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<br />EXHIBIT J <br />Vegetation Information <br />Vegetation ranges from woody riparian communities along the Cache La Poudre River to upland <br />grasslands to the north. Along the river, cottonwood forests range from large cottonwood <br />galleries along old meanders to narrow rows along the banks of the river. <br />Patches of sandbar willows occur underneath the cottonwoods and in more open areas. <br />The understory contains reed canarygrass, smooth brome, and other introduced grasses. Most of <br />the cottonwood galleries and some of the sandbar willow areas are uplands based on exact species <br />component and soil characteristics. Wetlands occur in [he bottom of old side channels and along <br />the river. <br />The large flat flood plain contains a complex patter of plant communities ranging from cattail <br />mazshes, to wet meadows, to mesic and upland meadows. The upland azeas are covered mostly <br />with western wheatgrass, smooth brome, alkali sacaton, and saltgrass. Saltgrass and foxtail barley <br />dominate the moist transition areas between wetland and upland grasslands. The upland grasses <br />continue into the highlands north of the flood plain. <br />River View Resource, CAMAS Colorado. /nc. <br />DMG 1 /1 Permit <br />Pnge l7 <br />