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<br />EXHIBIT J -VEGETATIVE INFORMATION
<br />(aJ Describe present vegetation rapes including gaantitntive estirnntes of cover and height for
<br />the principal species in each life-/orm represented (i.e. trees, tu!! shrubs, low shrubs,
<br />grusses, jorbs);
<br />The majority of the site is actively farmed. The crops are regularly rotated and include:
<br />alfalfa, com, sugar beets, beans, potatoes and pasture. Existing vegetation along the riparian
<br />cortidor includes mature cottonwoods and grasses. Aggregate Industries will obtain a
<br />wetland delineation and a 404 permit prior to any excavation in the wetlands. Refer to the
<br />existing conditions map for the approximate locations of mature trees.
<br />(b) the relationship o(presenr vegetation types [o soils types (or may show on mup);
<br />According [o the United States Department of Agriculture Soils Conservation Sen•ice's Soil
<br />Survey of Weld County, Colorado: Southenr port (Appendi.r A), (Issued September 1980),
<br />the best-suited vegetation for each soil type is as follows:
<br />Altvan loam
<br />Irrigated crops: com, sugar beets, beans, alfalfa, small grain, potatoes, and onions.
<br />Trees: Rocky Mountain juniper, eastem recedar, ponderosa pine, Siberian elm, Russian-
<br />olive and hackberry.
<br />Shrubs: skunkbush sumac, lilac, Siberian peashrub, and American plum.
<br />Aauolls and Aauents
<br />Native vegetation: alkali sacaton, switchgrass, western wheatgrass, sal[grass, sedge, rush,
<br />and alkali bluegrass.
<br />Bankard sandv loam
<br />Imgated crops: tall wheatgrass, tall fescue, and annual sweetclover.
<br />Native vegetation: switchgrass, indiangrass, sand bluestem, sand reedgrass, sideoats
<br />grams, needleandthread, and blue grams.
<br />Colombo clav loam
<br />Imgated crops: com, sugar beets, beans, alfalfa, onions, and potatoes.
<br />Trees: Rocky Mountain juniper, easter redcedar, ponderosa pine, Siberian elm, Russian-
<br />olive, and hackbeny.
<br />Shrubs: skunkbush sumac, lilac, Siberian peashrub, and American plum.
<br />Dacono clav loam
<br />Irrigated crops: corn, sugar beets, beans, alfalfa, small grain, potatoes, and onions.
<br />Trees: Rocky Mountain juniper, eastern redcedar, ponderosa pine, Siberian elrn, Russian-
<br />olive, and hackberry.
<br />Shrubs: skunkbush sumac, lilac, Siberian peashrub, and American plum.
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