 

relative of reference reference 

abundance occurrences occurrences Priority 

Challis Volcanics, Section M332F (Cont'd.) 

Perennial graminoid vegetation (cont'd.) 

Festuca idahoensis-Koeleria cristata 

Festuca idahoensis- Leucopoa kingii 

Festuca idahoensis/Eriogonum caespitosum 

Festuca idahoensis/Potentilla diversifolia 

Juncus balticus 

Juncus drummondii-Carex s p p. 

L eucopoa kingii-Carex elynoides 

Leucopoa kingii- Poa cusickii 

Leucopoa kingii/Achillea millefolium 

Leucopoa kingii/Oxytropis campestris 

Leucopoa kingii/Phlox pulvinata 

Poa epilis 

Potentilla fruticosa/Danthonia intermedia 

Potentilla fruticosa/Festuca idahoensis 

Scirpus americanus 

Scirpus cespitosus-Ca rex livida 

Scirpus validus 

Perennial forb vegetation 

Geum rossii 

Geum rossii/Arenaria obtusiloba 

lvesia gordonii-Arenaria obtusiloba 

lvesia gordonii- Eriogonum caespitosum 

Phlox pulvinataPoa epilis 

Potentilla diversifolia-Arenaria obtusiloba 

Saxifraga oppositifolia 

Con t 'dm 

USDA Forest Service Gen.Tech.Rep. RMRS-GTR-45.2000 
Table 2. Cont'd. 

- 

Estimated Relative 

natural abundance Count of 

relative of reference reference 

abundance occurrences occurrences Priority 

Blue Mountains, Section M332G 

Evergreen forest 

Abies grandis/Acer glabrum 

Abies grandis/Asarum caudatum 

Abies grandis/Clintonia uniflora 

Abies grandis/Coptis occidentalis 

Abies grandis/Linnaea borealis 

Abies grandis/Physocarpus malvaceus 

Abies grandis/Senecia triangularis 

Abies grandidspiraea betulifolia 

A bies grandisflaxus bre vifolidAsarum caudatum 

A bies grandisflaxus bre vifolidCIintonia uniflora 

Abies grandisNaccinium caespitosum 

Abies grandisNaccinium globulare 

Abies grandis/Xerophyllum tenax 

Abies IasiocarpdAcer glabrum 

A bies lasiocarpdAlnus sinuata 

Abies IasiocarpdArnica cordifolia 

Abies lasiocarpa/Calamagrostis canadensis 

Abies lasiocarpdCalamagrostis rubescens 

A bies lasiocarpa/Caltha biflora 

Abies lasioca rpa/Clin tonia uniflora 

Abies IasiocarpdLedum glandulosum 

Abies IasiocarpdLinnaea borealis 

Abies lasiocarpdLuzula hitchcockii 

Abies lasiocarpa/nnenziesia ferruginea 

Abies lasiocarpaPolemonium pulcherrimum 

A bies IasiocarpdRibes montigenum 

Abies lasiocarpa/Streptopus amplexifolius 

A bies lasiocarpa/Vaccinium caespitosum 

Abies lasiocarpaNaccinium globulare 

Abies lasiocarpa/Vaccinium scoparium 

Abies lasiocarpdXerophyllum tenax 

Picea engelmanniYCarex disperma 

Picea engelmannii/Equisetum arvense 

Picea engelmannii/Galium trifolium 

Pinus ponderosa/Calamagrostis rubescens 

Pinus ponderosaPhysocarpus malvaceus 

Pinus ponderosa/Symphoricarpos albus 

Pinus ponderosa43ymphoricarpos oreophilus 

Pseudotsuga menziesii7Acer glabrum 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Calamagrostis rubescens 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Carex geyeri 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Osmorhiza chilensis 

Pseudotsuga menziesiiPhysocarpus malvaceus 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Spiraea betulifolia 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Symphoricarpos albus 

Pseudotsuga menziesii7Symphoricarpos oreophilus 

Pseudotsuga menziesiiNaccinium globulare 

USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-45.2000 

4 

2 

3 

2 

1 

2 

2 

4 

5 

2 

2 

4 

2 

3 

5 

2 

2 

2 

5 

3 

5 

2 

4 

3 

2 

2 

2 

2 

4 

3 

2 

2 

2 

2 

2 

3 

3 

2 

3 

4 

1 

2 

4 

2 

4 

4 

Cont'd. 

59 
Table 2. Cont'd. 

Estimated Relative 

natural abundance Count of 

relative of reference reference 

abundance occurrences occurrences Priority 

Blue Mountains, Section M332G (Cont'd.) 

Deciduous forest 

Alnus rhombifolidAmelanchier alnifolia 

Alnus rhombifolidBetula occidentalis 

Alnus rhombifolia/Celtis reticulata 

Alnus rhombifolia/Philadelphus lewisii 

Alnus rhombifolidRhus glabra 

Alnus rhombifolidRosa woodsii 

Alnus rhombifolia/Sambucus cerulea 

Alnus rubrdAdiantum pedatum 

Cra taegus douglasii/Symphoricarpos albus, 

Populus tremuloides phase 

Populus tremuloitJes/Calamagrostis canadensis 

Populus tremuloides/Cornus stolonifera 

Populus trichocarpdAlnus incana 

Populus trichocarpa/Cicuta douglasii 

Populus trichocarpa/Crataegus douglasii 

Populus trichocarpa/Festuca idahoensis 

Populus trichocarpdRhamnus alnifolia 

Populus trichocarpa/Symphoricarpos albus 

Evergreen woodland 

Abies grandis/Calamagrostis rubescens 

Juniperus occidentalis/Artemisia tridentata vaseyana 

Picea engelmannii/Cornus stolonifera 

Pinus albicaulis-Abies lasiocarpa 

Pinus ponderosdAgropyron spicatum 

Pinus ponderosdFestuca idahoensis 

Pinus ponderosaPurshia tridentata 

Pseudotsuga menziesiiLAgropyron spicatum 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Festuca idahoensis 

Deciduous woodland 

Celtis reticulatdAgropyron spicatum 

Evergreen shrubland 

Artemisia cana visciduldDeschampsia cespitosa 

Artemisia tridentata tridentata6tipa comata 

Artemisia tridentata vaseyanaSymphoricarpos oreophilus/Bromus carina tus 

Attemisia tridentata vaseyandAgropyron spicatum 

Attemisia tridentata vaseyandElymus cinereus 

Attemisia tridentata wyomingensis/Festuca idahoensis 

Attemisia tridentata wyomingensis/Poa secunda 

Artemisia tridentata wyomingensis/Sitanion hystrix 

Artemis.'a tridenta ta xericensis/Agropyron spica tum 

Artemisia tridentata xericensis/Festuca idahoensis 

Con t 'd. 

USDA Forest Service Gen.Tech.Rep. RMRS-GTR-45. 2000 
Table 2. Cont'd. 

-- 

Estimated Relative 

natural abundance Count of 

relative of reference reference 

abundance occurrences occurrences Priority 

Blue Mountains, Section M332G (Cont'd.) 

Evergreen shrubland (cont'd.) 

Cercocarpus ledifolius/Agropyron spicatum 

Cercocarpus ledifolius/Artemisia tridentata vaseyana 

Cercocarpus ledifolius/Artemisia tridentata/festuca 

ida hoensis 

Cercocarpus ledifolius/Calamagrostis rubescens 

Cercoca rpus ledifolius/Elymus cinereus 

Cercocarpus ledifolius/Festuca idahoensis 

Cercocarpus ledifolius/Symphoricarpos albus/Festuca 

ida hoensis 

Cercocarpus ledifolius/Symphoricarpos oreophilus 

Deciduous shrubland 

Alnus incana - Betula occidentalis/Salix exigua 

Alnus incandAthyrium filix-femina 

Alnus incana/Carex- utriculata 

Alnus incana/Cornus stolonifera 

Alnus incandEquisetum arvense 

Alnus incanhesic forb 

Alnus sinuata 

Alnus sinuatdA thyrium filix- femina 

Alnus sinuatahesic forb 

Alnus sinuataNontia cordifolia 

Betula occidentalis/Celtis reticulata 

Betula occidentalis/Crataegus douglasii 

Cornus stolonifera 

Crataegus douglasii/Montia petfoliata 

Crataegus douglasii/Symphoricarpos albus 

Glossopetalon nevadense/Agropyron spicatum 

Potentilla fruticosdDeschampsia cespitosa 

Physocarpus malvaceus-Symphoricarpos albus 

Salix boothiKarex aquatilis 

Salix boothiihesic forb 

Salix exiguaharren 

Salix geyerianalcarex utriculata 

Sarcobatus vermiculatus/Distichlis stricta stricta 

Sarcobatus vermiculatus/Elymus cinereus 

Symphoricarpos albus-Rosa spp. 

Evergreen dwarf-shrubland 

Eriogonum spp. - Physaria oregana 

Eriogonum sphaerocephalum/Poa secunda 

Eriogonum thymoides/Poa secunda 

Kalmia microphylla/Carex scopulorum 

Phyllodoce empetriformis-Ledum glandulosum 

USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-45.2000 

Cont'd. 

6 1 
Table 2. Cont'd. 

Estimated Relative 

natural abundance Count of 

relative of reference reference 

abundance occurrences occurrences Priority 

Blue Mountains, Section M332G (Cont'd.) 

Perennial graminoid vegetation 

Agropyron spica tum- Melica bulbosa 

Agropyron spicatum- Poa secunda 

Agropyron spicatum- Poa secunda, sca bl and 

Agropyron spicatum- Poa secunddBalsamhoriza sagittata 

Agropyron spicatum/Eriogonum heracleoides 

Agropyron spicatum/Opuntia polyacantha 

Aristida IongisetaPoa secunda 

Attemisia arbuscula arbusculalAgropyron spicatum 

Attemisia arbuscula arbuscula/Festuca idahoensis 

Attemisia arbuscula arbuscula/Poa secunda 

Attemisia rigiddpoa secunda 

Attemisia tridentata vaseyana/Carex geyeri 

Artemisia tridentata vaseyana/festuca idahoensis 

Attemisia tridentata wyomingensis/Agropyron spicatum 

Attemisia tripattitdAgropyron spicatum 

Artemisia tripattita/Festuca ida hoensis 

Attemisia tripattita6tipa comata 

Calamagrostis canadensis 

Carex aquatilis 

Carex cusickii 

Carex lanuginosa 

Carex lasiocarpa 

Carex nebraskensis 

Carex nigricans 

Carex scopulorum 

Carex simulata 

Carex utriculata 

Carex vesicaria 

Deschampsia cespitosa 

Distichlis stricta stricta-Scirpus nevadensis 

Eleocharis palustris (wetlandlriparian) 

Eleocharis pauciflora 

Elymus cinereus 

Eriogonum douglasii/Poa secunda 

Eriogonum strictum/Poa secunda 

Festuca idahoensis (alpine) 

Festuca idahoensis-Agropyron spicatum 

Festuca idahoensis-Carex geyeri 

Festuca idahoensis-Carex hoodii 

Festuca idahoensis- Danthonia intermedia-Carex s p p. 

Festuca ida hoensis- Koeleria cristata 

Juncus balticus 

Juncus drummondii-Carex s p p . 

Juniperus occidentalis/Agropyron spicatum 

Juniperus occidentalis/Artemisia arbusculal 

Festuca idahoensis 

Cont'd. 

USDA Forest Service Gen.Tech.Rep. RMRS-GTR-45. 2000 
Table 2. Cont'd. 

Estimated Relative 

natural abundance Count of 

relative of reference reference 

abundance occurrences occurrences Priority 

Blue Mountains, Section M332G (Cont'd.) 

Perennial graminoid vegetation (cont'd.) 

Juniperus occidentalis/Festuca idahoensis 

Phragmites communis/Rhus radicans 

Purshia tridentataLAgropyron spicatum 

Purshia tridentata/Festuca idahoensis 

Rhus glabra/Agropyron spicatum 

Sporobolus cryptandra 

Sporobolus cryptandra-Poa secunda 

Perennial forb vegetation 

A rtemisia ludoviciana 

Camassia cusickii 

Camassia quamash 

Chrysopsis villosa 

Chrysopsis villosa/Sporobolos cryptandrus 

USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-45. 2000 

Con t 'd. 

63 
Table 2. Cont'd. 

-- 

Estimated Relative 

natural abundance Count of 

relative of reference reference 

abundance occurrences occurrences Priority 

Okanogan Highlands, Section M333A 

Evergreen forest 

Abies grandis/Asarum cauda tum 

Abies grandis/Clintonia uniflora 

A bies grandidlinnaea borealis 

Abies grandis/Physocarpus malvaceus 

Abies grandisflaxus brevifolidAsarum cauda tum 

Abies grandis/Xerophyllum tenax 

Abies lasiocarpa/Calamagrostis canadensis 

Abies lasiocarpa/Clintonia uniflora 

Abies lasiocarpa/Ledum glandulosum 

Abies IasiocarpdLuzula hitchcockii 

Abies IasiocarpdMenziesia ferruginea 

Abies lasiocarpdOplopanax horridum 

Abies lasiocarpdRhododendron albiflorum 

Abies IasiocarpdStreptopus amplexifolius 

Abies lasiocarpaNaccinium scoparium 

Abies lasiocarpa/Xerophyllum tenax 

Picea engelmanni17Equisetum arvense 

Pinus ponderosa/Physocarpus malvaceus 

Pinus ponderosa/Symphoricarpos albus 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Calamagrostis rubescens 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Physocarpus malvaceus 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Spiraea betulifolia 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Symphoricarpos albus 

Pseudotsuga menziesiiNaccinium caespitosum 

Pseudotsuga menziesiiNaccinium globulare 

Thuja plicatdAsarum ca udatum 

Thuja plica tdA thyrium filix- femina 

Thuja plicata/Clintonia uniflora 

Thuja plicatdLysichitum americanum 

Thuja plica ta/Oplopanax horridum 

Tsuga heterophylldAsarum caudatum 

Tsuga heterophylldCIintonia uniflora 

Tsuga heterophylldGymnocarpium dryopteris 

Tsuga heterophylldMenziesia ferruginea 

Tsuga mettensiana/Clintonia uniflora 

Tsuga mettensiandLuzula hitchcockii 

Deciduous forest 

Populus trichocarpdAlnus incana 

Populus trichocarpa/Cornus stolonifera 

Populus trichocarpdRecent Alluvial Bar 

Populus trichocarpa/Symphoricarpos albus 

Evergreen woodland 

Pinus albicaulis-Abies lasiocarpa 

3 

3 

2 

1 

2 

1 

3 

3 

5 

3 

4 

5 

4 

3 

2 

4 

5 

1 

1 

1 

2 

1 

1 

1 

2 

2 

4 

1 

3 

4 

4 

4 

4 

3 

2 

2 

3 

2 

2 

2 

3 

Con t 'd. 

USDA Forest Service Gen.Tech.Rep. RMRS-GTR-45. 2000 
Table 2. Cont'd. 

-- 

Estimated Relative 

natural abundance Count of 

relative of reference reference 

abundance occurrences occurrences Priority 

Okanogan Highlands, Section M333A (Cont'd.) 

Evergreen woodland (cont'd.) 

Pinus ponderosdFestuca idahoensis 

Pinus ponderosaFestuca scabrella 

Deciduous shrubland 

Alnus incandAthyrium filix-femina 

Alnus incandcarex utriculata 

Alnus incana/Equisetum atvense 

Alnus incanaLysichitum americanum 

Alnus incanhesic forb 

Alnus incana/Spiraea douglasii 

Alnus sinuata 

Alnus sinuatdA thyrium filix- femina 

Alnus sinuatahesic forb 

Alnus sinuataMontia cordifolia 

Betula glandulosa/Carex lasiocarpa 

Betula glandulosa/Carex utriculata 

Betula papyriferahralia nudicaulis 

Cornus stolonifera 

Cornus stoloniferdGalium trifolium 

Cornus stoloniferdHeracleum lanatum 

Rhamnus alnifolia 

Salix bebbiana 

Salix bebbianahesic graminoid 

Salix drummondianaCarex utriculata 

Salix exiguaharren 

Salix exiguahesic graminoid 

Spiraea douglasii 

Evergreen dwarf-shrubland 

Cassiope mertensiana- Phyllodoce empetriformis 

Cassiope mertensiandLuetkea pectinata 

Perennial graminoid vegetation 

Calamagrostis canadensis 

Carex aquatilis 

Carex buxbaumii 

Carex cusickii 

Carex lanuginosa 

Carex lasiocarpa 

Carex limosa 

Carex livida 

Carex nigricans 

Carex scopulorum 

Carex utriculata 

Carex vesicaria 

5 

5 

5 

2 

5 

4 

5 

5 

5 

3 

3 

3 

Cont'd 

USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-45.2000 
Table 2. Cont'd. 

Estimated Relative 

natural abundance Count of 

relative of reference reference 

abundance occurrences occurrences Priority 

Okanogan Highlands, Section M333A (Cont'd.) 

Perennial graminoid vegetation (cont'd.) 

Deschampsia cespitosa 

Deschampsia cespitosa/Caltha leptosepala 

Dulichium arundinaceum 

Eleocharis palustris (wetlandlriparian) 

Eriophorum polystachion 

Festuca scabrella-Festuca idahoensis 

Festuca viridula 

Glyceria borealis 

Juncus balticus 

Phalaris arundinacea 

Scirpus acutus 

Perennial forb vegetation 

Equisetum flu via tile 0 0 5 

Cont 'd. 

USDA Forest Service Gen.Tech.Rep. RMRS-GTR-45. 2000 
Table 2. Cont'd. 

Estimated Relative 

natural abundance Count of 

relative of reference reference 

abundance occurrences occurrences Priority 

Flathead Valley, Section M333B 

Evergreen forest 

Abies grandis/Clintonia uniflora 

A bies grandis/Linnaea borealis 

Abies grandis/Physocarpus malvaceus 

Abies grandis/Senecia triangularis 

Abies lasiocarpa/Calamagrostis canadensis 

Abies lasiocarpdCIintonia uniflora 

Abies IasiocarpdLedum glandulosum 

Abies IasiocarpdLuzula hitchcockii 

Abies IasiocarpdMenziesia ferruginea 

Abies lasiocarpdOplopanax horridum 

Abies IasiocarpdStreptopus amplexifolius 

Abies lasiocarpaNaccinium scoparium 

Abies lasiocarpdXerophyllum tenax 

Picea glauca/Equisetum arvense 

Pinus ponderosa/Symphoricarpos albus 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Calamagrostis rubescens 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Physocarpus malvaceus 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Symphoricarpos albus 

Pseudotsuga menziesiiNaccinium caespitosum 

Thuja plicatdAsarum caudatum 

Thuja plica tdA thyrium filix- femina 

Thuja plicatdClintonia uniflora 

Thuja plicata/Oplopanax horridum 

Tsuga heterophylldAsarum caudatum 

Tsuga heterophylla/Cintonia uniflora 

Tsuga heterophylla/Gymnocarpium dryopteris 

Tsuga heterophylldMenziesia ferruginea 

Tsuga mertensiana/Luzula hitchcockii 

Deciduous forest 

Populus trichocarpa/Cornus stolonifera 

Populus trichocarpa/Symphoricarpos albus 

Mixed evergreen-deciduous forest 

Larix lyallii-Abies lasiocarpa 

Evergreen woodland 

Pinus albicaulis-A bies lasiocarpa 

Deciduous shrubland 

Alnus incandAthyrium filix-femina 

Alnus incana/Carex utriculata 

Alnus incana/Equisetum arvense 

Alnus incana/Lysichitum americanum 

Alnus incanaLSpiraea douglasii 

USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-45.2000 

4 

3 

2 

5 

4 

4 

5 

4 

4 

5 

2 

2 

4 

5 

5 

4 

4 

2 

4 

2 

2 

4 

2 

1 

4 

1 

1 

2 

3 

5 

2 

2 

5 

5 

5 

5 

5 

Cont'd. 

