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Red Creek Quarry, Exhibit J - Vegetation Information 9 DRAFT for review purposes only. Use of contents on this sheet is subject to the limitations specified at the beginning of thi s document. Red Creek Quarry_VegReport_20230911 Table 2. Dominant Plants by Soil Type Transect Soil Symbol Soil Name Plant 1 Plant 2 Plant 3 Plant 4 Plant 5 % Cover Transect 1 WM Minnequa-Wilid silt loams, 1 to 6 percent slopes Blue grama Tumbleweed Sand drop seed 65 Transect 2 WM Minnequa-Wilid silt loams, 1 to 6 percent slopes Blue grama Tumbleweed Scarlet globemallow Field worm- wood Buffalo bur 70 Transect 3 MvC Manvel silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes Blue grama Prickly pear Tumbleweed Squirreltail Field worm- wood 65 Transect 4 PmE Penrose-Minnequa complex, 1 to 15 percent slopes Tree cholla Purple three awn Sand dropseed White sage- brush Tumbleweed 80 Transect 5 PmE Penrose-Minnequa complex, 1 to 15 percent slopes Soap weed yucca White sage- brush White wild in- digo Side-oats grama Prairie verbena 55 Transect 6 129 Wilid silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes Tumbleweed Blue grama Field worm- wood White sage- brush Plains prickly pear 65 Transect 7 66 Manvel silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes Tumbleweed Blue grama Field worm- wood Prairie sun- flower White sage- brush 60 Transect 8 48 Kim loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes Tumbleweed Field worm- wood Blue grama Tree cholla Utah juniper 55 Transect 9 84 Penrose-Midway-Rock outcrop com- plex, 10 to 45 percent slopes Utah juniper Tumbleweed Blue grama Maltese star thistle Rocky moun- tain zinnia 40 Transect 10 3 Aquic Ustifluvents Salt cedar Yellow sweet clover Desert salt grass Foxtail barley Sedge 90 Transect 11 Lm Las Animas fine sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, frequently flooded Sedge Saltcedar Broadleaf cat- tail Annual rab- bitsfoot grass Alkali sacaton 100 Transect 12 92 Riverwash Tumbleweed Blue grama Field worm- wood Tree cholla Broadleaf milk- weed 60 Transect 13 48 Kim loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes Field worm- wood Tumbleweed Fragrant sumac Skunk-bush su- mac Utah juniper 70 Transect 14 66 Manvel silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes Blue grama Tumbleweed Field worm- wood Lamb's quar- ters Alkali sacaton 45 Transect 15 83 Penrose-Minnequa complex, 1 to 15 percent slopes Utah juniper Tree cholla Field worm- wood Summer cy- press Lamb's quar- ters 75 Transect 16 129 Wilid silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes Tumbleweed Field worm- wood Lamb's quar- ters Tree cholla Plains prickly pear 60 Transect 17 66 Manvel silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes Tumbleweed Blue grama Tree cholla Plains prickly pear Field worm- wood 70 Transect 18 52 Kim-Cascajo complex, 2 to 15 per- cent slopes Tumbleweed Blue grama Maltese star thistle Lamb's quar- ters Sand dropseed 65