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3.3.3 VEGETATION (includes a finding on standard 3) <br /> Affected Environment: <br /> Potential vegetation in the project area includes blue grama, Indian ricegrass, <br /> needlegrasses,sand dropseed, mountain mahogany, and Gambel oak in the dry uplands and <br /> willow species along the river. While some of these species are present in the project area,due to <br /> historic livestock grazing and mining, the dry uplands are in a poor vegetative condition and <br /> contain a large amount of Russian thistle and cheat grass. In the absence of further disturbance <br /> the site would be expected to transition to the natural background conditions overtime.The area <br /> mined relatively recently is a mix of river cobble and sand that has no top soil and supports very <br /> little vegetation. <br />