67 
Table 2. Cont'd. 

Estimated Relative 

natural abundance Count of 

relative of reference reference 

abundance occurrences occurrences Priority 

Flathead Valley, Section M333B (Cont'd.) 

Deciduous shrubland (cont'd.) 

Alnus sinua tdA thyrium filix- femina 

Alnus sinuataknesic forb 

Alnus sinuatdMontia cordifolia 

Betula glandulosdCarex utriculata 

Cornus stolonifera 

Potentilla fruticosa,Deschampsia cespitosa 

Salix candiddcarex utriculata 

Salix drummondiana 

Salix geyeriana/Calamagrostis canadensis 

Salix geyerianaLarex aquatilis 

Salix planifolia monica/Carex scopulorum 

Salix wolfii/Deschampsia cespitosa 

Spiraea douglasii 

Evergreen dwarf-shrubland 

Cassiope mettensiana- Phyllodoce empetriformis 

Cassiope mettensiandLuetkea pectinata 

Kalmia microphylla/Carex scopulorum 

Phyllodoce empetri formidAntennaria lanata 

Perennial graminoid vegetation 

Agropyron spicatum- Poa secunda 

Calamagrostis canadensis 

Carex apetta 

Carex aqua tilis 

Carex buxbaumii 

Carex cusickii 

Carex lasiocarpa 

Carex limosa 

Carex nebraskensis 

Carex nigricans 

Carex scopulorum 

Carex simulata 

Carex utricula ta 

Deschampsia cespitosa 

Dulichium arundinaceum 

Eleocharis palustris (wetlandlriparian) 

Eleocharis pauci flora 

Festuca viridula 

Glyceria borealis 

Juncus balticus 

Scirpus acutus 

Scirpus validus 

Perennial forb vegetation 

Equisetum flu via tile 0 0 Cont'd. 

USDA Forest Service Gen.Tech.Rep. RMRS-GTR-45. 2000 
Table 2. Cont'd. 

- 

Estimated Relative 

natural abundance Count of 

relative of reference reference 

abundance occurrences occurrences Priority 

Bitterroot Mountains, Section M333D 

Evergreen forest 

Abies grandis/Asarum caudatum 

Abies grandis/Clintonia uniflora 

A bies grandis/Linnaea borealis 

Abies grandis/Physocarpus malvaceus 

A bies grandidsenecia triangularis 

Abies grandis/Spiraea betulifolia 

A bies grandisflaxus bre vifolidAsarum caudatum 

A bies grandis/Xerophyllum tenax 

Abies lasiocarpa/Calamagrostis canadensis 

Abies lasiocarpa/Clintonia uniflora 

Abies IasiocarpdLedum glandulosum 

A bies fasiocarpdL uzula hitchcockii 

Abies IasiocarpdMenziesia ferruginea 

Abies lasiocarpa/Oplopanax horridum 

Abies lasiocarpa/Streptopus amplexifolius 

Abies lasiocarpa/Vaccinium globulare 

A bies lasiocarpa/Vaccinium scoparium 

Abies lasiocarpdXerophyllum tenax 

Pinus contorta/Vaccinium caespitosum 

Pinus contorta/Vaccinium scoparium 

Pin us con torta/Xerophyllum tenax 

Pinus ponderosdPhysocarpus malvaceus 

Pinus ponderosa/Symphoricarpos albus 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Calamagrostis rubescens 

Pseudotsuga menziesiPhysocarpus malvaceus 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Spiraea betulifolia 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Symphorica rpos albus 

Pseudotsuga menziesiiNaccinium caespitosum 

Pseudotsuga menziesii7Vaccinium globulare 

Thuja plicatdDtyopteris spp. 

Thuja plica tdAdiantum peda tum 

Thuja plicatdAsarum ca udatum 

Thuja plicata/A thyrium filix- femina 

Thuja plicata/Clintonia uniflora 

Thuja plicatdGymnocarpium dtyopteris 

Thuja plicatdLysichitum americanum 

Thuja plicata/Oplopanax horridum 

Tsuga heterophylldAsarum caudatum 

Tsuga heterophylla/CIin tonia uni flora 

Tsuga heterophylla/Gymnocarpium dtyopteris 

Tsuga mertensiandclintonia uniflora 

Tsuga mertensiandLuzula hitchcockii 

Tsuga mertensiandMenziesia ferruginea 

Tsuga mertensiana/Phyllodoce empetriformis 

Tsuga mertensiana43treptopus amplexifolius 

Tsuga mertensiana/Xerophyllum tenax 

USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-45.2000 

Cont'd. 

69 
Table 2. Cont'd. 

Estimated Relative 

natural abundance Count of 

relative of reference reference 

abundance occurrences occurrences Priority 

Bitterroot Mountains, Section M333D (Cont'd.) 

Deciduous forest 

Populus trichocarpdCornus stolonifera 

Populus trichocarpdRhamnus alnifolia 

Populus trichocarpa~Symphoricarpos albus 

Mixed evergreen-deciduous forest 

Larix lyallii-A bies lasiocarpa 

Evergreen woodland 

Abies lasiocarpa-Pinus albicaulis/Vaccinium scoparium 

Pinus albicaulis-Abies lasiocarpa 

Pinus ponderosa/Festuca idahoensis 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Festuca idahoensis 

Deciduous shrubland 

Alnus incandAthyrium filix-femina 

Alnus incana/Carex utriculata 

Alnus incandEquisetum arvense 

Alnus incandLysichitum americanum 

Alnus incandspiraea douglasii 

Alnus sinuata 

Alnus sinuatdAthyrium filix- femina 

Alnus sinuatalfnesic forb 

Alnus sinuatdMontia cordifolia 

Betula glandulosa/Carex simulata 

Betula glandulosa/Carex utriculata 

Betula occidentalis 

Cornus stolonifera 

Potentilla fruticosdDeschampsia cespitosa 

Salix candidaGarex utriculata 

Salix drummondiana 

Salix geyeriandCalamagrostis canadensis 

Salix geyerianaKarex aqua tilis 

Salix geyeriana/Carex utriculata 

Salix planifolia monica/Carex scopulorum 

Salix wolfii/Carex aqua tilis 

Spiraea douglasii 

Evergreen dwarf-shrubland 

Cassiope mettensiana-Phyllodoce empetriformis 

Cassiope mettensiandLuetkea pectinata 

Kalmia microp hyllaKa rex scopulo rum 

Phyllodoce empetriformis- Ledum glandulosum 

Phyllodoce empetriformis/Antennaria lanata 

Phyllodoce empetriformis/Carex scopulorum 

Cont'd. 

USDA Forest Service Gen.Tech.Rep. RMRS-GTR-45. 2000 
Table 2. Cont'd. 

Estimated Relative 

natural abundance Count of 

relative of reference reference 

abundance occurrences occurrences Priority 

Bitterroot Mountains, Section M333D (Cont'd.) 

Perennial graminoid vegetation 

Agropyron spicatum- Poa secunda 

Calamagrostis canadensis 

Carex aquatilis 

Carex buxbaumii 

Carex lasiocarpa 

Carex nebraskensis 

Carex nigricans 

Carex nigricans-Agrostis humilis 

Carex scopulorum 

Carex simulata 

Carex utriculata 

Deschampsia cespitosa 

Eleocharis palustris (wetlandlriparian) 

Eleocharis pauciflora 

Festuca idahoensis-Agropyron spicatum 

Festuca viridula 

Glyceria borealis 

Juncus balticus 

Juncus drummondii-Carex s pp. 

Juncus parryi 

Phalaris arundinacea 

Scirpus acutus 

Perennial forb vegetation 

Equisetum fluvia tile 0 0 5 

Xerophyllum tenax 0 3 1 3 

USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-45. 2000 
Appendices 
Appendix A. Research Natural Areas on National Forest System lands in ldaho listed by ecological section with the code 

for the area (fig. I), the size of the area (acres), and minimum and maximum and elevations. 

Area and section Code 

Minimum Maximum 

Size elevation elevation 

Northwest Basin and Range, Section 342B-Eastern Portion 

Mount Harrison 

Pole Canyon 

Trapper Creek 

Yellowstone Highlands, Section M331 A 

Moose Creek Plateau 

Sheep Falls 

Thurmon Creek 

Willow Creek 

Overthrust Mountains, Section M331 D 

Burns Canyon 

Burton Canyon 

Gibson Jack Creek 

Horse Creek 

Meade Peak 

St. Charles Creek 

West Fork Mink Creek 

ldaho Batholith, Section M332A 

Back Creek 

Bannock Creek 

Bear Creek 

Bruin Mountain 

Circle End Creek 

Colson Creek 

Dome Lake 

Dry Buck 

Dry Gulch - Forge Creek 

Dutch Creek 

Eggers Creek 

Elk Creek Exclosure 

Elk Creek 

Fenn Mountain 

Fish Lake 

Frog Meadows 

Grave Peak 

Gunbarrel Creek 

Lava Butte 

Lochsa 

Lowman 

Monumental Creek 

Moose Meadow Creek 

Mystery Lake 

Needles 

No Business Creek 

North Fork Boise River 

O'Hara Creek 

Patrick Butte 

Phoebe Meadows 

Pole Creek Exclosure 

Pony Meadows 

USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-45.2000 

9,240 

8,376 

6,400 

8,260 

6,000 

6,745 

6,165 

7,652 

7,855 

7,214 

8,275 

9,957 

8,453 

7,000 

8,922 

6,200 

7,499 

8,690 

7,769 

4,515 

9,316 

5,280 

8,140 

3,532 

6,460 

4,400 

8,371 

8,021 

6,400 

7,985 

8,282 

7,192 

8,328 

3,680 

5,200 

6,057 

7,425 

10,329 

8,880 

7,200 

6,000 

6,815 

8,841 

7,400 

7,360 

8,376 

Cont'd. 

73 
Appendix A. Cont'd. 

Minimum Maximum 

Area and section Code Size elevation elevation 

Idaho Batholith, Section M332A (Cont'd.) 

Raspberry Gulch 

Redfish Lake Moraine 

Roaring River 

Salmon Mountain 

Sawtooth Valley Peatlands 

Sneakfoot Meadows 

Soldier Lakes 

Square Mountain Creek 

Trinity Mountain 

Upper Newsome Creek 

Warm Springs Creek 

Beaverhead Mountains, Section M332E 

Allan Mountain 

Copper Mountain 

Davis Canyon 

Kenney Creek 

Mahogany Creek 

Meadow Canyon 

Merriam Lake Basin 

Middle Canyon 

Mill Lake 

Sheep Mountain 

Targhee Creek 

Webber Creek 

Challis Volcanics, Section M332F 

Basin Gulch 

Belvidere Creek 

Cache Creek Lakes 

Chilcoot Peak 

Iron Bog 

Smiley Mountain 

Surprise Valley 

Blue Mountains, Section M332G 

Alum Beds 

Bear Creek 

Bills Creek 

Council Mountain 

Cuddy Mountain 

Emery Creek 

Lightning Creek 

Little Granite Creek 

Lost Basin Grassland 

Pony Creek 

Rocky Comfort Flat 

Okanogan Highlands, Section M333A 

Binarch Creek 

Bottle Lake 

Canyon Creek 

Kaniksu Marsh 

Potholes 

RG 

RLI 

RR 

SM 

sv 

SW 

SL 

SQ 

TM 

UN 

WS 

AM 

CM 

DC 

KC 

MC 

ME 

ML 

MI 

MA 

SB 

TC 

WC 

BG 

BE 

CC 

CP 

I B 

s I 

SU 

AB 

BA 

BI 

CU 

CD 

EM 

LC 

LG 

LS 

PO 

RC 

BB 

BO 

CA 

KM 

PT 

4,880 

7,520 

7,680 

8,800 

6,840 

6,616 

9,147 

8,000 

9,451 

5,720 

5,320 

9,154 

10,303 

10,028 

9,604 

1 1,828 

ll,6l2 

12,065 

1 O,8l 0 

10,693 

10,865 

10,388 

1 1,393 

10,458 

9,273 

9,881 

8,998 

8,600 

1 1,508 

1 1,878 

4,800 

6,265 

2,000 

8,126 

7,187 

5,860 

7,600 

7,993 

5,560 

8,048 

4,515 

3,200 

3,368 

5,970 

2,525 

3,150 

Cont'd. 

USDA Forest Service Gen.Tech.Rep. RMRS-GTR-45. 2000 
Appendix A. Cont'd. 

Area and section Code Size 

Minimum Maximum 

elevation elevation 

Okanogan Highlands, Section M333A (Cont'd.) 

Smith Creek 

Snowy Top 

Tepee Creek 

Three Ponds 

Upper Priest River 

Flathead Valley, Section M333B 

Hunt Girl Creek 

Scotchman No. 2 

Bitterroot Mountains, Section M333D 

Aquarius 

Bald Mountain 

Bull Run Creek 

Chateau Falls 

Five Lakes Butte 

Four-bit Creek 

Montford Creek 

Pond Peak 

Rhodes Peak 

Spion Kop 

Steep Lakes 

Theriault Lake 

Upper Fishhook 

Upper Shoshone Creek 

USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-45.2000 
Appendix B. Research Natural Areas on National Forest System lands in ldaho listed by lead Forest and Ranger District 

with proposed Research Natural Areas (pRNA) and established Research Natural Areas (RNA). 

Boise National Forest 

Cascade Ranger District 

Back Creek 

Chilcoot Peak 

Needles 

Emmett Ranger District 

Dry Buck 

Eggers Creek 

ldaho City Ranger District 

Bannock Creek 

North Fork Boise River 

Lowman Ranger District 

Bear Creek 

Lowman 

Monumental Creek 

Mountain Home Ranger District 

Elk Creek Exclosure 

Roaring River 

Raspberry Gulch 

Trinity Mountain 

Caribou National Forest 

Montpelier Ranger District 

Burton Canyon 

Elk Valley 

Meade Peak 

St. Charles Creek 

Pocatello Ranger District 

Gibson Jack Creek 

West Fork Mink Creek 

Soda Springs Ranger District 

Horse Creek 

Clearwater National Forest 

Lochsa Ranger District 

Bald Mountain 

Dutch Creek 

Fenn Mountain 

Lochsa 

North Fork Ranger District 

Aquarius 

Chateau Falls 

RhodesPeak 

Steep Lakes 

Palouse Ranger District 

Bull Run Creek 

RNA 

RNA 

RNA 

RNA 

RNA 

RNA 

RNA 

RNA 

RNA 

RNA 

RNA 

RNA 

RNA 

RNA 

RNA 

pRNA 

RNA 

RNA 

RNA 

RNA 

RNA 

RNA 

RNA 

pRNA 

RNA 

RNA 

RNA 

pRNA 

RNA 

RNA 

Pierce Ranger District 

Four-bit Creek 

Powell Ranger District 

Grave Peak 

Sneakfoot Meadows 

ldaho Panhandle National Forests 

Avery Ranger District 

Five Lakes Butte 

Upper Fish hook 

Bonners Ferry Ranger District 

Hunt Girl Creek 

Smith Creek 

Three Ponds 

Fernan Ranger District 

Montford Creek 

Priest Lake Ranger District 

Binarch Creek 

Bottle Lake 

Canyon Creek 

Kaniksu Marsh 

Potholes 

Snowy Top 

Tepee Creek 

Upper Priest River 

Sandpoint Ranger District 

Scotchman No. 2 

St. Maries Ranger District 

Theriault Lake 

Wallace Ranger District 

Pond Peak 

Spion Kop 

Upper Shoshone Creek 

Nez Perce National Forest 

Elk City Ranger District 

Upper Newsome Creek 

Red River Ranger District 

Elk Creek 

Fish Lake 

Moose Meadow Creek 

Salmon Mountain 

Warm Springs Creek 

Salmon River Ranger District 

No Business Creek 

Square Mountain Creek 

RNA 

RNA 

RNA 

RNA 

RNA 

RNA 

RNA 

RNA 

RNA 

RNA 

RNA 

RNA 

RNA 

RNA 

RNA 

RNA 

pRNA 

RNA 

RNA 

RNA 

RNA 

RNA 

RNA 

RNA 

RNA 

RNA 

RNA 

RNA 

RNA 

RNA 

Cont'd. 

USDA Forest Service Gen.Tech.Rep. RMRS-GTR-45. 2000 
Appendix B. Cont'd. 

Selway Ranger District 

O'Hara Creek RNA 

Hells Canyon National Recreation Area 

(Administered by Wallowa-Whitman National Forest) 

Little Granite Creek 

Alum Beds 

Lightning Creek 

Bills Creek 

Payette National Forest 

Council Ranger District 

Bear Creek 

Council Mountain 

Emery Creek 

Lost Basin Grassland 

Rocky Comfort Flat 

Krassel Ranger District 

Belvidere Creek 

Circle End Creek 

Phoebe Meadows 

McCall Ranger District 

Pony Meadows 

New Meadows Ranger District 

Bruin Mountain 

Lava Butte 

Patrick Butte 

Pony Creek 

Weiser Ranger District 

Cuddy Mountain 

Salmon - Challis National Forests 

Challis Ranger District 

Mahogany Creek 

Merriam Lake Basin 

Cobalt Ranger District 

Dry Gulch - Forge Creek 

Frog Meadows 

Lost River Ranger District 

Iron Bog 

Middle Canyon 

Smiley Mountain 

Surprise Valley 

pRNA 

pRNA 

pRNA 

pRNA 

RNA 

RNA 

RNA 

RNA 

RNA 

RNA 

RNA 

RNA 

RNA 

RN A 

RNA 

pRNA 

RNA 

RNA 

RNA 

RNA 

RNA 

RNA 

RNA 

RNA 

RNA 

RNA 

Leadore Ranger District 

Bear Valley Creek 

Mill Lake 

Kenney Creek 

Sheep Mountain 

Middle Fork Ranger District 

Cache Creek Lakes 

Soldier Lakes 

North Fork Ranger District 

Allan Mountain 

Colson Creek 

Davis Canyon 

Dome Lake 

Gunbarrel Creek 

Yankee Fork Ranger District 

Mystery Lake 

Sawtooth National Forest 

Burley Ranger District 

Mount Harrison 

Pole Canyon 

Ketchum Ranger District 

Basin Gulch 

Sawtooth National Recreation Area 

Pole Creek Exclosure 

Redfish Lake Moraine 

Sawtooth Valley Peatlands 

Twin Falls Ranger District 

Trapper Creek 

Targhee National Forest 

Ashton Ranger District 

Sheep Falls 

Willow Creek 

Dubois Ranger District 

Copper Mountain 

Meadow Canyon 

Webber Creek 

Island Park Ranger District 

Moose Creek Plateau 

Targhee Creek 

Thurmon Creek 

RNA 

RNA 

RNA 

RNA 

RNA 

RNA 

RNA 

RNA 

RNA 

RNA 

RNA 

RNA 

RNA 

RNA 

RNA 

RNA 

RNA 

RNA 

RNA 

pRNA 

RNA 

RNA 

RNA 

RNA 

RNA 

RNA 

RNA 

Palisades Ranger District 

Burns Canyon RNA 

USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-45. 2000 
Appendix C. Natural Areas considered in the representativeness assessment listed alphabetically by the State in 

which they occur. 

ldaho 

Allan Mountain 

Allison Creek Island 

Aquarius 

Back Creek 

Bald Mountain 

Bannock Creek 

Basin Gulch 

Bear Valley Creek 

Bear Creek (Payette) 

Bear Creek (Boise) 

Belvidere Creek 

Binarch Creek 

Blackfoot River 

Bottle Lake 

Bruin Mountain 

Bull Run Creek 

Burns Canyon RNA 

Burton Canyon 

Cache Creek Lakes 

Canyon Creek 

Chateau Falls 

Cheatbeck Canyon 

Chilcoot Peak 

Circle End Creek 

Colson Creek 

Copper Mountain 

Council Mountain 

Cuddy Mountain 

Davis Canyon 

Dome Lake 

Dry Gulch - Forge Creek 

Dry Buck 

Dutch Creek 

East Shore Henrys Lake 

Eggers Creek 

Elk Butte Mountain Hemlock 

Elk Creek 

Elk Creek Exclosure 

Emery Creek 

Fenn Mountain 

Fish Lake 

Five Lakes Butte 

Flat Ranch 

Four-bit Creek 

Frog Meadows 

Garden Creek Preserve 

Gibson Jack Creek 

Goodrich Creek 

Grave Peak 

Gunbarrel Creek 

Gunsight Peak 

Horse Creek RNA 

Hunt Girl Creek 

Idler's Rest Site 

Idaho (Cont'd.) Idaho (Cont'd.) 

