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• EXHIBIT D - VEGETATION INFORMATION <br />Three ma~or.vegetative_.types surround the already disturbed <br />area of mining operations: an extremely sparsely populated <br />sandstone outcrop ledge, a gently undulating sand bench, and <br />a strip of pinyon-juniper woodland. <br />Species found on the sandstone face above the surface facilities <br />and portal include: pinyon pine, Colorado juniper, sand drop- <br />seed, and western wheatgrass. Vegetative cover averages less <br />than 596. Vegetation occurs largely in gaps and cracks between <br />boulders, as there is no appreciable topsoil.. <br />Soils on the bench below the surface facilities, onto which <br />waste will be dumped, are sandy. Vegetative cover in this <br />area averages 1496 and is predominantly a grass-cactus associa- <br />tion. Species include: pricklypear, barrel cactus, sand <br />dropseed, blue grama, western wheatgrass, Indian ricegrass, <br />Mormon tea, scarlet globemallow, and rattlesnake weed. <br />Along the south edge of the sandy bench lies a small area of <br />pinyon-3uniper woodland. Soil texture associated with this <br />vegetative area-can be-described as a sandy to a sandy loam <br />soil. Vegetative cover for the association averages 1096, <br />with the height of the dominant species ranging from ten to <br />• eighteen feet. <br />• <br />