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CASTLE CONCRETE COMPANY <br />SNYDER QUARRY 77-210 <br />EXHIBIT J <br />VEGETATION INFORMATION <br />The vegetation of the Snyder Quarry was destroyed as a result <br />of mining. No analysis of the pre-existing vegetation way done prior <br />to mining. Severe disturbances and mining has been occurzing at this <br />site for many, many decades and opportunities for vegetation recovery <br />have been few. Generally, any description of the pre-mining vegetation <br />must be determined by extrapolating from surrounding vegetation. It <br />must be completely understood from the outset that descriFtions of <br />vegetation in areas surrounding the quarry are not to be construed as <br />meaning these lands will be affected by the operation. In fact, it is <br />• anticipated that no additional vegetation will undergo major disruption. <br />Minor disturbances will occur in a few places where vent holes from the <br />adits will surface, but these will hardly be detectable. <br />Vegetation of the site itself is very limited and primarily <br />characteristic of disturbed areas. Species such as Russian Thistle and <br />Kochia predominate in a few isolated areas, but in a few places where <br />disturbances have not occurred for a few years a limited amount of invasion <br />has occurred. Invaders include a few native grasses, Junipers, Pinon <br />Pine, and some forbs such as Artemisia frigida. The extent of such <br />invasions are very limited and insignificant. Few conclusions concerning <br />successional patterns can be drawn from the limited evidence. However, <br />what has occurred seems to indicate that succession to a Pir.on -Juniper <br />forest is at least possible provided adequate soil cover can be obtained. <br />S-J-1* <br />