Iron Bog 

Jim Sage Canyon 

Kaniksu Marsh 

Kenney Creek 

Lava Butte 

Little Granite Creek 

Loc hsa 

Lost Basin Grassland 

Lowman 

Lucky Dog Creek 

Mahogany Creek 

Meade Peak 

Meadow Canyon 

Middle Canyon 

Mill Lake 

Montford Creek 

Monumental Creek 

Moose Meadow Creek 

Moose Creek Plateau 

Morris Creek Old Growth Cedar 

Grove 

Mount Harrison 

Mystery Lake 

Needles 

No Business Creek 

North Fork Boise River 

O'Hara Creek 

Oxford Slough 

Pecks Canyon 

Petticoat Peak 

Phoebe Meadows 

Pole Canyon 

Pole Creek Exclosure 

Pond Peak 

Pony Creek 

Pony Meadows 

Potholes 

Raspberry Gulch 

Redfish Lake Moraine 

Rhodes Peak 

Roaring River 

Robbers Roost Creek 

Rocky Comfort Flat 

Salmon Mountain 

Sand Creek Ponds 

Sawtooth Valley Peatlands 

Scotchman No. 2 

Sheep Mountain 

Smiley Mountain 

Smith Creek 

Sneakfoot Meadows 

Snowy Top 

Soldier Lakes 

Spion Kop 

Square Mountain Creek 

St. Charles Creek 

Steep Lakes 

Surprise Valley 

Swamp Hollow 

Targhee Creek 

Tepee Creek 

Theriault Lake 

Three Ponds 

Thurmon Creek 

Trapper Creek 

Trinity Mountain 

Upper Shoshone Creek 

Upper Priest River 

Upper Newsome Creek 

Upper Fishhook 

Wapshilla Ridge 

Warm Springs Creek 

Webber Creek 

West Fork Mink Creek 

Willow Creek 

Montana 

Barktable Ridge 

Basin Creek 

Big Creek 

Cattle Gulch 

Cave Mountain 

Cliff Lake 

Cottonwood Creek 

Elkhorn Lake 

Horse Prairie 

Hoskins Lake 

Lebeau 

Little Bitterroot 

Lower Ross Creek 

Norman-Parmenter 

Pete Creek Meadows 

Skull-Odell 

T. W. Daniels 

Wolf-Weigel 

Utah 

Mollens Hollow 

Washington 

Bunchgrass Meadows 

Roundtop Mountain 

Salmo 

Wyoming 

Afton Front 

Gros Ventre 

Osborn Mountain 

Swift Creek 

Con t 'd. 

USDA Forest Service Gen.Tech.Rep. RMRS-GTR-45.2000 
Appendix C. (Cont'd.) 

Conservation sites considered for inclusion in the analysis but eliminated due to the nature of 

information on plant community element occurrences listed alphabetically by State. 

Idaho Oregon 

Big Elk Creek 

Buckwheat Flats 

Cronks Canyon 

East Fork Salmon River Bench 

Fishhook Creek 

Goose Creek Mesa 

Hemingway Preserve Site 

Hidden Lake 

Hobo Cedar Grove 

Kootenai National Wildlife Refuge Site 

Lake Creek 

Lewis and Clark Grove 

Lucile Caves 

Lund Creek 

Mcarthur Lake Wildlife Management Area 

Merriam Lake Basin 

Middle Canyon Alluvial Fan 

Oneida Narrows 

Patrick Butte 

Red Horse Mountain 

Settler's Grove of Ancient Cedars 

Sheep Falls 

Shepherd Lake 

Southwest Lemhi Range 

Summer Creek 

Tex Creek 

Thomas Fork Valley 

Trail Creek 

Worm Creek 

Montana 

Berray Mountain Cedars 

Goat Flat 

Baldy Mountain 

Basin Creek 

Bills Creek 

Bobs Creek 

Canyon Creek 

Dry Mountain 

Duck Lake 

Dugout Creek 

Elk Flats - Wenaha Breaks 

Government Draw 

Haystack Rock 

Horse Pasture Ridge 

Kelly Creek Butte 

Ochoco Divide 

Pataha Bunchgrass 

Pleasant Valley 

Point Prominence 

Rainbow Creek 

Razz Lake 

Shake Table Mountain 

Silver Creek 

Stinger Creek 

Vinegar Hill 

Washington 

Baird Basin 

Fire Mountain 

Halliday Fen 

Maitlen Creek 

Maple Mountain 

Thirteen Mile Pond 

USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-45. 2000 
Appendix D. Plant community elements that occur in Research Natural Areas on National Forest 

System lands in Idaho listed alphabetically by Research Natural Area with the total area of 

occurrence. Blank entries indicate missing data. 

Acres 

Allan Mountain 

Abies IasiocarpdLedum glandulosum 

A bies IasiocarpdMenziesia ferruginea 

A bies lasiocarpdXerophyllum tenax, Luzula hitchcockii phase 

Abies lasiocarpdXerophyllum tenax, Vaccinium globulare phase 

Abies lasiocarpdXerophyllum tenax, Vaccinium scoparium phase 

Larix lyallii-A bies lasiocarpa 

Pinus albicaulis-Abies lasiocarpa 

Alum Beds 

Aquarius 

Abies grandis/Asarum cauda tum 

Abies grandis/Clintonia uniflora 

Abies grandis/Physocarpus malvaceus 

A bies grandidspiraea betulifolia 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Physocarpus malvaceus 

Thuja plicatdDtyopteris s p p. 

Thuja plicatdAdiantum pedatum 

Thuja plica tdAsarum cauda tum 

Thuja plicatdAthyrium filix-femina 

Thuja plicata/Clintonia uniflora 

Thuja plicata/l_ysichitum americanum 

Thuja plicata/Oplopanax horridum 

Back Creek 

Abies lasiocarpa/Calamagrostis canadensis, Ligusticum canbyi phase 

Abies lasiocarpa/Calamagrostis canadensis, Vaccinium caespitosum phase 

Abies lasiocarpa/Calamagrostis rubescens 

A bies lasiocarpa/Caltha biflora 

Abies IasiocarpdCarex geyeri 

Abies lasiocarpdLedum glandulosum 

Abies lasiocarpa/Luzula hitchcockii, Luzula hitchcockii phase 

Abies lasiocarpa/Luzula hitchcockii, Vaccinium scoparium phase 

Abies IasiocarpdMenziesia ferruginea, Menziesia ferruginea phase 

Abies lasiocarpa/Streptopus amplexifolius 

Abies lasiocarpa/Vaccinium caespitosum 

A bies lasiocarpa/Vaccinium globulare 

Abies lasiocarpa/Vaccinium scoparium, Calamagrostis rubescens phase 

Abies lasiocarpa/Vaccinium scoparium, Pinus albicaulis phase 

Abies lasiocarpaNaccinium scoparium, Vaccinium scoparium phase 

Pinus contorta,Fes tuca ida hoensis 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Calamagrostis rubescens 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Ca rex geyeri 

Con t 'd. 

USDA Forest Service Gen.Tech.Rep. RMRS-GTR-45. 2000 
Appendix D. (Cont'd.) 

Acres 

Bald Mountain 

Abies IasiocarpdMenziesia ferruginea, Luzula hitchcockii phase 

Abies IasiocarpdMenziesia ferruginea, Xerophyllum tenax phase 

Abies lasiocarpa/Xerophyllum tenax 

Abies lasiocarpdXerophyllum tenax, Luzula hitchcockii phase 

Festuca viridula 

Tsuga mertensiana/luzula hitchcockii 

Tsuga mertensiandMenziesia ferruginea, Luzula hitchcockii phase 

Xerophyllum tenax 

Bannock Creek 

Artemisia tridentata vaseyandAgropyron spicatum 

Artemisia tridentata vaseyanaFestuca ida hoensis 

Pinus ponderosaPurshia triden ta ta 

Pinus ponderosa/Symphoricarpos oreophilus 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Carex geyeri, Pinus ponderosa phase 

Pseudotsuga menziesiPhysocarpus malvaceus 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Spiraea betulifolia, Calamagrostis rubescens phase 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Symphoricarpos albus 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Symphoricarpos oreophilus 

Basin Gulch 

Abies IasiocarpdArnica cordifolia 

A bies IasiocarpdCarex geyeri 

Abies IasiocarpdRibes montigenum 

Artemisia tridentata vaseyandAgropyron spicatum 

Artemisia tridentata vaseyanaFestuca idahoensis 

Pinus albica ulis/Poa nervosa 

Pseudotsuga menziesiiZJuniperus communis 

Bear Creek (Payette) 

A bies grandidspiraea betulifolia 

Abies grandisNaccinium globulare 

Bear Creek (Boise) 

Artemisia tridentata vaseyandAgropyron spicatum 

Artemisia tridentata vaseyandFestuca idahoensis 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Symphoricarpos oreophilus 

Bear Valley Creek 

Abies lasiocarpa/Calamagrostis canadensis, Calamagrostis canadensis phase 

Abies lasiocarpa/Calamagrostis rubescens 

Abies lasiocarpa/Juniperus communis 

Abies lasiocarpa/Ledum glandulosum 

Abies IasiocarpdLinnaea borealis 

Abies IasiocarpdStreptopus amplexifolius 

A bies lasiocarpa/Vaccinium scoparium 

Picea engelmannii/Ca rex disperma 

Pinus albicaulis-Abies lasiocarpa 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Calamagrostis rubescens 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Cercocarpus ledifolius 

Pseudotsuga menziesiflestuca idahoensis 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Symphoricarpos oreophilus 

USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-45.2000 

Cont'd. 

81 
Appendix D. (Cont'd.) 

Acres 

Belvidere Creek 

Abies IasiocarpaGarex geyeri 

A bies IasiocarpaL edum glandulosum 

A bies IasiocarpaL uzula hitchcockii 

Abies IasiocarpdMenziesia ferruginea, Menziesia ferruginea phase 

Abies lasiocarpaNaccinium globulare 

Abies IasiocarpaNaccinium scoparium 

Abies lasiocarpdXerophyllum tenax, Vaccinium globulare phase 

Abies lasiocarpdXerophyllum tenax, Vaccinium scoparium phase 

Alnus sinuata 

Artemisia tridentata vaseyanaFestuca idahoensis 

Pinus albicaulis-A bies lasiocarpa 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Calamagrostis rubescens 

Bills Creek 

Binarch Creek 

Abies grandis/Asarum caudatum, Asarum caudatum phase 

Abies grandis/Clintonia uniflora, Physocarpus malvaceus phase 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Physocarpus malvaceus 

Thuja plicatdAsarum caudatum, Asarum caudatum phase 

Thuja plicata/Athyrium filix-femina, Athyrium filix-femina phase 

Thuja plicata/Clintonia uniflora, Clintonia uniflora phase 

Thuja plicatdOplopanax horridum 

Tsuga heterophylla/tlsarum caudatum, Asarum caudatum phase 

Tsuga heterophylla/Clintonia uniflora, Clintonia uniflora phase 

Bottle Lake 

Abies grandis/Clintonia uniflora 

Carex lasiocarpa 

Poor fen 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Physocarpus malvaceus 

Tsuga heterophylla/Clintonia uniflora 

Valley peatland floating mat 

Bruin Mountain 

Abies lasiocarpdCalamagrostis canadensis, Ligusticum canbyi phase 

Abies IasiocarpdLedum glandulosum 

Abies IasiocarpdMenziesia ferruginea, Menziesia ferruginea phase 

Abies lasiocarpa/Streptopus amplexifolius, Ligusticum canbyi phase 

Abies lasiocarpaNaccinium globulare, Vaccinium scoparium phase 

Abies lasiocarpaNaccinium scoparium 

Abies lasiocarpa/Xerophyllum tenax, Luzula hitchcockii phase 

A bies lasiocarpa/Xerophyllum tenax, Vaccinium globulare phase 

Alnus sinuata 

Pinus albicaulis-Abies lasiocarpa 

Cont'd. 

USDA Forest Service Gen.Tech.Rep. RMRS-GTR-45.2000 
Appendix D. (Cont'd.) 

Acres 

Bull Run Creek 

Abies grandis/Asarum caudatum, Asarum caudatum phase 

Abies grandis/Clintonia uniflora, Clintonia uniflora phase 

Abies grandis/Clintonia uniflora, Physocarpus malvaceus phase 

Abies grandis/Physocarpus malvaceus 

Festuca idahoensis-Agropyron spicatum 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Physocarpus malvaceus 

Thuja plicatdAsa rum caudatum, Asarum caudatum phase 

Thuja plicatdAthyrium filix-femina 

Thuja plicatdClintonia uniflora, Clintonia uniflora phase 

Thuja plicatdGymnocarpium dryopteris 

Burns Canyon 

A bies IasiocarpalAcer glabrum 

Abies lasiocarpa/Physocarpus malvaceus 

Abies lasiocarpa/Vaccinium globulare, Pachistima myrsinites phase 

Acer grandidentatum/Calamagrostis rubescens 

Alnus incana/Ribes hudsonianum 

Artemisia tridentata vaseyandAgropyron spicatum 

Cercocarpus ledifolius/Agropyron spicatum 

Cornus stolonifera/Heracleum lanatum 

Populus tremuloides- Pseudotsuga menziesii/Amelanchier alnifolia 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Acer glabrum 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Physocarpus malvaceus, Pachistima myrsinites phase 

Burton Canyon 

Abies IasiocarpdAcer glabrum 

Abies lasiocarpa/Calamagrostis rubescens, Calamagrostis rubescens phase 

Abies lasiocarpa/Osmorhiza chilensis 

Acer grandidentatum/Osmorhiza chilensis 

Artemisia tridenta ta spici formis/Bromus carinatus 

Artemisia tridentata vaseyana-Symphoricarpos oreophilus/Agropyron spicatum 

A rtemisia tridentata vaseyandAgropyron spicatum 

Cercocarpus ledifolius/Agropyron spicatum 

Cornus stoloniferdGalium trifolium 

Populus tremuloides- Pseudotsuga menziesii/Amelanchier alnifolia 

Populus tremuloides/Thalictrum fendleri 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Acer glabrum 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Calamagrostis rubescens, Calamagrostis rubescens phase 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Calamagrostis rubescens, Pachistima myrsinites phase 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Cercocarpus ledifolius 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Osmorhiza chilensis 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Symphoricarpos oreophilus 

Cache Creek Lakes 

A bies IasiocarpdCarex geyeri, Carex geyeri phase 

Abies IasiocarpdJuniperus communis 

A bies lasiocarpdLedum glandulosum 

A bies lasiocarpaNaccinium scoparium, Pinus albicaulis phase 

Pinus albicaulis-Abies lasiocarpa 

USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-45.2000 

Cont 'd. 

83 
Appendix D. (Cont'd.) 

Acres 

Canyon Creek 

Abies lasiocarpa/Clintonia uniflora 

Abies lasiocarpa/Menziesia ferruginea 

Abies lasiocarpa/Streptopus ampli?xifolius 

Abies lasiocarpaiXerophyllum tenax 

Festuca viridula 

Pinus albicaulis-Abies lasiocarpa 

Thuja plicatdAthyrium filix-femina 

Thuja plica taDplopanax horridum 

Tsuga heterophylldAsarum caudatum 

Tsuga heterophylla/Clintonia uniflora 

Tsuga heterophylldGymnocarpium dryopteris 

Tsuga heterophylldMenziesia ferruginea 

Chateau Falls 

Abies grandis/Clintonia uniflora 

Abies grandidLinnaea borealis 

Abies grandis/Physocarpus malvaceus 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Physocarpus malvaceus 

Thuja plicatdA diantum pedatum 

Chilcoot Peak 

Abies lasiocarpa/Calamagrostis canadensis, Calamagrostis canadensis phase 

A bies lasiocarpa/Calamagrostis canadensis, Ligusticum canbyi phase 

Abies lasiocarpdCalamagrostis rubescens 

Abies lasiocarpa/Caltha biflora 

A bies IasiocarpdCarex geyeri 

Abies lasiocarpa/ledum glandulosum 

A bies lasiocarpa/luzula hitchcockii, Luzula hitchcockii phase 

Abies lasiocarpdLuzula hitchcockii, Vaccinium scoparium phase 

Abies IasiocarpdMenziesia ferruginea 

Abies IasiocarpdStreptopus amplexifolius 

Abies lasiocarpa/Vaccinium scoparium 

Pinus albicaulis-Abies lasiocarpa 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Carex geyeri 

Circle End Creek 

Abies grandisNaccinium globulare 

A bies IasiocarpaKarex geyeri 

Pinus ponderosdAgropyron spicatum 

Pinus ponderosdfestuca idahoensis 

Pinus ponderosaPurshia tridentata, Agropyron spicatum phase 

Pinus ponderosdSymphoricarpos oreophilus 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Festuca idahoensis 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Physocarpus malvaceus 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Symphoricarpos oreophilus 

Con t 'd. 

USDA Forest Service Gen.Tech.Rep. RMRS-GTR-45. 2000 
Appendix D. (Cont'd.) 

Acres 

Colson Creek 

Artemisia tridentata tridentatdAgropyron spicatum 

A rtemisia tripa rtitdAgropyron spica tum 

A rtemisia tripartiWFestuca ida hoensis 

Glossopetalon nevadense/Agropyron spicatum 

Pinus ponderosa/Agropyron spicatum 

Pinus ponderosa/Festuca idahoensis 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Festuca idahoensis 

Copper Mountain 

Artemisia tridentata vaseyandAgropyron spicatum 

Festuca idahoensis (a1 pine) 

Leucopoa kingii/Achillea millefolium 

Pinus albicaulis (timberline) 

Pinus flexilis/Cercocarpus ledifolius 

Council Mountain 

Abies IasiocarpdRibes montigenum 

Artemisia tridentata spiciformis/Carex geyeri 

Artemisia tridentata vaseyana/Festuca idahoensis 

Cuddy Mountain 

A bies grandis/Acer gla brum 

A bies IasiocarpdAcer gla brum 

Agropyron spicatum-Poa secunda/Balsamorhiza sagittata 

Artemisia tridentata vaseyandAgropyron spicatum 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Acer glabrum 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Physocarpus malvaceus 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Symphoricarpos oreophilus 

Davis Canyon 

A bies IasiocarpaKarex geyeri 

A bies IasiocarpdMenziesia ferruginea 

Abies lasiocarpa/Xerophyllum tenax, Vaccinium scoparium phase 

Cercocarpus ledifolius/Agropyron spicatum 

Pinus albicaulis (timberline) 

Pinus albicaulis-A bies lasiocarpa 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Calamagrostis rubescens 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Carex geyeri 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Physocarpus malvaceus, Calamagrostis rubescens phase 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Physocarpus malvaceus, Pinus ponderosa phase 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Spiraea betulifolia, Calamagrostis rubescens phase 

Pseudotsuga menziesiiNaccinium globulare 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Xerophyllum tenax 

USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-45. 2000 

Con t 'd. 

