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• REVEGETATION PLAN <br />The approved revegetation plan emphasizes native species planting resulting in a <br />diverse, permanent, effective plant community capable of self-regeneration. <br />Species and Planting_Methods <br />Plant species proposed for use in revegetation were selected considering local <br />environmental features of soils, nutritional value, slope, elevation, and <br />precipitation, as well as the vegetational potential of the site. The current seed mix <br />is entirely composed of native species. Warm season graminoid species <br />predominate in the mix, as they do in the native area adjacent to the mine. CDMG, <br />CDOW and the SCS have all agreed that sand sage (Arlemesia frlifolia) need not <br />be included in the seed mix. The current seed mix is presented below: <br />Seed <br />Rate <br />Common Name Latin Name Character NPLS/a <br />cre <br />Sideoats Grains Boufeloua curtipendula native warm 1.5 <br /> season <br />Prairie Sandreed (Goshen) CalamovilJa longijolia native warnr 1.5 <br /> season <br />Sand Bluestein (Garden City) Andropogon ha!!ii native warm 2.0 <br /> season <br />Hlue Grams (Covington) Bouteloua gracilis native warm 0.5 <br /> season <br />Switchgrass (Pathfinder) Panicum virgatum native warm O,S <br /> season <br />Indian Ricegrass (Paloma) Oryropsis hymenoides native cool season 1,0 <br />Yellow Indiangrass (Oto) Sorghastrum nutans native warm I.5 <br /> season <br />Thickspike Wheatgrass Agropyron native pool season 0.3 <br />(Critana) dasystachyum <br />Little Bluestein Schizachyrium native warm 0.5 <br /> scoparium season <br />Prairie Conetlower Ratibida sp. native fort 0.3 <br /> Total ~ PLS/acre 9.5 <br />After manure spreading, the approved seed mix will be drill seeded through the <br />manure mulch. In small areas requiring reseeding, CEC may employ broadcast <br />seeding methods to stimulate regrowth. Broadcast seeding rates will be twice that <br />of drill seed rates. <br />Germination of native warm season grasses has proven to be problematic in <br />reclamation. ,The preeminent factor in successful germination of warm season <br />native grasses appears to be available moisture. The moisture must be in an <br />amount sufficient to allow germination and seedling growth to a stage which will <br />us <br />