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WATTLE MOUNTAIN RESOURCES Pagc 10-3 <br />San Luis Project Technical Spca fications <br />10.2 Seeding Mixtures and Rates <br />Recommended seed mixtures and rates have been formulated based on the known c limactic and <br />soil conditions of the project area. The average annual precipitation of about 15 inches is <br />sufficient to support grasslands, shrub/grasslands, and Pinon-Juniper woodland (deloending, of <br />course, on slope and aspect). <br />The following species and rates shall be used on site. Pinon-Juniper shall be replaced in the <br />upper azea of the West Pit, as indicated in the Drawings. <br />PLANT SPECIES SCIENTIFIC NAME RATE <br />(Pounds/Acre)* <br />Western whea[grass Agropyron smithii 4 <br />Mountain brome Bromopsis gracilis 3 <br />Blue grama Bouteloua gracilis 2 <br />Indian ricegrass Oryzopsis hymenoides 2 <br />Mountain muhly Muhlei:berquii montana 1 <br />Cicer milkvetch 1.5 <br />Winterfat Ceratoides Janata 0.5 <br />Pinon-Juniper junipenes scopularum 100 trees/acre** <br />*Rates shown are for pure live seed when drill seeding. If broadcast seeding is emlrloyed, rates <br />will be doubled. <br />** upper West pit azea. <br />Additional plant species may be used or substituted if approved by the Designer and Owner. <br />All seed shall be fumished in bags or containers clearly labeled to show the name and address of <br />the supplier, the seed name, and lot number, ne[ weight, origin, the percent of weed seed content, <br />the guazanteed percentage of purity and germination, and the pounds of Pure Live Seed of each <br />seed species in the container. All brands fumished shall be free from noxious seed< and certified <br />as such by the seed supplier. The Contractor shall furnish to [he Designer or his de:,ignated <br />N'\DHALLMAMSANLUISISANLUIS.DOC 10-~ SRK Protect No. 14732 <br />