85 
Appendix D. (Cont'd.) 

Acres 

Dome Lake 

Abies lasiocarpaLedum glandulosum 

A bies lasiocarpa/Menziesia ferruginea 

Abies lasiocarpa/Vaccinium globulare 

Abies lasiocarpa/Vaccinium scoparium 

Abies lasiocarpa/Xerophyllum tenax 

Picea engelmannii/Galium trifolium 

Pinus albicaulis-Abies lasiocarpa 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Calamagrostis rubescens 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Physocarpus malvaceus 

Pseudotsuga menziesiiNaccinium globulare 

Dry Buck 

A bies grandis/Acer glabrum, Acer glabrum phase 

Abies grandis/Acer glabrum, Physocarpus malvaceus phase 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Physocarpus malvaceus, Pinus ponderosa phase 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Symphoricarpos oreophilus 

Dry Gulch-Forge Creek 

Abies lasiocarpa/Carex geyeri 

Abies lasiocarpa/Vaccinium scoparium 

Artemisia tridentata tridentatdAgropyron spicatum 

A rtemisia triden ta ta vaseyandAgropyron spica tum 

Artemisia tridentata vaseyanaFestuca idahoensis 

Cercocarpus ledifolius/Agropyron spicatum 

Festuca idahoensis-Agropyron spicatum 

Pinus ponderosdAgropyron spicatum 

Pseudotsuga menziesiiZAcer glabrum 

Pseudotsuga menziesiiZAgropyron spicatum 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Calamagrostis rubescens 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Carex geyeri 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Cercocarpus ledifolius 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Festuca idahoensis 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Physocarpus malvaceus 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Symphoricarpos albus 

Thermal springs aquatic community 

Dutch Creek 

A bies grandisNaccinium globulare 

Thuja plicatdAdiantum pedatum 

Thuja plicatdAsarum caudatum, Asarum caudatum phase 

Thuja plicatdAthyrium filix-femina, Adiantum pedatum phase 

Thuja plicatdC1intonia uniflora, Clintonia uniflora phase 

Eggers Creek 

Abies grandisNaccinium globulare 

Abies IasiocarpdCarex geyeri 

Abies lasiocarpa/Vaccinium globulare 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Physocarpus malvaceus 

Pseudotsuga menziesiflpiraea betulifolia, Pinus ponderosa phase 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Symphoricarpos oreophilus 

Cont 'd. 

USDA Forest Service Gen.Tech.Rep. RMRS-GTR-45.2000 
Appendix D. (Cont'd.) 

Elk Creek 

Abies grandis/Clintonia uniflora 

Abies grandidPhysocarpus malvaceus 

A bies grandis/Spiraea betulifolia 

Abies grandisNaccinium globulare 

Abies grandis/Xerophyllum tenax 

A bies IasiocarpdL uzula hitchcockii 

Abies lasiocarpaMerophyllum tenax 

Agropyron spicatum- Poa secunddBalsamorhiza sagittata 

Alnus sinuata 

Cercocarpus ledifolius/Agropyron spicatum 

Glossopetalon nevadense/Agropyron spicatum 

Pinus albicaulis-Abies lasiocarpa 

Pinus ponderosa/Agropyron spicatum 

Pinus ponderosaPhysocarpus malvaceus 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Agropyron spicatum 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Physocarpus malvaceus 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Spiraea betulifolia 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Symphoricarpos albus 

Elk Creek Exclosure 

A rtemisia tridenta ta vaseyana-Symphoricarpos oreophilus/Agropyron spicatum 

Artemisia tridentata vaseyandAgropyron spicatum 

Emery Creek 

Agropyron spicatum- Poa secunddBalsamorhiza sagittata 

Artemisia rigidaeoa secunda 

Cercocarpus ledifolius/Agropyron spicatum 

Festuca idahoensis-Agropyron spicatum 

Festuca idahoensis-Koeleria cristata 

Glossopetalon nevadense/Agropyron spicatum 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Calamagrostis rubescens 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Physocarpus malvaceus 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Spiraea betulifolia 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Symphoricarpos albus 

Fenn Mountain 

Abies lasiocarpdLuzula hitchcockii 

Abies lasiocarpa/Streptopus amplexifolius 

Abies lasiocarpdXerophyllum tenax, Luzula hitchcockii phase 

Abies lasiocarpa/Xerophyllum tenax, Vaccinium scoparium phase 

Carex aqua tilis 

Fish Lake 

Abies lasiocarpa/Calamagrostis canadensis, Ligusticum canbyi phase 

Abies IasiocarpdMenziesia ferruginea, Coptis occidentalis phase 

Abies lasiocarpa/Streptopus amplexifolius, Ligusticum canbyi phase 

Abies lasiocarpdXerophyllum tenax, Coptis occidentalis phase 

Abies lasiocarpaLXerophyllum tenax, Vaccinium globulare phase 

Abies lasiocarpa/Xerophyllum tenax, Vaccinium scoparium phase 

Calamagrostis canadensis 

Carex utriculata 

Menziesia ferruginea-Juniperus communis 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Calamagrostis rubescens, Calamagrostis rubescens phase 

USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-45.2000 

Acres 

1 

21 0 

350 

700 

140 

1 

730 

280 

1 

140 

1 

1 

1,050 

350 

350 

1,775 

Con t 'd. 

87 
Appendix D. (Cont'd.) 

Acres 

Five Lakes Butte 

Tsuga mertensiandMenziesia ferruginea, Xerophyllum tenax phase 

Tsuga mertensiana/Phyllodoce empetriformis 

Tsuga mertensiandXerophyllum tenax, Luzula hitchcockii phase 

Tsuga mertensiandXerophyllum tenax, Vaccinium scoparium phase 

Tsuga mertensiana/Xerophyllum tenax, Xerophyllum tenax phase 

Four-bit Creek 

Thuja plicatdAdiantum pedatum 

Thuja plicatdAsarum caudatum, Asarum caudatum phase 

Thuja plicatdAsarum caudatum, Menziesia ferruginea phase 

Thuja plicatdAsarum cauda tum, Taxus brevifolia phase 

Thuja plicatdAthyrium filix-femina, Adiantum pedatum phase 

Thuja plicatdAthyrium filix-femina, Athyrium filix-femina phase 

Thuja plicataKlintonia uniflora, Clintonia uniflora phase 

Thuja plicataKlintonia uniflora, Menziesia ferruginea phase 

Thuja plicata/Clintonia uniflora, Taxus brevifolia phase 

Thuja plicataClintonia uniflora, Xerophyllum tenax phase 

Thuja plicatdGymnocarpium dryopteris 

Frog Meadows 

Abies lasiocarpa/Calamagrostis rubescens 

A bies lasiocarpa/Carex geyeri 

Abies IasiocarpdLedum glanduloslcm 

Abies lasiocarpa/Vaccinium scoparium, Calamagrostis rubescens phase 

Abies lasiocarpaNaccinium scoparium, Vaccinium scoparium phase 

Gibson Jack Creek 

Acer grandidentatum/Berberis repens 

Artemisia novdAgropyron spica tum 

Artemisia tridentata vaseyana-Symphoricarpos oreophilus/Agropyron spica tum 

Juniperus osteospermdArtemisia novdAgropyron spicatum 

Pseudotsuga menziesiVAcer glabrum 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Calamagrostis rubescens 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Osmorhiza chilensis 

Grave Peak 

Larix lyallii-A bies lasiocarpa 

Gunbarrel Creek 

Abies lasiocarpa/Xerophyllum tenax 

Agropyron spicatum-Poa secunda 

Festuca idahoensis-Agropyron spicatum 

Pinus ponderosaLAgropyron spicatum 

Pinus ponderosa/Festuca ida hoensis 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Calamagrostis rubescens 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Physocarpus malvaceus 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Symphoricarpos albus 

Cont'd. 

USDA Forest Service Gen.Tech.Rep. RMRS-GTR-45. 2000 
Appendix D. (Cont'd.) 

Acres 

Horse Creek 

A bies IasiocarpdAcer glabrum, Pachistima myrsinites phase 

Abies lasiocarpa/Calamagrostis rubescens, Calamagrostis rubescens phase 

Abies lasiocarpa/Osmorhiza chilensis, Pachistima myrsinites phase 

Abies lasiocarpa/Physocarpus malvaceus 

Abies lasiocarpdshepherdia canadensis 

Abies lasiocarpa/Symphoricarpos albus 

Abies lasiocarpa/Vaccinium globulare, Vaccinium scoparium phase 

Abies lasiocarpa/Vaccinium scoparium, Calamagrostis rubescens phase 

Alnus incana/Cornus stolonifera 

Cornus stolonifera 

Picea engelmannii/Calamagrostis canadensis 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Calamagrostis rubescens 

Salix boothii/Calamagrostis canadensis 

Hunt Girl Creek 

A bies IasiocarpdCIintonia uni flora 

Abies lasiocarpdLuzula hitchcockii 

Abies lasiocarpa/Menziesia ferruginea 

Abies lasiocarpa/Streptopus amplexifolius, Menziesia ferruginea phase 

Abies lasiocarpa/Xerophyllum tenax 

Thuja plicatdAthyrium filix-femina, Athyrium filix-femina phase 

Thuja plicata/Oplopanax horridum 

Tsuga heterophylldCIintonia uniflora, Clintonia uniflora phase 

Tsuga heterophylldGymnocarpium dryopteris 

Iron Bog 

Abies IasiocarpaLedum glandulosum 

A rtemisia novaFestuca idahoensis 

Artemisia tridentata vaseyandfestuca idahoensis 

Pseudotsuga menziesii7Arnica cordifolia 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Symphoricarpos oreophilus 

Kaniksu Marsh 

Abies grandis/Clintonia uniflora 

Alnus incanaKarex utriculata 

Betula glandulosa/Carex utriculata 

Carex cusickii 

Carex lasiocarpa 

Paludified forest 

Poor fen 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Physocarpus malvaceus 

Tsuga heterophylldCIintonia uniflora 

Valley peatland floating mat 

Valley peatland pond 

USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-45.2000 

Con t 'd. 

89 
Appendix D. (Cont'd.) 

Acres 

Kenney Creek 

Abies lasiocarpa/Calamagrostis rubescens 

Abies lasiocarpaNaccinium scoparium 

Picea engelmannii/Carex disperma 

Pinus albicaulis/Carex geyeri 

Pinus albicaulis/Festuca idahoensis 

Pinus albicaulis/Juniperus communis 

Pinus albicaulis/Vaccinium scoparium 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Calamagrostis rubescens 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Carex geyeri 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Festuca idahoensis 

Pseudotsuga menziesifipiraea betulifolia 

Lava Butte 

Abies IasiocarpdArnica cordifolia 

Abies lasiocarpa/Caltha biflora 

A bies IasiocarpaL edum glandulosum 

Abies lasiocarpdLuzula hitchcockii, Luzula hitchcockii phase 

Abies lasiocarpdLuzula hitchcockii, Vaccinium scoparium phase 

Abies lasiocarpa/Vaccinium globulare 

Abies lasiocarpa/Vaccinium scoparium, Vaccinium scoparium phase 

Abies lasiocarpdXerophyllum tenax, Luzula hitchcockii phase 

Abies lasiocarpaLXerophyllum tenax, Vaccinium scoparium phase 

Pinus albicaulis-Abies lasiocarpa 

Lightning Creek 

Little Granite Creek 

Abies grandis/Acer glabrum 

Abies grandis/Clintonia uniflora 

Abies grandis/Vaccinium globulare 

Abies lasiocarpa/Clintonia uniflora 

A bies lasiocarpaLuzula hitchcockii 

Abies IasiocarpdMenziesia ferruginea 

Abies lasiocarpa/Vaccinium globulare 

Abies lasiocarpaNaccinium scoparium 

Agropyron spicatum- Poa secunda 

Artemisia tridentata vaseyandAgropyron spicatum 

Artemisia tridentata vaseyandFestuca idahoensis 

Cercocarpus ledifolius/Agropyron spicatum 

Festuca idahoensis-Agropyron spicatum 

Festuca idahoensis-Koeleria cristata 

Glossopetalon nevadense/Agropyron spicatum 

Pinus albicaulis-A bies lasiocarpa 

Pinus ponderosdAgropyron spicatum 

Pinus ponderosa/Calamagrostis rubescens 

Pinus ponderosa/Festuca ida hoensis 

Pinus ponderosa/Physocarpus malvaceus 

Pinus ponderosa/Symphoricarpos albus 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Calamagrostis rubescens 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Physocarpus malvaceus 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Symphoricarpos albus 

Cont'd. 

USDA Forest Service Gen.Tech.Rep. RMRS-GTR-45. 2000 
Appendix D. (Cont'd.) 

Acres 

Lochsa 

A bies grandis/Clintonia uniflora 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Physocarpus malvaceus 

Thuja plicatdC1intonia uniflora 

Lost Basin Grassland 

Agropyron spicatum- Poa secunddBalsamorhiza sagittata 

Festuca idahoensis-Agropyron spicatum 

Festuca idahoensis-Koeleria cristata 

Glossopetalon nevadense/Agropyron spicatum 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Calamagrostis rubescens 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Physocarpus malvaceus 

Symphoricarpos albus- Rosa s p p. 

Lowman 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Physocarpus malvaceus, Pachistima myrsinites phase 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Spiraea betulifolia, Pinus ponderosa phase 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Symphoricarpos albus 

Mahogany Creek 

A bies IasiocarpdA rnica cordifolia 

A bies lasiocarpa/cluniperus communis 

Abies lasiocarpa/Ribes montigenum 

Artemisia tridentata vaseyanaEestuca idahoensis 

Cercocarpus ledifolius/Agropyron spicatum 

Picea engelmannii4Juniperus communis 

Pinus albicaulis/Festuca idahoensis 

Pinus albicaulis/Juniperus communis 

Pin us flexilis/Cercoca rpus ledifolius 

Pinus flexilis/Festuca idahoensis 

Pinus flexilis/Juniperus communis 

Pinus flexilis/L eucopoa kingii 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Arnica cordifolia 

Pseudotsuga menziesiVCercocarpus ledifolius 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Festuca idahoensis 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Juniperus communis 

Meade Peak 

Abies lasiocarpa/Ribes montigenum 

Artemisia tridentata vaseyana/Agropyron spicatum 

Artemisia tridentata vaseyandLeucopoa kingii 

Pinus flexilis/Leucopoa kingii 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Arnica cordifolia 

Pseudotsuga menziesii4Berberis repens 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Juniperus communis 

USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-45.2000 

Cont'd. 

9 1 
Appendix D. (Cont'd.) 

Acres 

Meadow Canyon 

Artemisia tridentata vaseyana/Festuca idahoensis 

Festuca idahoensis-Agropyron spicatum 

Picea engelmannii/Hypnum revolutum 

Pinus flexilis/Festuca idahoensis 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Arnica cordifolia 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Cercocarpus ledifolius 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Juniperus communis 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Symphoricarpos oreophilus 

Merriam Lake Basin 

Pinus albicaulis-Abies lasiocarpa 

Middle Canyon 

Artemisia no vdAgropyron spicatum 

Artemisia novdElymus ambiguus salmonis 

Atriplex con fettifolia/Oryzopsis hymenoides 

Cercocarpus ledifolius/Agropyron spicatum 

Pinus flexilis (timberline) 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Cercocarpus ledifolius 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Juniperus communis 

Pseudotsuga menziesiiLJuniperus scopulorum 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/leucopoa kingii 

Mill Lake 

Abies lasiocarpaNaccinium scoparium 

Pinus albicaulis-A bies lasiocarpa 

Montford Creek 

Thuja plicatdAthyrium filix-femina 

Thuja plicata/Oplopanax horridum 

Tsuga heterophylla/Asarum caudatum 

Tsuga heterophylldCIintonia uniflora 

Tsuga heterophylldGymnocarpium dryopteris 

Monumental Creek 

Agropyron spicatum-Poa secunddBalsamorhiza sagittata 

Attemisia tridentata vaseyandAgropyron spicatum 

Pinus ponderosdAgropyron spicatum 

Pinus ponderosaPurshia tridentata, Agropyron spicatum phase 

Pinus ponderosdSymphoricarpos oreophilus 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Calamagrostis rubescens 

Pseudo tsuga menziesii/Carex geyeri 

Pseudotsuga menziesiPhysocarpus malvaceus 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Spiraea betulifolia 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Symphoricarpos albus 

Purshia tridentatdAgropyron spicatum 

Moose Creek Plateau 

Abies lasiocarpa/Calamagrostis canadensis 

Abies lasiocarpaNaccinium scoparium, Vaccinium scoparium phase 

Pinus albicaulis/Carex rossii, Pinus contorta phase 

Cont 'd. 

USDA Forest Service Gen.Tech.Rep. RMRS-GTR-45. 2000 
Appendix D. (Cont'd.) 

Acres 

Moose Meadow Creek 

Abies lasiocarpa/Caltha biflora 

Abies IasiocarpalLedum glandulosum 

Abies IasiocarpdMenziesia ferruginea, Vaccinium scoparium phase 

Abies lasiocarpalStreptopus amplexifolius 

Abies lasiocarpa/Xerophyllum tenax, Coptis occidentalis phase 

Abies lasiocarpa/Xerophyllum tenax, Vaccinium scoparium phase 

Calamagrostis canadensis 

Carex utriculata 

Eleocharis palustris (wetlandlriparian) 

Eleocharis pauciflora 

Mount Harrison 

Abies lasiocarpa/Ribes montigenum 

Arfemisia arbuscula arbusculdAgropyron spicatum 

Artemisia tridenta ta vaseyana-Symphoricarpos oreophilus/Bromus carinatus 

Artemisia tridentata vaseyana'festuca idahoensis 

Pinus flexilis/Cercocarpus ledifolius 

Mystery Lake 

Abies lasiocarpa/Carex geyeri, Carex geyeri phase 

Abies IasiocarpaLJuniperus communis 

Abies IasiocarpdLedum glandulosum 

Abies lasiocarpa/Vaccinium scoparium, Pinus albicaulis phase 

Abies lasiocarpa/Vaccinium scoparium, Vaccinium scoparium phase 

Pinus albicaulis-Abies lasiocarpa 

Needles 

A bies lasiocarpa/Calamagrostis canadensis 

Abies lasiocarpa/Carex geyeri, Carex geyeri phase 

Abies lasiocarpa/Luzula hitchcockii, Luzula hitchcockii phase 

Abies lasiocarpa/luzula hitchcockii, Vaccinium scoparium phase 

Abies IasiocarpdMenziesia ferruginea, Menziesia ferruginea phase 

Abies lasiocarpa/Streptopus amplexifolius 

Abies lasiocarpa/Vaccinium globulare, Vaccinium globulare phase 

A bies lasiocarpa/Vaccinium globulare, Vaccinium scoparium phase 

Abies lasiocarpa/Vaccinium scoparium, Pinus albicaulis phase 

Abies lasiocarpa/Vaccinium scoparium, Vaccinium scoparium phase 

Abies lasiocarpa/Xerophyllum tenax, Vaccinium scoparium phase 

Alnus sinuata 

Pinus albicaulis-Abies lasiocarpa 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Carex geyeri 

USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-45.2000 

Cont'd. 

93 
Appendix D. (Cont'd.) 

Acres 

No Business Creek 

Abies grandis/A diantum pedatum 

A bies grandis/Asarum caudatum, Asarum caudatum phase 

Abies grandis/Clintonia uniflora, Clintonia uniflora phase 

Abies grandis/Clintonia uniflora, Menziesia ferruginea phase 

Abies grandis/Clintonia uniflora, Xerophyllum tenax phase 

A bies grandis/Coptis occidentalis 

Abies grandis/Linnaea borealis, Linnaea borealis phase 

Abies grandis/Physocarpus malvaceus, Coptis occidentalis phase 

Abies grandis/Physocarpus malvaceus, Physocarpus malvaceus phase 

A bies grandisflaxus brevifolia/Asarum caudatum 

Abies grandis/Xerophyllum tenax, Coptis occidentalis phase 

Abies grandisKerophyllum tenax, Vaccinium globulare phase 

Abies lasiocarpa/Clintonia uniflora, Menziesia ferruginea phase 

Abies lasiocarpa/Menziesia ferruginea, Coptis occidentalis phase 

Abies lasiocarpdXerophyllum tenax, Coptis occidentalis phase 

A bies lasiocarpdXerophyllum tenax, L uzula hitchcockii phase 

Abies lasiocarpa/Xerophyllum tenax, Vaccinium globulare phase 

Cercocarpus ledifolius/Agropyron spicatum 

Festuca idahoensis-Agropyron spicatum 

Glossopetalon nevadensdAgropyron spicatum 

Pinus ponderosdAgropyron spicatum 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Physocarpus malvaceus, Physocarpus malvaceus phase 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Physocarpus malvaceus, Smilacina stellata phase 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Symphoricarpos albus 

North Fork Boise River 

Pseudotsuga menziesiVAcer glabrum 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Agropyron spicatum 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Physocarpus malvaceus 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Spiraea betulifolia 

O'Hara Creek 

Abies grandis/Clintonia uniflora 

Abies grandis/Xerophyllum tenax 

Abies lasiocarpa/Clintonia uniflora 

Abies IasiocarpdMenziesia ferruginea 

A bies lasiocarpa/Xerophyllum tenax 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Physocarpus malvaceus 

Thuja plica tdA diantum pedatum 

Thuja plica tdclintonia uniflora 

Patrick Butte 

Abies lasiocarpdMenziesia ferruginea, Menziesia ferruginea phase 

A bies lasiocarpa/Vaccinium scoparium, Pinus albicaulis phase 

Abies lasiocarpdXerophyllum tenax, Vaccinium scoparium phase 

Pinus albicaulis-Abies lasiocarpa 

Cont'd. 

