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• order to determine the potential plant communities in the farmstead, facilities, orchards, etc. type. <br />One range site, Semidesert Loam, and one woodland site, Pinyon-Juniper Woodland, apply to the <br />New Horizon 2 study area for these areas., The reviewer is directed to Map 2.04.9-1 "Soil Types <br />and Topsoil Salvage Depth" and Peabody Attachment 9-5 contained in Tab 9 as support for this <br />discussion. Both the Pinyon-Juniper Site Description and the Semidesert Loam Range Site are <br />included in Peabody Appendix 10-3. <br />Results and Discussion - 1999 <br />Vegetation Distribution and Floristics - 1999. Vegetation types were determined on the basis <br />of plant composition and land use. Six vegetation types were recognized in the New Horizon 2 <br />baseline vegetation studies permit expansion area: sagebrush-1 (SG-1), sagebrush-2 (SG-2) <br />swale/drainage (SW), irrigated pasture (IP), irrigated hayland (IH), and miscellaneous types. <br />Farmsteads, facilities (corrals, stockyards, haystacks), orchards, ponds, roads and other <br />(abandoned cropland, hayland and pastures, abandoned buildings, etc.), were included in the <br />miscellaneous category. The distribution of each type is shown on Map 2.04.10-1. The total <br />acreage of each type in the study area and proposed permit area is shown in Table 2.04.10-14. <br />• <br />The plant list resulting from the floristic surveys conducted with the study area was presented in <br />Peabody Appendix 10-1. It is reproduced and annotated as necessary as Appendix 2.04.10-1 for <br />the amended area. The list is arranged in alphabetical order and contains approximately 150 <br />species of plants. Species are identified according to scientific name and common. Scientific <br />names in parenthesis are the most current accepted nomenclature using ITIS (Integrated <br />Taxonomic Information System : http://www.itis.usda.gov/plantprojlitislitis_query.html) <br />The search of the Colorado Natural Areas Inventory data base indicated that no data are available <br />for the locality in which the study area occurs with the nearest site being established in 1997 on <br />the San Miguel river near Tabeguache Creek. The CDMG list, NRCS PLANTS database, and the <br />USFWS database were used as the most current lists of threatened and endangered plants. <br />The search of the Colorado Natural Areas Inventory data base indicated that no data are available <br />for the locality in which the study area occurs. However, both the Colorado Department of Natural <br />Resources and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service indicated that Lu inus crassus (Payson lupine) <br />• (REVISED 8/15/00) 2.()4.1 ~ - 49 <br />