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VEGETATION AND SOIL DESCRIPTIONS <br />FOR: Specification Aggregates Company <br />Box 10775 Edgemont Branch <br />Golden, Colorado 80401 <br />BACKGROUND: <br />This information is needed by Specification Aggregates for the Stag Land <br />Reclamation Board. <br />VEGETATION: <br />Two sites were inventoried for the native vegetation and density. See attached <br />vegetation inventory location sketch map. The plant inventories ar•~ right <br />adjacent to the quarry. The plant cover that has been removed in the quarry <br />operation was the basic type as that of the inventory locations. <br />See attached vegetative inventory forms for plant types and ground ~~over per- <br />centages. Approximately 50 percent of the soil surface is rock covered. It <br />is basically a native plant community. There is a high amount of clieatgrass. <br />It is a non-native bromegrass that is an invader species. It is coimnon on over- <br />grazed areas. <br />There was too much snow on the north facing slopes to get a detailed plant <br />inventory. Although there is a high anT~unt of mountain mahogany on the north <br />slopes. <br />~- <br />\.W. <br />SOILS: <br />Depth to rock ranges from 4-20 inches. See attached SCS-Soils - 5 form for <br />Ratake stony loam series interpretation information. <br /> <br />