USDA Forest Service Gen.Tech.Rep. RMRS-GTR-45. 2000 
Appendix D. (Cont'd.) 

Acres 

Phoebe Meadows 

A bies grandisNaccinium globulare 

Abies lasiocarpa/Calamagrostis canadensis, Calamagrostis canadensis phase 

Abies lasiocarpa/Calamagrostis canadensis, Ligusticum canbyi phase 

Abies IasiocarpaLedum glandulosum 

Abies IasiocarpdMenziesia ferruginea, Menziesia ferruginea phase 

Abies lasiocarpa/Vaccinium caespitosum 

Abies lasiocarpa/Vaccinium globulare 

Abies lasiocarpa/Vaccinium scoparium 

Pinus contorta/Vaccinium scoparium 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Calamagrostis rubescens 

Pseudotsuga menziesiflpiraea betulifolia, Calamagrostis rubescens phase 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Vaccinium caespitosum 

Pseudotsuga menziesiiNaccinium globulare 

Pole Canyon 

Abies IasiocarpdBerberis repens 

A bies IasiocarpdCarex geyeri 

Abies lasiocarpa/Osmorhiza chilensis 

Abies lasiocarpa/Thalictrum occidentale 

Artemisia novdAgropyron spicatum 

Artemisia tridentata spiciformis/Bromus carinatus 

Artemisia tridentata spiciformis/Carex geyeri 

Artemisia tridentata vaseyana-Symphoricarpos oreophilus/Agropyron spicatum 

Artemisia tridentata vaseyandAgropyron spicatum 

Populus tremuloides/Amelanchier alnifolia-Symphoricarpos oreophilus/ 

Calamagrostis rubescens 

Pseudotsuga menziesiiLAcer glabrum 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Berberis repens 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Osmorhiza chilensis 

Pole Creek Exclosure 

Abies lasiocarpa/Calamagrostis rubescens 

Artemisia tridentata vaseyandAgropyron spicatum 

A rtemisia tridentata vaseyanalFestuca idahoensis 

Carex utriculata 

Potentilla fruticosdDanthonia intermedia 

Salix boothiEarex utriculata 

Salix wolfii/Carex utriculata 

Pond Peak 

Tsuga mertensiandMenziesia ferruginea, Luzula hitchcockii phase 

Tsuga mertensiandMenziesia ferruginea, Xerophyllum tenax phase 

Tsuga mertensiana/Xerophyllum tenax, Luzula hitchcockii phase 

Tsuga mertensiana/Xerophyllum tenax, Vaccinium scoparium phase 

Tsuga mertensiandXerophyllum tenax, Xerophyllum tenax phase 

USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-45.2000 

Cont'd. 

95 
Appendix D. (Cont'd.) 

Acres 

Pony Creek 

Abies grandis/Acer glabrum 

Abies grandis/Clin tonia uni flora 

A bies grandidspira ea betulifolia 

Abies grandisNaccinium globulare 

A bies lasiocarpdLuzula hitchcockii 

Abies IasiocarpaNaccinium globulare 

A bies lasiocarpaNaccinium scoparium 

Abies lasiocarpa/Xerophyllum tenax 

Alnus sinuata 

Attemisia tridentata vaseyandFestuca ida hoensis 

Pinus albicaulis-Abies lasiocarpa 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Calamagrostis rubescens 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Physocapus malvaceus 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Symphoricarpos oreophilus 

Pony Meadows 

Abies I~siocarpa/Calamagrostis canadensis, Calamagrostis canadensis phase 

A bies lasioca paL edum glandulosum 

Abies IasiocarpdMenziesia ferruginea, Menziesia ferruginea phase 

Abies lasiocarpa/Vaccinium globulare, Vaccinium globulare phase 

Abies lasiocarpa/Xerophyllum tenax 

Pinus albicaulis-Abies lasiocarpa 

Potholes 

Alnus incandcarex utricula ta 

Alnus incanaLysichitum americanum 

Distichlis stricta stricta 

Poor fen 

Thuja plicatdAthyrium filix-femina, Athyrium filix-femina phase 

Thuja plicataLysichiturn americanum 

Thuja plicata/Oplopanax horridum 

Tsuga heterophylldAsarum caudatum, Aralia nudicaulis phase 

Tsuga heterophylldAsarum caudatum, Asarum caudatum phase 

Tsuga heterophylla/Clintonia uniflora, Clintonia uniflora phase 

Valley peatland floating mat 

Valley peatland pond 

Raspberry Gulch 

Attemisia tridentata vaseyanaAgropyron spicatum 

Attemisia tridentata vaseyandfestuca idahoensis 

Festuca idahoensis-Agropyron spicatum 

Pinus ponderosdAgropyron spicatum 

Pinus ponderosa/festuca idahoensis 

Pinus ponderosaPurshia tridentata, Agropyron spicatum phase 

Pinus ponderosdSymphoricarpos oreophilus 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Festuca idahoensis, Pinus ponderosa phase 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Osmorhiza chilensis 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Physocarpus malvaceus 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Physocarpus malvaceus, Pinus ponderosa phase 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Symphoricarpos oreophilus 

Purshia tridentatdAgropyron spicatum 

Cont 'd. 

USDA Forest Service Gen.Tech.Rep. RMRS-GTRQ5.2000 
Appendix D. (Cont'd.) 

Acres 

Red Horse Mountain 

A bies grandis/Asarum caudatum, Asarum caudatum phase 

Abies grandis/Clintonia uniflora, Clintonia uniflora phase 

Abies grandis/Clintonia uniflora, Physocarpus malvaceus phase 

Abies grandis/Physocarpus malvaceus, Physocarpus malvaceus phase 

Abies grandisDaxus brevifolidAsarum caudatum 

Pseudotsuga menziesiPhysocarpus malvaceus, Physocarpus malvaceus phase 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Physocarpus malvaceus, Smilacina stellata phase 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Symphoricarpos albus 

Tsuga heterophylldAsarum caudatum, Asarum caudatum phase 

Tsuga heterophylla/Cintonia uniflora, Clintonia uniflora phase 

Redfish Lake Moraine 

A bies Iasiocarpa~Carex geyeri 

Abies IasiocarpdLedum glandulosum 

Abies lasiocarpa/nnenziesia ferruginea, Menziesia ferruginea phase 

Abies lasiocarpa/Vaccinium scoparium, Calamagrostis rubescens phase 

Alnus sinuata 

Pinus contortdcarex geyeri 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Calamagrostis rubescens 

Pseudotsuga menziesiflarex geyeri 

Rhodes Peak 

A bies lasiocarpa/Xerophyllum tenax, Luzula hitchcockii phase 

Carex nigricans 

Carex scopulorum 

Juncusparryi 

Pinus albicaulis-A bies lasiocarpa 

Roaring River 

Abies IasiocarpaLAcer gla brum 

A bies IasiocarpdCarex geyeri 

A bies lasiocarpa/Spira ea betulifolia 

Artemisia tridentata vaseyandAgropyron spicatum 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Acer glabrum 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Berberis repens, Berberis repens phase 

Pseudotsuga menziesiYBerberis repens, Carex geyeri phase 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Carex geyeri, Symphoricarpos oreophilus phase 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Physocarpus malvaceus, Pinus ponderosa phase 

Pseudotsuga menziesiflpiraea betulifolia 

Pseudotsuga menziesiiXymphoricarpos oreophilus 

Purs hia tridentatdAgropyron spicatum 

USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-45.2000 
Appendix D. (Cont'd.) 

Acres 

Rocky Comfort Flat 

Agropyron spicatum-Poa secunddBalsamorhiza sagittata 

Artemisia rigidfloa secunda 

A rtemisia tridenta ta vaseyana/Festuca ida hoensis 

Cercocarpus ledifolius/Agropyron spicatum 

Cercocarpus ledifolius/Festuca idahoensis 

Crataegus douglasii/Symphoricarpos albus 

Festuca idahoensis-Agropyron spicatum 

Pinus ponderosak3ymphoricarpos albus 

Pseudotsuga menziesiiPhysocarpus malvaceus, Pinus ponderosa phase 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Symphoricarpos albus, Pinus ponderosa phase 

Purshia tridentataFestuca idahoensis 

Salmon Mountain 

Abies lasiocarpa/Calamagrostis canadensis 

A bies IasiocarpdL uzula hitchcockii 

Larix lyallii-Abies lasiocarpa 

Pinus albicaulis (timberline) 

Pinus albicaulis-A bies lasiocarpa 

Sawtooth Valley Peatlands 

Pinus contorfa/Vaccinium occidentale 

Scirpus cespitosus-Carex livida 

Scotchman No. 2 

A bies lasiocarpa/Luzula hitchcockii 

A bies lasiocarpdMenziesia ferruginea, Vaccinium scoparium phase 

Abies IasiocarpdMenziesia ferruginea, Xerophyllum tenax phase 

Abies lasiocarpdXerophyllum tenax, Luzula hitchcockii phase 

Abies lasiocarpdXerophyllum tenax, Vaccinium scoparium phase 

Sheep Falls 

Abies lasiocarpa/Vaccinium scoparium, Calamagrostis rubescens phase 

Artemisia tridentata vaseyana-Symphoricarpos oreophilus/Festuca idahoensis 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Calamagrostis rubescens, Calamagrostis rubescens p h 

Pseudotsuga menzieWSpiraea betulifolia, Calamagrostis rubescens phase 

Sheep Mountain 

Calamagrostis purpurescens 

Carex elynoides/Lupinus argenteus 

Carex elynoides/Oxytropis sericea 

Carex rupestris 

Dryas octopetala/Carex rupestris 

L eucopoa kingii- Carex elynoides 

Leucopoa kingii/Phlox pulvinata 

Pinus albicaulis (timberline) 

Salix nivalis 

ase 

Cont'd. 

USDA Forest Service Gen.Tech.Rep. RMRS-GTR-45. 2000 
Appendix D. (Cont'd.) 

Acres 

Smiley Mountain 

Agropyron scribneri 

Artemisia tridentata vaseyana/Festuca idahoensis 

Carex albonigra 

Carex elynoides/Oxytropis sericea 

Carex rupestris 

Deschampsia cespitosa 

Festuca idahoensis (alpine) 

lvesia gordonii-A rena ria obtusiloba 

lvesia gordonii-Eriogonum caespitosum 

Phlox pulvinataPoa epilis 

Pinus albicaulis (timberline) 

Pinus albicaulis-Abies lasiocarpa 

Poa epilis 

Potentilla diversifolia-Arenaria obtusiloba 

Smith Creek 

Abies lasiocarpa/Calamagrostis canadensis, Calamagrostis canadensis phase 

A bies lasiocarpa/Calamagrostis canadensis, Ligusticum canbyi phase 

Abies lasiocarpa/Calamagrostis canadensis, Vaccinium caespitosum phase 

A bies lasiocarpa/Clintonia uniflora, Clintonia uniflora phase 

Abies lasiocarpdClintonia uniflora, Xerophyllum tenax phase 

Abies lasiocarpdRhododendron albiflorum 

Abies lasiocarpa/Streptopus amplexifolius, Menziesia ferruginea phase 

Carex scopulorum 

Eriophorum polystachion 

Poor fen 

Valley peatland pond 

Sneakfoot Meadows 

Abies lasiocarpa/ledum glandulosum 

Abies IasiocarpdMenziesia ferruginea, Vaccinium scoparium phase 

A bies lasiocarpa/Xerophyllum tenax, Vaccinium scoparium phase 

Calamagrostis canadensis 

Carex aqua tilis 

Carex utriculata 

Pinus contorta/Vaccinium occidentale 

Snowy Top 

Abies lasiocarpa/Luzula hitchcockii 

Abies lasiocarpa/Rhododendron albiflorum 

Abies lasiocarpdXerophyllum tenax, Luzula hitchcockii phase 

A bies lasiocarpdXerophyllum tenax, Vaccinium globulare phase 

Festuca viridula 

Pinus albicaulis-Abies lasiocarpa 

USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-45.2000 

Cont'd. 

99 
Appendix D. (Cont'd.) 

Acres 

Soldier Lakes 

Abies lasiocarpa/Carex geyeri 

Abies IasiocarpdJuniperus communis 

Abies lasiocarpa/Ledum glandulosum 

A bies IasiocarpdL uzula hitchcockii 

Abies lasiocarpa/Vaccinium scoparium 

Pinus albicaulis-Abies lasiocarpa 

Spion Kop 

Abies grandis/Clintonia uniflora 

Phalaris arundinacea 

Populus trichocarpdCornus stolonifera 

Tsuga heterophylldAsarum caudatum 

Tsuga heterophylla/Clntonia uniflora 

Square Mountain Creek 

Abies lasiocarpa/Calamagrostis canadensis, Calamagrostis canadensis phase 

Abies lasiocarpdCalamagrostis rubescens 

A bies IasiocarpalCarex geyeri 

A bies IasiocarpdL edum glandulosum 

A bies lasiocarpdl uzula hitchcockii 

A bies lasiocarpa/Menziesia ferruginea 

Abies lasiocarpdXerophyllum tenax, Luzula hitchcockii phase 

Abies lasiocarpaKerophyllum tenax, Vaccinium globulare phase 

Abies lasiocarpdXerophyllum tenax, Vaccinium scoparium phase 

Calamagrostis canadensis 

Carex nigricans 

Carex scopulorum 

Juncus parryi 

Pinus albicaulis-Abies lasiocarpa 

St. Charles Creek 

Abies lasiocarpa/Osmorhiza chilensis, Pachistima myrsinites phase 

A rtemisia novdAgropyron spicatum 

Artemisia tridenta ta vaseyana-Symphoricarpos oreophilus/Agropyron spicatum 

Cercocarpus ledifolius/Agropyron spicatum 

Cercocarpus ledifolius/Leucopoa kingii 

Populus tremuloides/Amelanchier alnifolia-Symphoricarpos oreophilus/ 

Calamagrostis rubescens 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Berberis repens 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Cercocarpus ledifolius 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Osmorhiza chilensis 

Steep Lakes 

Abies lasiocarpa/CIintonia uniflora 

A bies IasiocarpdL uzula hitchcockii 

Abies IasiocarpdMenziesia ferruginea 

Abies lasiocarpaMerophyllum tenax 

Alnus sinuata 

Tsuga mertensiandLuzula hitchcockii 

Tsuga mertensiandMenziesia ferruginea 

Tsuga mertensiandXerophyl/um tenax 

Con t 'd. 

USDA Forest Service Gen.Tech.Rep. RMRS-GTR-45. 2000 
Appendix D. (Cont'd.) 

Acres 

Surprise Valley 

Abies IasiocarpdJuniperus communis 

Artemisia tridentata vaseyanaFestuca idahoensis 

Pinus albicaulis (timberline) 

Pinus albicaulis-Abies lasiocarpa 

Pinus flexilis (timberline) 

Targhee Creek 

Abies IasiocarpdArnica cordifolia 

Abies IasiocarpdRibes montigenum 

Abies lasiocarpa/rhalictrum occidentale 

Abies lasiocarpa/Vaccinium globulare, Vaccinium globulare phase 

Abies lasiocarpa/Vaccinium scoparium, Pinus albicaulis phase 

Artemisia tridentata vaseyana/Festuca idahoensis 

Pinus albicaulis7Vaccinium scoparium 

Tepee Creek 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Physocarpus malvaceus 

Thuja plicatdA thyrium filix- femina 

Thuja plicata/Oplopanax horridum 

Tsuga heterophylldClintonia uniflora 

Theriault Lake 

Carex aqua tilis 

Carex utriculata 

Tsuga mertensiana/Luzula hitchcockii 

Tsuga mertensiandMenziesia ferruginea, Luzula hitchcockii phase 

Tsuga mertensiandMenziesia ferruginea, Xerophyllum tenax phase 

Tsuga mertensiana/Streptopus amplexifolius, Menziesia ferruginea phase 

Tsuga mertensiana/Xerophyllum tenax, Luzula hitchcockii phase 

Tsuga mertensiana/Xerophyllum tenax, Xerophyllum tenax phase 

Three Ponds 

Abies grandis/Clintonia uniflora, Clintonia uniflora phase 

A bies grandis/Clintonia uniflora, Physocarpus malvaceus phase 

Alnus incandAthyrium filix-femina 

Carex lasiocarpa 

Pseudotsuga menziesiPhysocarpus malvaceus, Smilacina stellata phase 

Pseudotsuga menziesii7Vaccinium globulare 

Thuja plicatdAthyrium filix-femina 

Tsuga heterophylla~Asarum caudatum, Aralia nudicaulis phase 

Tsuga heterophyllaLAsarum caudatum, Asarum caudatum phase 

Tsuga heterophylldCIintonia uniflora, Aralia nudicaulis phase 

Tsuga heterophylla/Clintonia uniflora, Clintonia uniflora phase 

Tsuga heterophylla/Clintonia uniflora, Xerophyllum tenax phase 

Valley peatland floating mat 

Valley peatland pond 

USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-45. 2000 

Cont 'd. 

101 
Appendix D. (Cont'd.) 

Acres 

Thurmon Creek 

Artemisia tridentata vaseyana-Symphoricarpos oreophilus/Festuca idahoensis 

Carex aqua tilis 

Carex utricula fa 

Pinus contortdCalamagrostis rubescens 

Pinus contortdspiraea betulifolia 

Pinus contortaNaccinium scoparium 

Populus tremuloides/Amelanchier alnifoliaSymphoricarpos oreophilus/Calamagrostis rubescens 

Populus tremuloides/Symphoricarpos oreophilus/Calamagrostis rubescens 

Prunus virginiandArtemisia tridentata vaseyana -Symphoricarpos oreophilus 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Calamagrostis rubescens 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Spiraea betulifolia, Calamagrostis rubescens phase 

Trapper Creek 

Artemisia arbuscula arbuscula/Poa secunda 73 

Artemisia arbuscula thermopola/Festuca idahoensis 73 

Artemisia novaPoa secunda 9 

Juniperus osteospermdArfemisia arbuscula arbuscula/festuca idahoensis 118 

Juniperus osteospermdArtemisia novaPoa secunda 118 

Juniperus osteospermdArtem~sia tridentata vaseyana/Festuca idahoensis 118 

Trinity Mountain 

A bies IasiocarpdCarex geyeri 

Abies lasiocarpa/Luzula hitchcockii, Luzula hitchcockii phase 

Abies lasiocarpa/Vaccinium scoparium, Vaccinium scoparium phase 

Caltha leptosepala 

Pinus albicaulis-Abies lasiocarpa 

Upper Fishhook 

Abies grandis/Clintonia uniflora 

Thuja plicatdAsarum cauda tum 

Thuja plicatdAthyrium filix-femina 

Thuja plicatdClintonia uniflora 

Thuja plicatdGymnocarpium dryopteris 

Upper Newsome Creek 

A bies grandis/Asarum caudatum, Asarum caudatum phase 

A bies grandis/Asarum caudatum, Menziesia ferruginea phase 

A bies grandidsenecia triangularis 

A bies grandis /Taxus brevifolidAsarum caudatum 

Alnus sinua tdMontia cordifolia 

Cont 'd. 

