2014-10-07_PERMIT FILE - C1981018A ‎(2)‎

• Permit No: C1981018A
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 10/7/2014
• Section_Exhibit Name: Section V. Mine Surface Facilities Reclamation Plan
• Media Type: D
• Archive: Yes

TABLE V-14
COMPARISON OF PLANT COMMUNITIES SAMPLED
AND NRCS RANGE SITE POTENTIALS
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PLANT COMMUNITY TYPE RANGE SITE
SPECIES OR FRACTION BIG SAGEBRUSH-WESTERN WHEATGRASS ROLLING LOAM
°h by weight 0015 0010 0011 0110' 0111 MEAN POTENTIAL
Western wheatgrass 7 1 5 52 30 19 25
Junegrass 3 4 1 5
Bottlebrush squirteltail 1 1 3 1 5
Indian ricegrass 1 1 2 1 5
Colorado wildrye 64 72 29 4 34 5
Galleta 1 -
Needle-and-thread 16 1 3 15
other perennial grasses 1 <t 10
perennial forts 1 2 11 5 5 20
Big sagebrush ND 15
Rabbitbrush ND 5
Horsebmsh ND 5
other shrubs ND 5
Total Annual Production: (Its./acre) Favorable years ND 1000
Unfavorable years 210 500
Mean ND 800
%of Production 42
Ground Cover(%) 80 59 66 76 62 69 30
ND = no data
All species values in percent composition by weight
* The site of transect 0110 has been designated as a reference area for future comparisons of sites
revegetated to a Big sagebrush -Western wheatgrass plant community type.
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Mid-Term Review 2002 (8/2002) V-55