MAPPING UNIT ATTRIBUTE CODE: 31040

MAPPING UNIT NAME: Foothills and mountain grassland type.

DOMINANT SPECIES: Festuca spp., Muhlenbergia spp.

DESCRIPTION: (see NOTES)

DISTRIBUTION: Throughout the state of Colorado.

ELEVATION RANGE:

DIAGNOSTIC SPECIES: Festuca arizonica, Festuca thurberi, Festuca
idahoensis, Muhlenbergia montana, Muhlenbergia filiculmis, Danthonia parryi,
Pseudoroegneria spicata, Stipa comata

NOTES: Steep south facing slopes in the ponderosa pine and lower Douglas
fir zones of the Front Range, particularly where soil is thin, with little
water holding capacity, frequently support open park like vegetation
dominated by M. montana or other graminoids (Peet, 1988).MAPPING UNIT
ATTRIBUTE CODE: 62002