USDA Forest Service Gen.Tech.Rep. RMRS-GTR-45. 2000 
Appendix D. (Cont'd.) 

Upper Priest River 

Alnus incandAthyrium filix-femina 

Alnus incana/Carex utriculata 

Alnus incandesk forb 

Alnus incana/Spiraea douglasii 

Carex utriculata 

Carex vesicaria 

Cornus stolonifera 

Populus trichocarpdAlnus incana 

Salix bebbiana 

Spiraea douglasii 

Thuja plicatdAthyrium filix-femina, Adiantum pedatum phase 

Thuja plicatdAthyrium filix-femina, Athyrium filix-femina phase 

Thuja plica ta/Oplopanax horridum 

Tsuga heterophylldClintonia uniflora, A ralia nudicaulis phase 

Tsuga heterophylla/Clintonia uniflora, Clintonia uniflora phase 

Tsuga heterophylldGymnocarpium dryopteris 

Upper Shoshone Creek 

Abies grandis/Clintonia uniflora, Clintonia uniflora phase 

Abies lasiocarpdMenziesia ferruginea 

Abies lasiocarpa/Xerophyllum tenax 

Festuca viridula 

Thuja plicata/A thyrium filix- femina, A thyrium filix-femina phase 

Thuja plicata/Oplopanax horridum 

Tsuga heterophylla/Asarum caudatum, Asarum caudatum phase 

Tsuga heterophylla/Clintonia uniflora, Clintonia uniflora phase 

Tsuga heterophylldGymnocarpium dryopteris 

Tsuga mertensiandMenziesia ferruginea, Luzula hitchcockii phase 

Tsuga mertensiana/Xerophyllum tenax, Luzula hitchcockii phase 

Tsuga mertensiandXerophyllum tenax, Vaccinium scoparium phase 

Tsuga mertensiandXerophyllum tenax, Xerophyllum tenax phase 

Warm Springs Creek 

Abies grandis/Linnaea borealis, Xerophyllum tenax phase 

Abies grandis/Physocarpus malvaceus, Physocarpus malvaceus phase 

Abies grandidsenecia triangularis 

Abies grandidspiraea betulifolia 

Abies grandisflaxus brevifolidAsarum caudatum 

A bies grandidraxus brevifolia/Clintonia uniflora 

A bies grandis/Xerophyllum tenax 

A bies grandis/Xerophyllum tenax, Vaccinium globulare phase 

Pseudotsuga menziesiilAgropyron spicatum 

Acres 

95 

3 

2 

40 

9 

2 

36 

3 

2 

14 

224 

21 3 

254 

18 

31 4 

60 

125 

185 

185 

70 

56 

56 

56 

56 

56 

250 

83 

83 

83 

25 

55 

25 

55 

75 

55 

27 

27 

25 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Calamagrostis rubescens, Calamagrostis rubescens phase 25 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/festuca idahoensis 55 

Pseudotsuga menziesifipiraea betulifolia 55 

Thermal springs aquatic community 

Thuja plicatdCIintonia uniflora, Taxus brevifolia phase 25 

USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-45. 2000 

Cont 'd. 

1 03 
Appendix D. (Cont'd.) 

Webber Creek 

Artemisia tridentata vaseyana/Festuca idahoensis 

Picea engelmannii/Arnica cordifolia 

Picea engelmannii/Hypnum revolutum 

Picea engelmannii/Juniperus communis 

Picea engelmannii/Ribes montigenum 

Pinus albicaulis/Festuca idahoensis 

Pinus albicaulis/Juniperus communis 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Arnica cordifolia, Arnica cordifolia phase 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Arnica cordifolia, Astragalus miser phase 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Festuca idahoensis, Festuca idahoensis phase 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Juniperus communis 

Pseudotsuga menziesiYSymphoricarpos oreophilus 

West Fork Mink Creek 

Artemisia no vdAgropyron spica tum 

Artemisia novaPoa secunda 

Artemisia tridentata tridentataEIymus cinereus 

Juniperus osteospermdArtemisia arbuscula arbusculdAgropyron spicatum 

Populus tremuloides- Pseudotsuga menziesii/Symphoricarpos oreophilus 

Populus tremuloides/Amelanchier alnifolia-Symphoricarpos oreophilus/ 

Calamagrostis rubescens 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Calamagrostis rubescens, Pachistima myrsinites phase 

Purshia tridentatdAgropyron spicatum 

Willow Creek 

Artemisia tridentata vaseyanaLAgropyron spicatum 

Populus tremuloides/Amelanchier alnifolia-Symphoricarpos oreophilud 

Calamagrostis rubescens 

Populus tremuloides/Symphoricarpos oreophilus/Calamagrostis rubescens 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Acer glabrum 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Calamagrostis rubescens 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Osmorhiza chilensis 

Pseudotsuga menziesiBpiraea betulifolia, Calamagrostis rubescens phase 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Spiraea betulifolia, Spiraea betulifolia phase 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Symphoricarpos oreophilus 

Acres 

250 

200 

150 

100 

50 

325 

150 

60 

40 

120 

90 

50 

70 

70 

40 

15 

130 

115 

160 

40 

lo5 

100 

80 

80 

30 

60 

135 

135 

100 

USDA Forest Service Gen.Tech.Rep. RMRS-GTR-45. 2000 
Appendix E. Natural Areas that encompass plant community element 

occurrences, which meet minimum criteria, listed for each plant 

association or community type with the size of the occurrence. 

Acres 

Abies grandis/Acer glabrum 

Cuddy Mountain (M332G) 

Dry Buck (M332A) 

Little Granite Creek (M332G) 

A bies grandis/Adiantum pedatum 

No Business Creek (M332A) 

Abies grandis/Asarum caudatum 

Aquarius (M333D) 

Binarch Creek (M333A) 

Bull Run Creek (M333D) 

No Business Creek (M332A) 

Upper Newsome Creek (M332A) 

A bies grandis/Clintonia uniflora 

Aquarius (M333D) 

Binarch Creek (M333A) 

Bull Run Creek (M333D) 

Chateau Falls (M333D) 

Elk Creek (M332A) 

Lebeau (M333B) 

Little Granite Creek (M332G) 

Lochsa (M332A) 

Lower Ross Creek (M3338) 

No Business Creek (M332A) 

O'Hara Creek (M332A) 

Pony Creek (M332G) 

Spion Kop (M333D) 

Three Ponds (M333A) 

Upper Fishhook (M333D) 

Upper Shoshone Creek (M333D) 

Abies grandis/Coptis occidentalis 

No Business Creek (M332A) 

A bies grandis/Linnaea borealis 

Lebeau (M333B) 

No Business Creek (M332A) 

Warm Springs Creek (M332A) 

Abies grandis/Physocarpus malvaceus 

Aquarius (M333D) 

Bull Run Creek (M333D) 

Chateau Falls (M333D) 

Elk Creek (M332A) 

No Business Creek (M332A) 

Warm Springs Creek (M332A) 

Abies grandidspiraea betulifolia 

Aquarius (M333D) 

Bear Creek (Payette) (M332G) 

Elk Creek (M332A) 

Garden Creek Preserve (M332G) 

Pony Creek (M332G) 

Warm Springs Creek (M332A) 

Abies grandisflaxus brevifolia/Asarum caudatum 

No Business Creek (M332A) 

Upper Newsome Creek (M332A) 

Warm Springs, Creek (M332A) 

Cont 'd. 

USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-45.2000 lo5 
Appendix E. ( Cont'd.) 

Acres 

Abies grandisflaxus brevifolia/Clintonia uniflora 

Warm Springs Creek (M332A) 

A bies grandisNaccinium globulare 

Bear Creek (Payette) (M332G) 

Circle End Creek (M332A) 

Dutch Creek (M332A) 

Eggers Creek (M332A) 

Elk Creek (M332A) 

Little Granite Creek (M332G) 

Phoebe Meadows (M332A) 

Pony Creek (M332G) 

A bies grandisLXerophyllum tenax 

Barktable Ridge (M333D) 

Elk Creek (M332A) 

No Business Creek (M332A) 

O'Hara Creek (M332A) 

Warm Springs Creek (M332A) 

Abies IasiocarpaLAcer glabrum 

Burton Canyon (M331 D) 

Cuddy Mountain (M332G) 

Gros Ventre (M331 D) 

Horse Creek (M331 D) 

Roaring River (M332A) 

Swift Creek (M331 D) 

Abies IasiocarpaLActaea rubra 

Gros Ventre (M331 D) 

A bies lasiocarpa/Arnica cordifolia 

Basin Gulch (M332F) 

Gros Ventre (M331 D) 

Lava Butte (M332A) 

Mahogany Creek (M332E) 

Targhee Creek (M332E) 

A bies IasiocarpaLArnica latifolia 

Gros Ventre (M331 D) 

A bies lasiocarpa/Berberis repens 

Mollens Hollow (M331 D) 

Pole Canyon (342B-E) 

T. W. Daniels (M331 D) 

A bies lasiocarpa/Calamagrostis canadensis 

Back Creek (M332A) 

Bear Valley Creek (M332E) 

Bruin Mountain (M332A) 

Chilcoot Peak (M332F) 

Fish Lake (M332A) 

Lebeau (M333B) 

Needles (M332A) 

Pete Creek Meadows (M333B) 

Phoebe Meadows (M332A) 

Pony Meadows (M332A) 

Salmon Mountain (M332A) 

Smith Creek (M333A) 

Square Mountain Creek (M332A) 

ContJd. 

USDA Forest Service Gen.Tech.Rep. RMRS-GTR-45.2000 
Appendix E. ( Cont'd.) 

Acres 

Abies lasiocarpa/Calamagrostis rubescens 

Back Creek (M332A) 

Bear Valley Creek (M332E) 

Burton Canyon (M331 D) 

Chilcoot Peak (M332F) 

Frog Meadows (M332A) 

Gros Ventre (M331 D) 

Horse Creek (M331 D) 

Kenney Creek (M332E) 

Skull-Odell (M332E) 

Square Mountain Creek (M332A) 

A bies lasiocarpa/Cal fha biflora 

Back Creek (M332A) 

Chilcoot Peak (M332F) 

Moose Meadow Creek (M332A) 

A bies lasiocarpa/Carex geyeri 

Back Creek (M332A) 

Basin Gulch (M332F) 

Belvidere Creek (M332F) 

Cache Creek Lakes (M332F) 

Chilcoot Peak (M332F) 

Circle End Creek (M332A) 

Davis Canyon (M332E) 

Dry Gulch - Forge Creek (M332A) 

Eggers Creek (M332A) 

Frog Meadows (M332A) 

Mystery Lake (M332A) 

Needles (M332A) 

Pole Canyon (3429-E) 

Redfish Lake Moraine (M332A) 

Roaring River (M332A) 

Soldier Lakes (M332A) 

Square Mountain Creek (M332A) 

Trinity Mountain (M332A) 

A bies lasiocarpa/Clintonia uniflora 

Canyon Creek (M333A) 

Hunt Girl Creek (M333B) 

Lebeau (M333B) 

Little Granite Creek (M332G) 

No Business Creek (M332A) 

Norman-Parmenter (M333B) 

OJHara Creek (M332A) 

Pete Creek Meadows (M333B) 

Smith Creek (M333A) 

Steep Lakes (M333D) 

Wolf-Weigel (M333B) 

Abies lasiocarpa/Juniperus communis 

Bear Valley Creek (M332E) 

Cache Creek Lakes (M332F) 

Mahogany Creek (M332E) 

Mystery Lake (M332A) 

Soldier Lakes (M332A) 

Surprise Valley (M332F) 

USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-45. 2000 

Cont'd. 

107 
Appendix E. ( Cont'd.) 

Acres 

Abies IasiocarpdLedum glandulosum 

Allan Mountain (M332E) 

Back Creek (M332A) 

Bear Valley Creek (M332E) 

Belvidere Creek (M332F) 

Bruin Mountain (M332A) 

Cache Creek Lakes (M332F) 

Chilcoot Peak (M332F) 

Dome Lake (M332A) 

Iron Bog (M332F) 

Moose Meadow Creek (M332A) 

Mystery Lake (M332A) 

Phoebe Meadows (M332A) 

Pony Meadows (M332A) 

Redfish Lake Moraine (M332A) 

Sneakfoot Meadows (M332A) 

Square Mountain Creek (M332A) 

Abies IasiocarpaLinnaea borealis 

Bear Valley Creek (M332E) 

Lebeau (M333B) 

Pete Creek Meadows (M333B) 

Skull-Odell (M332E) 

Wolf-Weigel (M333B) 

Abies IasiocarpdLuzula hitchcockii 

Back Creek (M332A) 

Belvidere Creek (M332F) 

Chilcoot Peak (M332F) 

Fenn Mountain (M332A) 

Hunt Girl Creek (M333B) 

Little Granite Creek (M332G) 

Needles (M332A) 

Pony Creek (M332G) 

Salmon Mountain (M332A) 

Scotchman No. 2 (M333B) 

Snowy Top (M333A) 

Square Mountain Creek (M332A) 

Steep Lakes (M333D) 

Trinity Mountain (M332A) 

Abies lasiocarpa/Menziesia ferruginea 

Allan Mountain (M332E) 

Back Creek (M332A) 

Bald Mountain (M333D) 

Belvidere Creek (M332F) 

Bruin Mountain (M332A) 

Canyon Creek (M333A) 

Chilcoot Peak (M332F) 

Davis Canyon (M332E) 

Dome Lake (M332A) 

Fish Lake (M332A) 

Hunt Girl Creek (M333B) 

Lebeau (M333B) 

Little Granite Creek (M332G) 

Lower Ross Creek (M333B) 

Moose Meadow Creek (M332A) 

Needles (M332A) 

No Business Creek (M332A) 

Cont'd. 

USDA Forest Service Gen.Tech.Rep. RMRS-GTR-45.2000 
Appendix E. ( Cont'd.) 

Acres 

O'Hara Creek (M332A) 

Phoebe Meadows (M332A) 

Pony Meadows (M332A) 

Redfish Lake Moraine (M332A) 

Salmo (M333A) 

Scotchman No. 2 (M333B) 

Skull-Odell (M332E) 

Sneakfoot Meadows (M332A) 

Square Mountain Creek (M332A) 

Steep Lakes (M333D) 

Upper Shoshone Creek (M333D) 

Abies lasiocarpa/Osmorhiza chilensis 

Burton Canyon (M331 D) 

Horse Creek (M331 D) 

Pole Canyon (3426-E) 

St. Charles Creek (M331 D) 

Swift Creek (M331 D) 

A bies lasiocarpa/Pedicularis racemosa 

T. W. Daniels (M331 D) 

Abies lasiocarpa/Physocarpus malvaceus 

Afton Front (M331 D) 

Burns Canyon (M331 D) 

Horse Creek (M331 D) 

Abies lasiocarpa/Rhododendron albiflorum 

Bunchgrass Meadows (M333A) 

Smith Creek (M333A) 

Snowy Top (M333A) 

Abies lasiocarpa/Ribes montigenum 

Basin Gulch (M332F) 

Cave Mountain (M332E) 

Gros Ventre (M331 D) 

Mahogany Creek (M332E) 

Mount Harrison (342B-E) 

Swift Creek (M331 D) 

Targhee Creek (M332E) 

A bies IasiocarpaBpiraea betuli folia 

Roaring River (M332A) 

A bies lasiocarpa/Streptopus am plexi folius 

Back Creek (M332A) 

Bear Valley Creek (M332E) 

Bruin Mountain (M332A) 

Canyon Creek (M333A) 

Chilcoot Peak (M332F) 

Fenn Mountain (M332A) 

Fish Lake (M332A) 

Hunt Girl Creek (M3338) 

Moose Meadow Creek (M332A) 

Needles (M332A) 

Smith Creek (M333A) 

Abies lasiocarpa/Symphoricarpos albus 

Horse Creek (M331 D) 

Abies lasiocarpdThalictrum occidentale 

Pole Canyon (3426-E) 

Targhee Creek (M332E) 

USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-45.2000 

Cont 'd. 

109 
Appendix E. ( Cont'd.) 

Acres 

Abies lasiocarpaNaccinium caespitosum 

Back Creek (M332A) 

Lebeau (M333B) 

Phoebe Meadows (M332A) 

Abies lasiocarpaNaccinium globulare 

Back Creek (M332A) 

Belvidere Creek (M332F) 

Bruin Mountain (M332A) 

Burns Canyon (M331 D) 

Dome Lake (M332A) 

Eggers Creek (M332A) 

Gros Ventre (M331 D) 

Horse Creek (M331 D) 

Lava Butte (M332A) 

Little Granite Creek (M332G) 

Needles (M332A) 

Phoebe Meadows (M332A) 

Pony Creek (M332G) 

Pony Meadows (M332A) 

Swift Creek (M331 D) 

Targhee Creek (M332E) 

Abies lasiocarpaNaccinium scoparium 

Back Creek (M332A) 

Bear Valley Creek (M332E) 

Belvidere Creek (M332F) 

Bruin Mountain (M332A) 

Cache Creek Lakes (M332F) 

Chilcoot Peak (M332F) 

Cliff Lake (M332E) 

Dome Lake (M332A) 

Dry Gulch - Forge Creek (M332A) 

Frog Meadows (M332A) 

Gros Ventre (M331 D) 

Horse Creek (M331 D) 

Kenney Creek (M332E) 

Lava Butte (M332A) 

Little Granite Creek (M332G) 

Mill Lake (M332E) 

Moose Creek Plateau (M331 A) 

Mystery Lake (M332A) 

Needles (M332A) 

Phoebe Meadows (M332A) 

Pony Creek (M332G) 

Redfish Lake Moraine (M332A) 

Skull-Odell (M332E) 

Soldier Lakes (M332A) 

Swift Creek (M331 D) 

Targhee Creek (M332E) 

Trinity Mountain (M332A) 

A bies lasiocarpa/Xeroph yllum tenax 

Allan Mountain (M332E) 

Belvidere Creek (M332F) 

Bruin Mountain (M332A) 

Bunchgrass Meadows (M333A) 

Canyon Creek (M333A) 

Davis Canyon (M332E) 

Cont'd. 

USDA Forest Service Gen.Tech.Rep. RMRS-GTR-45. 2000 
Appendix E. ( Cont'd.) 

Acres 

Dome Lake (M332A) 

Elk Creek (M332A) 

Fish Lake (M332A) 

Gunbarrel Creek (M332A) 

Hunt Girl Creek (M333B) 

Lava Butte (M332A) 

Lebeau (M333B) 

Moose Meadow Creek (M332A) 

Needles (M332A) 

No Business Creek (M332A) 

Norman-Parmenter (M333B) 

O'Hara Creek (M332A) 

Pony Creek (M332G) 

Pony Meadows (M332A) 

Rhodes Peak (M333D) 

Roundtop Mountain (M333A) 

Salmo (M333A) 

Scotchman No. 2 (M333B) 

Sneakfoot Meadows (M332A) 

Snowy Top (M333A) 

Square Mountain Creek (M332A) 

Steep Lakes (M333D) 

Upper Shoshone Creek (M333D) 

Acer grandidentatum/Berberis repens 

Gibson Jack Creek (M331 D) 

Acer grandidentatum/Calamagrostis rubescens 

Burns Canyon (M331 D) 

Robbers Roost Creek (M331 D) 

Acer grandidentatum/Juniperus scopulorum 

Petticoat Peak (M331 D) 

Acer grandidentatum/Osmorhiza chilensis 

Burton Canyon (M331 D) 

Cheatbeck Canyon (M331 D) 

Acer negundo/Osmorhiza chilensis 

Cheatbeck Canyon (M331 D) 

Agropyron scribneri 

Smiley Mountain (M332F) 

Agropyron spicatum/Eriogonum heracleoides 

Garden Creek Preserve (M332G) 

Agropyron spicatum/Opuntia polyacantha 

Garden Creek Preserve (M332G) 

Agropyron spicatum-Poa secunda 

Garden Creek Preserve (M332G) 

Gunbarrel Creek (M332A) 

Little Granite Creek (M332G) 

Wapshilla Ridge (M332G) 

Agropyron spicatum-Poa secunda, sca blan d 

Wapshilla Ridge (M332G) 

Agropyron spicatum-Poa secunda/Balsamorhiza sagittata 

Cuddy Mountain (M332G) 

Elk Creek (M332A) 

Emery Creek (M332G) 

Lost Basin Grassland (M332G) 

Monumental Creek (M332A) 

Rocky Comfort Flat (M332G) 

Con t 'd. 

USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-45.2000 11 1 
Appendix E. ( Cont'd.) 

Acres 

Alnus incana-Betula occidentalis/Salix exigua 

Allison Creek Island (M332E) 

Alnus incandAthyrium filix-femina 

Upper Priest River (M333A) 

Alnus incanalcarex utriculata 

Potholes (M333A) 

Upper Priest River (M333A) 

Alnus incana/Cornus stolonifera 

Horse Creek (M331 D) 

Alnus incandL ysichitum americanum 

Potholes (M333A) 

Alnus incanmfnesic forb 

Upper Priest River (M333A) 

Alnus incanaLRibes hudsonianum 

Burns Canyon (M331 D) 

Alnus incana/Spiraea douglasii 

Upper Priest River (M333A) 

Alnus sinuata 

Belvidere Creek (M332F) 

Bruin Mountain (M332A) 

Pony Creek (M332G) 

Redfish Lake Moraine (M332A) 

Steep Lakes (M333D) 

AInus sinuataLMontia cordifolia 

Upper Newsome Creek (M332A) 

Artemisia arbuscula arbusculdAgropyron spicatum 

Gunsight Peak (M331 D) 

Artemisia arbuscula arbusculaLPoa secunda 

Trapper Creek (3428-E) 

Artemisia arbuscula thermopola/festuca idahoensis 

Trapper Creek (342B-E) 

Artemisia ludoviciana 

Swamp Hollow (M331 A) 

Artemisia novaLAgropyron spicatum 

Gibson Jack Creek (M331 D) 

Jim Sage Canyon (342B-E) 

Middle Canyon (M332E) 

Pecks Canyon (M332F) 

St. Charles Creek (M331 D) 

West Fork Mink Creek (M331 D) 

Artemisia no vaLElymus ambiguus salmonis 

Middle Canyon (M332E) 

Artemisia novdFestuca idahoensis 

Iron Bog (M332F) 

Artemisia novaPoa secunda 

Trapper Creek (342B-E) 

West Fork Mink Creek (M331 D) 

Artemisia rigida/Poa secunda 

Emery Creek (M332G) 

Rocky Comfort Flat (M332G) 

Wapshilla Ridge (M332G) 

USDA Forest Service Gen.Tech.Rep. RMRS-GTR-45. 2000 
Appendix E. ( Cont'd.) 

Acres 

A rtemisia tridenta fa spiciformidcarex geyeri 

Pole Canyon (3426-E) 

Artemisia tridentata tridentatdAgropyron spicatum 

Colson Creek (M332A) 

Dry Gulch - Forge Creek (M332A) 

Artemisia tridentata tridentatdElymus cinereus 

West Fork Mink Creek (M331 D) 

Artemisia tridentata vaseyana-Symphoricarpos oreophilus/ 

Agropyron spicatum 

Afton Front (M331 D) 

Burton Canyon (M331 D) 

Elk Creek Exclosure (M332A) 

Gibson Jack Creek (M331 D) 

Pole Canyon (3426-E) 

Robbers Roost Creek (M331 D) 

St. Charles Creek (M331 D) 

Artemisia tridentata vaseyana-Symphoricarpos oreophilus/ 

Bromus carinatus 

Mount Harrison (3428-E) 

Artemisia tridentata vaseyana-Symphoricarpos oreophilud 

Festuca idahoensis 

Thurmon Creek (M331A) 

Artemisia tridentata vaseyandAgropyron spicatum 

Bannock Creek (M332A) 

Bear Creek (Boise) (M332A) 

Burns Canyon (M331 D) 

Burton Canyon (M331 D) 

Cattle Gulch (M332E) 

Copper Mountain (M332E) 

Cuddy Mountain (M332G) 

Dry Gulch - Forge Creek (M332A) 

Elk Creek Exclosure (M332A) 

Little Granite Creek (M332G) 

Meade Peak (M331 D) 

Monumental Creek (M332A) 

Pole Canyon (3428-E) 

Pole Creek Exclosure (M332A) 

Raspberry Gulch (M332A) 

Roaring River (M332A) 

Willow Creek (M331 A) 

Artemisia tridentata vaseyandBromus carinatus 

Burton Canyon (M331 D) 

Gunsight Peak (M331 D) 

Pole Canyon (3426-E) 

A rtemisia triden tata vaseyanaKarex geyeri 

Council Mountain (M332G) 

Artemisia tridentata vaseyantVElymus cinereus 

Robbers Roost Creek (M331 D) 

Artemisia tridentata vaseyandFestuca idahoensis 

Bannock Creek (M332A) 

Bear Creek (Boise) (M332A) 

Belvidere Creek (M332F) 

Cottonwood Creek (M332E) 

Council Mountain (M332G) 

USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-45.2000 

Con t'd. 

113 
Appendix E. ( Cont'd.) 

Acres 

Dry Gulch - Forge Creek (M332A) 

Horse Prairie (M332E) 

Iron Bog (M332F) 

Little Granite Creek (M332G) 

Mahogany Creek (M332E) 

Meadow Canyon (M332E) 

Mount Harrison (342B-E) 

Pole Creek Exclosure (M332A) 

Pony Creek (M332G) 

Raspberry Gulch (M332A) 

Rocky Comfort Flat (M332G) 

Smiley Mountain (M332F) 

Targhee Creek (M332E) 

Webber Creek (M332E) 

Artemisia tridentata vaseyana/leucopoa kingii 

Meade Peak (M331 D) 

Artemisia tripartitdAgropyron spicatum 

Colson Creek (M332A) 

Artemisia tripartitdFestuca idahoensis 

Colson Creek (M332A) 

Horse Prairie (M332E) 

Atriplex confertifolia/Oryzopsis hymenoides 

Middle Canyon (M332E) 

Betula glandulosa/Carex utriculata 

Kaniksu Marsh (M333A) 

Lebeau (M333B) 

Betula occidentalis/Cornus stolonifera 

Allison Creek Island (M332E) 

Calamagrostis canadensis 

Fish Lake (M332A) 

Moose Meadow Creek (M332A) 

Pete Creek Meadows (M333B) 

Skull-Odell (M332E) 

Sneakfoot Meadows (M332A) 

Square Mountain Creek (M332A) 

Calamagrostis purpurescens 

Sheep Mountain (M332E) 

Caltha leptosepala 

Osborn Mountain (M331 D) 

Trinity Mountain (M332A) 

Carex albonigra 

Smiley Mountain (M332F) 

Carex aqua tilis 

Basin Creek (M332E) 

Blackfoot River (M331 D) 

Fenn Mountain (M332A) 

S kull-Odell (M332E) 

Sneakfoot Meadows (M332A) 

Swamp Hollow (M331 A) 

Thurmon Creek (M331A) 

Carex buxbaumii 

Lucky Dog Creek (M331 A) 

Con t 'd. 

USDA Forest Service Gen.Tech.Rep. RMRS-GTR-45.2000 
Appendix E. ( Cont'd.) 

Acres 

Carex cusickii 

Kaniksu Marsh (M333A) 

Carex elynoides/Lupinus argenteus 

Sheep Mountain (M332E) 

Carex elynoides/Oxytropis sericea 

Sheep Mountain (M332E) 

Smiley Mountain (M332F) 

Carex lanuginosa 

Lucky Dog Creek (M33l A) 

Carex lasiocarpa 

Bottle Lake (M333A) 

Hoskins Lake (M333B) 

Kaniksu Marsh (M333A) 

Lebeau (M333B) 

Pete Creek Meadows (M333B) 

Three Ponds (M333A) 

Carex nebraskensis 

East Shore Henrys Lake (M331A) 

Flat Ranch (M331 A) 

Swamp Hollow (M331 A) 

Carex nigricans 

Rhodes Peak (M333D) 

Square Mountain Creek (M332A) 

Carex rupestris 

Sheep Mountain (M332E) 

Smiley Mountain (M332F) 

Carex scopulorum 

Rhodes Peak (M333D) 

Smith Creek (M333A) 

Carex simulata 

Blackfoot River (M331 D) 

East Shore Henrys Lake (M33l A) 

Flat Ranch (M331 A) 

Carex utriculata 

Basin Creek (M332E) 

Blackfoot River (M331 D) 

East Shore Henrys Lake (M33l A) 

Fish Lake (M332A) 

Flat Ranch (M33l A) 

Lebeau (M333B) 

Lucky Dog Creek (M331A) 

Moose Meadow Creek (M332A) 

Oxford Slough (M331 D) 

Pete Creek Meadows (M333B) 

Sand Creek Ponds (M331 A) 

S kull-Odell (M332E) 

Sneakfoot Meadows (M332A) 

Swamp Hollow (M33l A) 

Thurmon Creek (M331 A) 

Upper Priest River (M333A) 

Carex vesicaria 

Upper Priest River (M333A) 

USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-45.2000 

Con t 'd. 

115 
Appendix E. ( Cont'd.) 

Acres 

Cercocarpus ledifolius/Agropyron spicatum 

Burton Canyon (M331 D) 

Cattle Gulch (M332E) 

Dry Gulch - Forge Creek (M332A) 

Elk Creek (M332A) 

Emery Creek (M332G) 

Gunsight Peak (M331 D) 

Little Granite Creek (M332G) 

Mahogany Creek (M332E) 

Middle Canyon (M332E) 

No Business Creek (M332A) 

Pecks Canyon (M332F) 

Robbers Roost Creek (M331 D) 

Rocky Comfort Flat (M332G) 

St. Charles Creek (M331 D) 

Cercocarpus ledifolius/Festuca idahoensis 

Rocky Comfort Flat (M332G) 

Cercocarpus ledifolius/Leucopoa kingii 

St. Charles Creek (M331 D) 

Cercocarpus ledifolius/Symphoricarpos oreophilus 

Pecks Canyon (M332F) 

Cornus stolonifera 

Horse Creek (M331 D) 

Upper Priest River (M333A) 

Cornus stolonifera~Heracleum lanatum 

Burns Canyon (M331 D) 

Crataegus douglasii/Symphoricarpos albus 

Rocky Comfort Flat (M332G) 

Deschampsia cespitosa 

Blackfoot River (M331 D) 

East Shore Henrys Lake (M33l A) 

Flat Ranch (M331 A) 

Horse Prairie (M332E) 

Lucky Dog Creek (M331 A) 

Skull-Odell (M332E) 

Smiley Mountain (M332F) 

Distichlis stricta stricta 

Oxford Slough (M331 D) 

Swamp Hollow (M331 A) 

Eleocharis acicularis 

Blackfoot River (M331 D) 

Eleocharis palustris (wetlandlri parian) 

Blackfoot River (M331 D) 

Flat Ranch (M331 A) 

Moose Meadow Creek (M332A) 

Sand Creek Ponds (M331 A) 

Swamp Hollow (M331 A) 

Eleocharis pauciflora 

Moose Meadow Creek (M332A) 

Skull-Odell (M332E) 

Eriogonum s p p. -Physaria oregana 

Garden Creek Preserve (M332G) 

Con t 'd. 

USDA Forest Service Gen.Tech.Rep. RMRS-GTR-45. 2000 
Appendix E. ( Cont'd.) 

Acres 

Eriophorum polystachion 

Smith Creek (M333A) 

Festuca idahoensis (alpine) 

Copper Mountain (M332E) 

Smiley Mountain (M332F) 

Festuca idahoensis-Agropyron spicatum 

Bull Run Creek (M333D) 

Cottonwood Creek (M332E) 

Dry Gulch - Forge Creek (M332A) 

Emery Creek (M332G) 

Garden Creek Preserve (M332G) 

Gunbarrel Creek (M332A) 

Little Granite Creek (M332G) 

Lost Basin Grassland (M332G) 

Meadow Canyon (M332E) 

No Business Creek (M332A) 

Rocky Comfort Flat (M332G) 

Wapshilla Ridge (M332G) 

Festuca idahoensis-Koeleria cristata 

Emery Creek (M332G) 

Garden Creek Preserve (M332G) 

Little Granite Creek (M332G) 

Lost Basin Grassland (M332G) 

Wapshilla Ridge (M332G) 

Festuca viridula 

Bald Mountain (M333D) 

Canyon Creek (M333A) 

Roundtop Mountain (M333A) 

Snowy Top (M333A) 

Upper Shoshone Creek (M333D) 

Glossopetalon nevadense/Agropyron spicatum 

Colson Creek (M332A) 

Elk Creek (M332A) 

Emery Creek (M332G) 

Little Granite Creek (M332G) 

Lost Basin Grassland (M332G) 

No Business Creek (M332A) 

lvesia gordonii-Arenaria obtusiloba 

Smiley Mountain (M332F) 

lvesia gordonii-Eriogonum caespitosum 

Smiley Mountain (M332F) 

Juncus balficus 

Flat Ranch (M33 1 A) 

Lucky Dog Creek (M331 A) 

Oxford Slough (M331 D) 

Swamp Hollow (M331 A) 

Juncus parryi 

Rhodes Peak (M333D) 

Juniperus osteospermdArtemisia arbuscula arbusculd 

Agropyron spicatum 

West Fork Mink Creek (M331 D) 

Juniperus osteosperma/Artemisia arbuscula arbusculd 

Festuca idahoensis 

Trapper Creek (3428-E) 

Cont'd. 

USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-45. 2000 117 
Appendix E. ( Cont'd.) 

Acres 

Juniperus osteospermdArtemisia novdAgropyron spicatum 

Gibson Jack Creek (M331 D) 

Juniperus os teospermdArtemisia novaPoa secunda 

Trapper Creek (3429-E) 

Juniperus osteospermdArtemisia tridentata vaseyand 

Agropyron spicatum 

Jim Sage Canyon (3429-E) 

Robbers Roost Creek (M331 D) 

Juniperus osteosperma/Artemisia tridentata vaseyand 

Festuca idahoensis 

Trapper Creek (3429-E) 

Larix lyallii-Abies lasiocarpa 

Allan Mountain (M332E) 

Grave Peak (M332A) 

Salmon Mountain (M332A) 

Leucopoa kingii-Carex elynoides 

Sheep Mountain (M332E) 

Leucopoa kingii/Phlox pulvinata 

Sheep Mountain (M332E) 

Leucopoa kingii/Achillea millefolium 

Copper Mountain (M332E) 

Mertensia ciliata 

Swift Creek (M331 D) 

Phalaris arundinacea 

Oxford Slough (M331 D) 

Spion Kop (M333D) 

Phlox pulvinatdPoa epilis 

Smiley Mountain (M332F) 

Physocarpus malvaceus-Symphoricarpos albus 

Garden Creek Preserve (M332G) 

Wapshilla Ridge (M332G) 

Picea engelmannii/Arnica cordifolia 

Webber Creek (M332E) 

Picea engelmannii/Calamagrostis canadensis 

Horse Creek (M331 D) 

Picea engelmannii/Carex disperma 

Bear Valley Creek (M332E) 

Kenney Creek (M332E) 

Picea engelmannii/Cornus stolonifera 

Gros Ventre (M331 D) 

Picea engelmannii/Galium trifolium 

Dome Lake (M332A) 

Gros Ventre (M331 D) 

Swift Creek (M331 D) 

Picea engelmanniYHypnum revolutum 

Meadow Canyon (M332E) 

Webber Creek (M332E) 

Picea engelmannii/Juniperus communis 

Mahogany Creek (M332E) 

Webber Creek (M332E) 

Picea engelmannii/Ribes mon tigen um 

Webber Creek (M332E) 

Cont 'd, 

USDA Forest Service Gen.Tech.Rep. RMRS-GTR-45. 2000 
Appendix E. ( Cont'd.) 

Acres 

Picea glauca/Carex disperma 

East Shore Henrys Lake (M331A) 

Picea glauca/Carex utriculata 

East Shore Henrys Lake (M331 A) 

Picea glauca/Equisetum arvense 

East Shore Henrys Lake (M331A) 

Pinus albicaulis (timberline) 

Davis Canyon (M332E) 

Salmon Mountain (M332A) 

Sheep Mountain (M332E) 

Smiley Mountain (M332F) 

Surprise Valley (M332F) 

Pinus albicaulis-Abies lasiocarpa 

Allan Mountain (M332E) 

Bear Valley Creek (M332E) 

Belvidere Creek (M332F) 

Bruin Mountain (M332A) 

Cache Creek Lakes (M332F) 

Canyon Creek (M333A) 

Cave Mountain (M332E) 

Chilcoot Peak (M332F) 

Davis Canyon (M332E) 

Dome Lake (M332A) 

Elk Creek (M332A) 

Elkhorn Lake (M332E) 

Lava Butte (M332A) 

Little Granite Creek (M332G) 

Mill Lake (M332E) 

Mystery Lake (M332A) 

Needles (M332A) 

Pony Creek (M332G) 

P~ny Meadows (M332A) 

Rhodes Peak (M333D) 

Salmon Mountain (M332A) 

Smiley Mountain (M332F) 

Snowy Top (M333A) 

Soldier Lakes (M332A) 

Square Mountain Creek (M332A) 

Surprise Valley (M332F) 

Trinity Mountain (M332A) 

Pinus albicaulis/Carex geyeri 

Kenney Creek (M332E) 

Pinus albicaulis/Carex rossii 

Moose Creek Plateau (M331 A) 

Pinus albicaulis/Festuca idahoensis 

Kenney Creek (M332E) 

Mahogany Creek (M332E) 

Webber Creek (M332E) 

Pinus albicaulis/Juniperus communis 

Kenney Creek (M332E) 

Mahogany Creek (M332E) 

Webber Creek (M332E) 

Pinus albicaulis/Poa nervosa 

Basin Gulch (M332F) 

USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-45.2000 

Cont 'd. 

119 
Appendix E. ( Cont'd.) 

Acres 

Pinus albicauliWaccinium scoparium 

Elkhorn Lake (M332E) 

Gros Ventre (M331 D) 

Kenney Creek (M332E) 

S kull-Odell (M332E) 

Targhee Creek (M332E) 

Pinus contortdCalamagrostis rubescens 

Thurmon Creek (M331 A) 

Pinus contortdcarex geyeri 

Redfish Lake Moraine (M332A) 

Pinus contortdFestuca idahoensis 

Back Creek (M332A) 

Pinus contortdspiraea betulifolia 

Thurmon Creek (M33l A) 

Pinus contortaNaccinium occidentale 

Sawtooth Valley Peatlands (M332A) 

Sneakfoot Meadows (M332A) 

Pinus contorlaNaccinium scoparium 

Phoebe Meadows (M332A) 

Thurmon Creek (M331A) 

Pinus flexilis (timberline) 

Middle Canyon (M332E) 

Surprise Valley (M332F) 

Pinus flexilis/Cercocarpus ledifolius 

Gunsight Peak (M331 D) 

Mahogany Creek (M332E) 

Pinus flexilis/Festuca idahoensis 

Mahogany Creek (M332E) 

Meadow Canyon (M332E) 

Pin us flexilis/Juniperus communis 

Mahogany Creek (M332E) 

Pinus flexilis/Leucopoa kingii 

Mahogany Creek (M332E) 

Meade Peak (M331 D) 

Pinus monophylla-Juniperus osteospermd 

Artemisia tridentata vaseyandAgropyron spicatum 

Jim Sage Canyon (342B-E) 

Pinus ponderosdAgropyron spicatum 

Circle End Creek (M332A) 

Colson Creek (M332A) 

Dry Gulch - Forge Creek (M332A) 

Elk Creek (M332A) 

Gunbarrel Creek (M332A) 

Little Granite Creek (M332G) 

Monumental Creek (M332A) 

No Business Creek (M332A) 

Raspberry Gulch (M332A) 

Pinus ponderosa/festuca idahoensis 

Circle End Creek (M332A) 

Colson Creek (M332A) 

Gunbarrel Creek (M332A) 

Little Granite Creek (M332G) 

Raspberry Gulch (M332A) 

Con t 'd. 

