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Willow/Spruce/Fir Woodland <br /> The willow/spruce/fir woodland represents an intermediate community that grades into both the <br /> spruce/fir woodland as well as the willow woodland.This community represents slightly more than an <br /> acre (4.1 percent) of the site.The canopy is dominated by a number of willow species including Geyer <br /> (Salix geyeriona), plane-leaf(S. planifolia), mountain (S. montana), and sandbar(S. exigua) intermixed <br /> with Colorado blue spruce (Picea pungens) and subalpine fir.This community also supports a diverse <br /> shrub story with dense stands of thin-leaf alder(Alnus incana subsp. Tenuifolia)and bog birch (Betula <br /> pumila) as well as wax currant (Ribes cereum), prickly currant (R. lacustre),twinberry honeysuckle and <br /> Wood's rose. A lush herbaceous understory includes wild strawberry,wild geranium, large-leaved avens <br /> (Geum macrophyllum),yellow bedstraw(Galium verum), bluebells (Mertensia ciliata), dandelion <br /> (Taraxacum officinale), clover(Trifolium spp.), and death camas (Zigadenus venenosus). <br /> Willow Woodland,A Wetland Plant Community <br /> The willow woodland community occurs adjacent to the creek channel, in the most mesic portion of the <br /> site.This woodland comprises almost a half-acre (1.7 percent) of the site. The area is characterized by a <br /> dense willow canopy composed of the same species found in the willow/spruce/fir woodland.The same <br /> dense shrub and lush herbaceous components that are present in the willow/spruce/fir woodland also <br /> occur in this community. <br /> 1 .2.1 Soil <br /> The NRCS Soil Report is shown below. <br /> 1 .2.2 Permanent, Man-Made Structures <br /> As shown in Exhibit E, Map the only permanent man-made structures within 200 feet of the affected <br /> area are listed in the table below. <br /> Table 1 Permanent, Man-Made Structures Within 200 Feet of the Area <br /> Structure Owner <br /> County Road 128 Boulder County <br /> Power Line Xcel Energy <br /> Phone Line Qwest <br /> Boulder County, County Road 128 and an Excel power line which supplies power to the mine site and <br /> runs somewhat east and west from the site toward Nederland and up onto U.S. Forest Service property. <br /> In addition, there is a Qwest phone line on the south side of the proposed permit boundary which runs <br /> somewhat east and west.These structures have been a feature on and around the mine site for many <br /> years during its periods of activity and in-activity. <br /> Permanent, man-made structures within 200 feet of the affected lands are shown on Maps 2, 3,4, and <br /> 6. <br /> 5 <br />