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Show patht atae Patton, J. L. 2015 246 Great Basin National Park aaa 21-25 August 2015 trapline 4 Lehman Cave 0.05 mi dl Approximate position of trapline 4, above the Lehman Cavevisitors’ center. Using the midpointofthis line to designate coordinates and elevation for the locality, this would be: Lehman Cave, Snake Range, Great Basin National Park, White Pine Co., Nevada 6970 ft _39.00582°N_ 114.22180°W 15’ precision WGS84 datum This line was established on the east-facing slope above the entrance to Lehman Cave; the slopeis slightly terraced, or stepped, by limestone outcrops, and varies in aspect from about 10 to 45°. The surface soil is loamy-sand but contains abundantrock particles of varying dimensions (from gravel and pebble-size to > 10 cm). The habitat is fairly dense (canopy cover varying from 25 to 50%, somewhatdenser along the narrow,east-running defile at the end oftheline) pifion-juniper woodland comprisedof single-leaf pifion (Pinus monophyllus) and Utah juniper (Juniperus osteosperma). An understory of mixed Great Basin shrubs : 4 ee ee i i 4 H oeese tat es eeewate ie 5 eeTAL d. Rraneeatrae See aeae a ee Or na ered Careers Bar ns eeerdasiey eee ees SWAT a re ea etrat es Petre oes waaghe cen eseccabeasn mali apceaares amRnR DSESOSTICT geese EBT Serbiannhhtantoecnarctefnicnetts’gateromeyenbesaainesrermur. meronsee e hi ‘i 3 See PSPUAE ;7 elite eee s Perea TTS is comprised predominantly of bitterbrush (Purshiatridentata), black sage brush e ee ee easened Cee aa es eeeee : |