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<br /> <br />- 2 - <br /> <br />Per.~eability is noderate, Available water capacity is low. <br />i;ffective rooting dep`~n is less taan 20 inches. Surface runoff <br />is rapid and water erosion is high. Soil survey interpretations <br />for the Paunsaugunt series are attached. <br />2, Ye~sta~,.i,on <br />Dative grasses on the Paunsaugunt soil consist primarily of <br />Arizona fescue, mountain mutely, needlegrasses, Indian ricegrass, <br />Parry oatgrass, western xheatgraas, sideoat grams, sad little <br />blueatem, iTativa trees and shrubs found on this soil era p*~+m~rily <br />mountain mahogax~y, Gambel oak, pi_+~}ron pine, roc;q mountain juniper, <br />and s4unkbush sunac, with leaser amounts of ponderosa pine. <br />C. <br />Land reclamation throw use of plant materials, including grasses, <br />shrubs, or tress, xi11 be limited to s'~.able slopes flat enough to <br />afford a high degree of efficiency in moisture infiltration, and <br />having sufficient soil moisturs storag-s capacity to maintain plant <br />growth. <br />Where these conditions cannot be obtained due to existing site <br />conditions, as on soma of 'rhe extreme elopes on the Pikeview Quarry, <br />or because of planned methods for future limestone extraction, ; <br />other kinds of site trea~ent measures must be considered, <br />1. Construction <br />a~ `Phe chances for establishment of ve3~etation increases as <br />percent of elope decreases. Slonas should not ba steeper than 3:1. <br />Slopes of 6:1 or flatter are much more desirare> Some elopes <br />t '. <br />steeper than 3:1 nay ba unavoidable, but they should be kept to a <br />mi nirtnim~ <br />