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4.0 RARE AND ENDANGERED PLANT SPECIES INVENTORY • <br />Aaording to the Colorado Natural Heritage Program, no species of concern have been found in the <br />immediate project area, akhough eight sensitive plant species are known fran within a 30-mile radius. <br />Because of this proximity, the worst-case assumption was made titat there existed some potential for one <br />or more taxa to be located in the vegetation study area. This potential was further refined following a <br />review of habitat requisites of the eight subject taxa resulting in a reduction of the list to there primary <br />tariget species, the adobe beardstongue (Penstemon retrorsus), Grand Mesa penstemon (Penstemon <br />mensarum), and a thistle (Grsium perplamns). These three taxa exhibited habitat requisites provided <br />within the vegetation study area. <br />As a resuR of site3peaf'~c field efforts, no rare, threatened or endangered plant speaes were found <br />on or near the vegetation study area. All taxa were targeted with speaal emphasis on the three primary <br />species, but with negative results. eeouse of past intensive grazing of the proposed disturbance area, <br />as well as the present paudty of perennial grasses and forts, there exists low potential for any of these <br />three taxa within the vegetation study area. All of these taxa would require a more pristine, less <br />disturbed environment A list of ail plant species documented during sfie-specfic search efforts is <br />provided as Table Vl. . <br />• <br />CEDAR CREEK ASSOQAi6, Inc Page 12 E#~ibi[ 5 -Bowie WRDA Vegemtion Survey <br />