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6. Vegetation (Terrestrial, aquatic, condition, <br />trends, T&E) <br />The vegetation in the areas of the quarry sites <br />consists of oak brush, pinyon-juniper, annual weeds, high <br />elevation grasses and mountain shrub types. See Soil <br />Conservation report at Attachment #4. <br />Oakbrush the most widespread vegetation type, <br />occupying over much of the area. The understory is charac- <br />teristically sparse, consisting mainly of weeds, and a <br />variety of grasses. Pinion-juniper trees are interspersed <br />throughout the area, with several stands of Ponderosa Pine - <br />Douglas Fir at the higher elevations. <br />Mountain shrub occurs in the higher elevations, <br />alternating with the large oak brush stands that are also <br />present there. The most abundant plants in this type are <br />snowberry and serviceberry; many other shrubs and herbaceous <br />understory plants are associated with them. <br />Approximately half of this south-sloping area is <br />almost totally devoid of vegetation, as a result of the high <br />evapotranspiration rate of southern exposures and the low <br />water-holding capacity of the steep limestone outcrops. <br />No endangered and threatened plant species are <br />present in the area. <br />7. Animals (aquatic, terrestrial, T&E, livestock <br />wiltihorses) <br />The only aquatic habitat in the area of the proposed <br />quarry sites are No Name Creek and the Colorado River. <br />These are both some distance from the proposed sites and not <br />affected by the proposed quarry operation. <br />