USDA Forest Service Gen.Tech.Rep. RMRS-GTR-45.2000 
Appendix E. ( Cont'd.) 

Acres 

Pinus ponderosa/Physocarpus malvaceus 

Elk Creek (M332A) 

Little Granite Creek (M332G) 

Pinus ponderosa/Purshia tridentata 

Bannock Creek (M332A) 

Circle End Creek (M332A) 

Monumental Creek (M332A) 

Raspberry Gulch (M332A) 

Pinus ponderosa/Symphoricarpos albus 

Idler's Rest Site (M333D) 

Little Granite Creek (M332G) 

Rocky Comfort Flat (M332G) 

Pinus ponderosa/Symphoricarpos oreophilus 

Bannock Creek (M332A) 

Circle End Creek (M332A) 

Monumental Creek (M332A) 

Raspberry Gulch (M332A) 

Poa epilis 

Smiley Mountain (M332F) 

Populus tremuloides/Amelanchier alnifoliaSymphoricarpos oreophilus/Calamagrostis rubescens 

Pole Canyon (3428-E) 

St. Charles Creek (M331 D) 

Thurmon Creek (M33l A) 

West Fork Mink Creek (M331 D) 

Willow Creek (M33 1 A) 

Populus tremuloides/Symphoricarpos oreophilus/ 

Calamagrostis rubescens 

Thurmon Creek (M331A) 

Willow Creek (M331 A) 

Populus tremuloidesJtall forb 

Gros Ventre (M331 D) 

Populus tremuloides/Thalictrum fendleri 

Burton Canyon (M331 D) 

Populus trichocarpa/Alnus incana 

Upper Priest River (M333A) 

Populus trichocarpdCornus stolonifera 

Norman-Parmenter (M333B) 

Spion Kop (M333D) 

Potentilla diversifolia-Arenaria obtusiloba 

Smiley Mountain (M332F) 

Prunus virginiandArtemisia tridentata vaseyanaSymphoricarpos oreophilus 

Thurmon Creek (M331A) 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Acer glabrum 

Burton Canyon (M331 D) 

Cuddy Mountain (M332G) 

Dry Gulch - Forge Creek (M332A) 

Gibson Jack Creek (M331 D) 

Gros Ventre (M331 D) 

Gunsight Peak (M331 D) 

Mollens Hollow (M331 D) 

North Fork Boise River (M332A) 

USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-45.2000 

Cont 'd. 

121 
Appendix E. ( Cont'd.) 

Acres 

Pole Canyon (342B-E) 

Roaring River (M332A) 

Willow Creek (M331 A) 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Agropyron spicatum 

Cattle Gulch (M332E) 

Cliff Lake (M332E) 

Dry Gulch - Forge Creek (M332A) 

Elk Creek (M332A) 

North Fork Boise River (M332A) 

Warm Springs Creek (M332A) 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Arnica cordifolia 

Iron Bog (M332F) 

Mahogany Creek (M332E) 

Meadow Canyon (M332E) 

Webber Creek (M332E) 

Pseudotsuga menziesiVBerberis repens 

Meade Peak (M331 D) 

Mollens Hollow (M331 D) 

Pole Canyon (342B-E) 

Roaring River (M332A) 

St. Charles Creek (M331 D) 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Calamagrostis rubescens 

Back Creek (M332A) 

Bear Valley Creek (M332E) 

Belvidere Creek (M332F) 

Big Creek (M333B) 

Burton Canyon (M331 D) 

Cliff Lake (M332E) 

Cottonwood Creek (M332E) 

Davis Canyon (M332E) 

Dome Lake (M332A) 

Dry Gulch - Forge Creek (M332A) 

Emery Creek (M332G) 

Fish Lake (M332A) 

Garden Creek Preserve (M332G) 

Gibson Jack Creek (M331 D) 

Gros Ventre (M331 D) 

Gunbarrel Creek (M332A) 

Kenney Creek (M332E) 

Lebeau (M333B) 

Little Bitterroot (M333B) 

Little Granite Creek (M332G) 

Lost Basin Grassland (M332G) 

Monumental Creek (M332A) 

Norman-Parmenter (M333B) 

Phoebe Meadows (M332A) 

Pony Creek (M332G) 

Redfish Lake Moraine (M332A) 

Robbers Roost Creek (M331 D) 

Thurmon Creek (M331 A) 

Warm Springs Creek (M332A) 

West Fork Mink Creek (M331 D) 

Willow Creek (M331 A) 

Wolf-Weigel (M333B) 

Cont 'd. 

USDA Forest Service Gen.Tech.Rep. RMRS-GTR-45. 2000 
Appendix E. ( Cont'd.) 

Acres 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Carex geyeri 

Back Creek (M332A) 

Bannock Creek (M332A) 

Chilcoot Peak (M332F) 

Davis Canyon (M332E) 

Dry Gulch - Forge Creek (M332A) 

Kenney Creek (M332E) 

Monumental Creek (M332A) 

Needles (M332A) 

Redfish Lake Moraine (M332A) 

Roaring River (M332A) 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Cercocarpus ledifolius 

Bear Valley Creek (M332E) 

Burton Canyon (M331 D) 

Dry Gulch - Forge Creek (M332A) 

Mahogany Creek (M332E) 

Meadow Canyon (M332E) 

Middle Canyon (M332E) 

Mollens Hollow (M331 D) 

St. Charles Creek (M331 D) 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Festuca idahoensis 

Bear Valley Creek (M332E) 

Circle End Creek (M332A) 

Colson Creek (M332A) 

Dry Gulch - Forge Creek (M332A) 

Kenney Creek (M332E) 

Mahogany Creek (M332E) 

Raspberry Gulch (M332A) 

Warm Springs Creek (M332A) 

Webber Creek (M332E) 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Juniperus communis 

Basin Gulch (M332F) 

Cattle Gulch (M332E) 

Mahogany Creek (M332E) 

Meade Peak (M331 D) 

Meadow Canyon (M332E) 

Middle Canyon (M332E) 

Webber Creek (M332E) 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Juniperus scopulorum 

Middle Canyon (M332E) 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Leucopoa kingii 

Middle Canyon (M332E) 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Linnaea borealis 

Big Creek (M333B) 

Lebeau (M333B) 

Little Bitterroot (M333B) 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Osmorhiza chilensis 

Burton Canyon (M331 D) 

Gibson Jack Creek (M331 D) 

Gunsight Peak (M331 D) 

Pole Canyon (342B-E) 

Raspberry Gulch (M332A) 

Willow Creek (M33l A) 

USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-45. 2000 

Con t 'd. 

1 23 
Appendix E. ( Cont'd.) 

Acres 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Physocarpus malvaceus 

Afton Front (M331 D) 

Aquarius (M333D) 

Bannock Creek (M332A) 

Binarch Creek (M333A) 

Bull Run Creek (M333D) 

Burns Canyon (M331 D) 

Chateau Falls (M333D) 

Circle End Creek (M332A) 

Cuddy Mountain (M332G) 

Davis Canyon (M332E) 

Dome Lake (M332A) 

Dry Gulch - Forge Creek (M332A) 

Eggers Creek (M332A) 

Elk Creek (M332A) 

Emery Creek (M332G) 

Garden Creek Preserve (M332G) 

Gros Ventre (M331 D) 

Gunbarrel Creek (M332A) 

Idler's Rest Site (M333D) 

Lebeau (M333B) 

Little Granite Creek (M332G) 

Lochsa (M332A) 

Lost Basin Grassland (M332G) 

Lower Ross Creek (M333B) 

Lowman (M332A) 

Monumental Creek (M332A) 

No Business Creek (M332A) 

Norman-Parmenter (M333B) 

North Fork Boise River (M332A) 

O'Hara Creek (M332A) 

Pony Creek (M332G) 

Raspberry Gulch (M332A) 

Roaring River (M332A) 

Rocky Comfort Flat (M332G) 

Tepee Creek (M333A) 

Three Ponds (M333A) 

Wapshilla Ridge (M332G) 

Wolf-Weigel (M333B) 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Spiraea betulifolia 

Bannock Creek (M332A) 

Davis Canyon (M332E) 

Eggers Creek (M332A) 

Elk Creek (M332A) 

Emery Creek (M332G) 

Gros Ventre (M331 D) 

Kenney Creek (M332E) 

Lowman (M332A) 

Monumental Creek (M332A) 

North Fork Boise River (M332A) 

Phoebe Meadows (M332A) 

Roaring River (M332A) 

Thurmon Creek (M331 A) 

Warm Springs Creek (M332A) 

Willow Creek (M331 A) 

Con t 'ci. 

USDA Forest Service Gen.Tech.Rep. RMRS-GTR-45. 2000 
Appendix E. ( Cont'd.) 

Acres 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Symphoricarpos albus 

Bannock Creek (M332A) 

Big Creek (M333B) 

Cliff Lake (M332E) 

Dry Gulch - Forge Creek (M332A) 

Elk Creek (M332A) 

Emery Creek (M332G) 

Garden Creek Preserve (M332G) 

Gun barrel Creek (M332A) 

Little Granite Creek (M332G) 

Lowman (M332A) 

Monumental Creek (M332A) 

No Business Creek (M332A) 

Rocky Comfort Flat (M332G) 

Pseudotsuga menziesii/Symphoricarpos oreophilus 

Bannock Creek (M332A) 

Bear Creek (Boise) (M332A) 

Bear Valley Creek (M332E) 

Burton Canyon (M331 D) 

Cattle Gulch (M332E) 

Circle End Creek (M332A) 

Cliff Lake (M332E) 

Cuddy Mountain (M332G) 

Eggers Creek (M332A) 

Iron Bog (M332F) 

Meadow Canyon (M332E) 

Pony Creek (M332G) 

Raspberry Gulch (M332A) 

Roaring River (M332A) 

Webber Creek (M332E) 

Willow Creek (M331 A) 

Pseudotsuga menziesiiNaccinium caespitosum 

Big Creek (M333B) 

Lebeau (M333B) 

Phoebe Meadows (M332A) 

Pseudotsuga menziesiiNaccinium globulare 

Big Creek (M333B) 

Davis Canyon (M332E) 

Dome Lake (M332A) 

Phoebe Meadows (M332A) 

Three Ponds (M333A) 

Purs hia triden fa tdAgrop yron spica tum 

Goodrich Creek (M332G) 

Monumental Creek (M332A) 

Raspberry Gulch (M332A) 

Roaring River (M332A) 

West Fork Mink Creek (M331 D) 

Purshia tridentataFestuca idahoensis 

Rocky Comfort Flat (M332G) 

Rhus glabrdAgropyron spicatum 

Garden Creek Preserve (M332G) 

Salix bebbiana 

Upper Priest River (M333A) 

Salix boothii/Calamagrostis canadensis 

Horse Creek (M331 D) 

Cont 'd. 

USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-45.2000 125 
Appendix E. ( Cont'd.) 

Acres 

Salix boothii/Carex utriculata 

Blackfoot River (M331 D) 

Flat Ranch (M331A) 

Salix boothiihnesic graminoid 

Flat Ranch (M331 A) 

Salix boothii/Smilacina stellata 

Gros Ventre (M331 D) 

Salix geyeriana/Calamagrostis canadensis 

Horse Prairie (M332E) 

Salix geyerianacarex aquatilis 

Blackfoot River (M331 D) 

Salix geyeriandcarex utriculata 

Basin Creek (M332E) 

Horse Prairie (M332E) 

Sand Creek Ponds (M331 A) 

Salix geyerianalmesic graminoid 

East Shore Henrys Lake (M331A) 

Salix geyerianaPoa palustris 

Sand Creek Ponds (M331A) 

Salix lasiandra/Mesic Forb 

Sand Creek Ponds (M331 A) 

Salix planifolia monica/Carex aquatilis-Carex utriculata 

East Shore Henrys Lake (M331 A) 

Salix wolfii/Carex aquatilis 

Blackfoot River (M331 D) 

Salix wolfii/Carex utriculata 

East Shore Henrys Lake (M331A) 

Sarcobatus vermiculatus/Distich/is stricta stricta 

Oxford Slough (M331 D) 

Scirpus acutus 

Lebeau (M333B) 

Oxford Slough (M331 D) 

Sand Creek Ponds (M331 A) 

Scirpus cespitosus-Carex livida 

Sawtooth Valley Peatlands (M332A) 

Scirpus maritimus 

Oxford Slough (M331 D) 

Spartina gracilis 

Oxford Slough (M331 D) 

Spiraea douglasii 

Upper Priest River (M333A) 

Symphoricarpos albus-Rosa s p p. 

Garden Creek Preserve (M332G) 

Lost Basin Grassland (M332G) 

Wapshilla Ridge (M332G) 

Thuja plicata//ldiantum pedatum 

Aquarius (M333D) 

Dutch Creek (M332A) 

Four-bit Creek (M333D) 

0' Hara Creek (M332A) 

Con t 'd. 

USDA Forest Service Gen.Tech.Rep. RMRS-GTR-45. 2000 
Appendix E. ( Cont'd.) 

Acres 

Thuja plicata//lsarum caudatum 

Aquarius (M333D) 

Binarch Creek (M333A) 

Bull Run Creek (M333D) 

Dutch Creek (M332A) 

Four-bit Creek (M333D) 

Upper Fishhook (M333D) 

Thuja plicata/Athyrium filix-femina 

Aquarius (M333D) 

Binarch Creek (M333A) 

Bull Run Creek (M333D) 

Canyon Creek (M333A) 

Dutch Creek (M332A) 

Four-bit Creek (M333D) 

Hunt Girl Creek (M333B) 

Montford Creek (M333D) 

Morris Creek Old Growth Cedar Grove (M333D) 

Potholes (M333A) 

Tepee Creek (M333A) 

Three Ponds (M333A) 

Upper Fishhook (M333D) 

Upper Priest River (M333A) 

Upper Shoshone Creek (M333D) 

Thuja plicatdClintonia uni flora 

Aquarius (M333D) 

Binarch Creek (M333A) 

Bull Run Creek (M333D) 

Dutch Creek (M332A) 

Four-bit Creek (M333D) 

Hoskins Lake (M333B) 

Lebeau (M333B) 

Lochsa (M332A) 

Lower Ross Creek (M333B) 

Norman-Parmenter (M333B) 

O'Hara Creek (M332A) 

Upper Fishhook (M333D) 

Warm Springs Creek (M332A) 

Thuja plicatdDryopteris s p p. 

Aquarius (M333D) 

Thuja plicatdGymnocarpium dryopteris 

Bull Run Creek (M333D) 

Four-bit Creek (M333D) 

Morris Creek Old Growth Cedar Grove (M333D) 

Upper Fishhook (M333D) 

Thuja plicatdL ysichitum americanum 

Aquarius (M333D) 

Potholes (M333A) 

Thuja plicata/Oplopanax horridurn 

Aquarius (M333D) 

Binarch Creek (M333A) 

Canyon Creek (M333A) 

Hunt Girl Creek (M333B) 

Lebeau (M333B) 

Montford Creek (M333D) 

Norman-Parmenter (M333B) 

USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-45.2000 

Con t 'd. 

127 
Appendix E. ( Cont'd.) 

Potholes (M333A) 

Salmo (M333A) 

Tepee Creek (M333A) 

Upper Priest River (M333A) 

Upper Shoshone Creek (M333D) 

Tsuga heterophyllaLAsarum caudatum 

Binarch Creek (M333A) 

Canyon Creek (M333A) 

Montford Creek (M333D) 

Potholes (M333A) 

Spion Kop (M333D) 

Three Ponds (M333A) 

Upper Shoshone Creek (M333D) 

Tsuga heterophylla/Clintonia uniflora 

Binarch Creek (M333A) 

Bottle Lake (M333A) 

Canyon Creek (M333A) 

Hunt Girl Creek (M333B) 

Kaniksu Marsh (M333A) 

Lebeau (M333B) 

Lower Ross Creek (M333B) 

Montford Creek (M333D) 

Norman-Parmenter (M333B) 

Potholes (M333A) 

Salmo (M333A) 

Spion Kop (M333D) 

Tepee Creek (M333A) 

Three Ponds (M333A) 

Upper Priest River (M333A) 

Upper Shoshone Creek (M333D) 

Tsuga heterophylla/Gymnocarpium dryopteris 

Canyon Creek (M333A) 

Hunt Girl Creek (M333B) 

Montford Creek (M333D) 

Upper Priest River (M333A) 

Upper Shoshone Creek (M333D) 

Tsuga heterophyllalA4enziesia ferruginea 

Canyon Creek (M333A) 

Tsuga mertensiana/Luzula hitchcockii 

Bald Mountain (M333D) 

Steep Lakes (M333D) 

Theriault Lake (M333D) 

Tsuga mertensiana/Menziesia ferruginea 

Bald Mountain (M333D) 

Barktable Ridge (M333D) 

Elk Butte Mountain Hemlock (M333D) 

Five Lakes Butte (M333D) 

Pond Peak (M333D) 

Steep Lakes (M333D) 

Theriault Lake (M333D) 

Upper Shoshone Creek (M333D) 

Tsuga mertensiana/Phyllodoce empetriformis 

Five Lakes Butte (M333D) 

Tsuga mertensianaBfreptopus amplexifolius 

Theriault Lake (M333D) 

Acres 

10 

35 

181 

254 

56 

200 

40 

90 

52 

67 

14 

56 

100 

224 

250 

90 

90 

300 

488 

1 02 

135 

5 1 

41 7 

67 

363 

42 

332 

56 

40 

22 

60 

60 

56 

30 

5 

5 

10 

70 

40 

118 

68 

1 02 

120 

75 

250 

20 

2 

Cont'd. 

USDA Forest Service Gen.Tech.Rep. RMRS-GTR-45. 2000 
Appendix E. ( Cont'd.) 

Acres 

Tsuga mertensiandXerophyllum tenax 

Barktable Ridge (M333D) 

Five Lakes Butte (M333D) 

Pond Peak (M333D) 

Steep Lakes (M333D) 

Upper Shoshone Creek (M333D) 

Xerophyllum tenax 

Bald Mountain (M333D) 

USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-45. 2000 

ROCKY MOUNTAIN 

The Rocky Mountain Research Station develops scientific information 

and technology to improve management, protection, and use of forests 

and rangelands. Research is designed to meet the needs of National 

Forest managers, federal and state agencies, public and private 

organizations, academic institutions, industry, and individuals. 

Studies accelerate solutions to problems involving ecosystems, 

range, forests, water, recreation, fire, resource inventory, land 

reclamation, community sustainability, forest engineering technology, 

multiple use economics, wildlife and fish habitat, and forest insects and 

diseases. Studies are conducted cooperatively, and applications can 

be found worldwide. 

Research Locations 

Flagstaff, Arizona 

Fort Collins, 

Colorado* 

Boise, ldaho 

Moscow, ldaho 

Bozeman, Montana 

Missoula, Montana 

Lincoln, Nebraska 

Reno, Nevada 

Albuquerque, New 

Mexico 

Rapid City, South Dakota 

Logan, Utah 

Ogden, Utah 

Provo, Utah 

Laramie, Wyoming 

*Station Headquarters, 21 50 Centre Avenue, Building A, Fort Collins, C0 80526 

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits discrimination in all its 

programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, 

age, disability, political beliefs, sexual orientation, or marital or family status. (Not 

all prohibited bases apply to all programs.) Persons with disabilities who require 

alternative means for communication of program information (Braille, large print, 

audiotape, etc.) should contact USDA1s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 

(voice and TDD). 

To file a complaint of discrimination, write USDA, Director, Office of Civil 

Rights, Room 326-W, Whitten Building, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, 

Washington, D.C. 20250-9410 or call (202) 720-5964 (voice and TDD). 

USDA is an equal employment opportunity provider and employer. 

Printed on recycled paper