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<br />-~ <br />EXHIBIT D a <br />Veoetative Information for the Ekberg Fit <br />The ranoe sides for the area consists of loamy slopes on the <br />96-D soils and loess breaks on the 102 soils. The potential <br />plant community for these sites are very similar-sideoats <br />grama, little bluestem, western wheat and blue grama and <br />perenial (orbs tend to dominate. Blue Drama and buffalo <br />grass will become the main dominant species when overorazed. <br />Optiman cover for the site is 25ij. <br />Existing vecetation on the proposed 40 acres of pit area <br />consists of primarily blue grama, sideoats Drama, and western <br />wheat. Also present in lesser amounts are buffalo grass, <br />tittle bluestem and various native forbs. Fresent annual <br />forage yield is approximately 1200 pounds per acre. Fresent <br />ground rover for the area is about 25io. <br />Attached are range condition inventories for this area. <br />