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Rifle Gravel Pit #1 June 2021 <br /> 4.4.1 Upland Pastures <br /> • Alfalfa (Medicago sativa) <br /> • Chicory (Cichorium intybus) <br /> • Timothy grass (Phleum pratense) <br /> • Showy milkweed (Asclepias speciosa) <br /> • Tall wheatgrass (Thinopyrum ponticum) <br /> • Hyprid western wheatgrass (Pascopyrum smithii hybrid) <br /> • Russian knapweed (Acroptilon repens) <br /> • Cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) <br /> 4.4.2 Herbaceous Emergent Wetlands <br /> • Arctic rush (Juncus balticus) <br /> • Showy milkweed (Asclepias speciosa) <br /> • Alkali sacaton (Sporobolus airoides) <br /> • Foxtail barley (Hordeum jubatum) <br /> • Broadleaf cattail (Typha latifolia) <br /> • Bulrush (Schoenoplectus maritimus) <br /> • Tamarisk(Tamarix chinensis) <br /> • Cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) <br /> 4.4.3 Riparian Woodland <br /> • Russian olive (Elaeagnus angustifolia) <br /> • Plains cottonwood (Populus deltoides) <br /> • Tamarisk (Tamarix chinensis) <br /> • Skunkbrush sumac (Rhus aromatica var. trilobata) <br /> • Basin Big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata var. tridentate) <br /> • Greasewood (Sarcobatus vermiculatus) <br /> • Rabbitbrush (Ericameria spp.) <br /> 4.5 US Fish &Wildlife Consultation (USFWS)—Flowering Plants <br /> Seven federally listed species were evaluated for potential impacts resulting from this <br /> project, per the USFWS Threatened and Endangered species list for the project area (IPaC, <br /> September 2020). Two of the seven species include flowering plants (the remaining five <br /> species include fishes and birds). Based on this analysis, the USFWS identified the <br /> following flowering plant species as having potential to occur within the vicinity of the project: <br /> • Debeque phacelia (Phacelia submutica) <br /> • Ute ladies'-tresses orchid (Spiranthes diluvialis) <br /> 4.5.1 Debeque phacelia <br /> No habitat exists on the property or in nearby adjacent or downgradient areas. This species <br /> is restricted entirely to outcroppings of the Wasatch geological formation, generally in areas <br /> of steep gradient and extensive bare mineral soil. The proper geologic substrate is not found <br /> on the property, nor are the native xeric biological communities where the species is found. <br /> Because the project will not directly or indirectly impact habitats, and is relatively far from <br /> 10 <br />