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1 1 1 1 Exhibit B - Site Description - Vegetation Information The affected area exists at an elevation of between about 6,150 to 6,250 feet and is transitional between the grasslands and lower foothills vegetation zones. The site consists of slopes with easterly exposure and relatively open ground. Shrubs, grasses and fortis dominate the vegetation community. Virtually all of the immediate area has been extensively disturbed by activities related to former mining operations. Much of the site is covered by old mine rock dumps, trenches and pits, old foundations, working and storage areas, refuse, and roadways. The site was walked in September of 1988 and visual estimates were made of the composition of the plant community. Figure B, included with Exhibit B - Site Description - Soils Information, is a soils and vegetation map illustrating the location of various plant communities. The vegetation types are distinguished as map areas Nos. 1, 2 and 3. Map areas Nos. 1 and 2 apply to the permit area. Map area No. 3 is adjacent to, but outside of, the permit area. These map areas were defined on the basis of composition of the plant community which includes relationship to slope, aspect, soils and level of historic disturbance. In an undisturbed condition, native vegetation in the plant community would include the following species. Grasses and Grass-like Plants Fortis Woody Species Western Wheatgrass Big Bluestem Sideoats Grama Little Bluestem Griffith Wheatgrass Dry Sedges Needle-and-thread Blue Grama Fringed Sage Spiderwort Penstemon Hairy Golden Aster Yarrow Buckwheat Milkvetch Larkspur Mountain Sunflower Rky. Mtn. Juniper Mtn. Mahogany Chokecherry Wax Current American Plum Skunkbush Ponderosa Pine Pinyon Pine Gambel Oak