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i <br />The information presented below gives the potential vegetation and <br />actual vegetation present. Most of the area to be affected is the top of a <br />hill that was formerly irrigated. Irrigation and the raising of crops were <br />discontinued several years ago. The area was not subsequently reseeded and <br />the vegetation currently present consists primarily of annual forbs.~ ~~1~ / <br />~- - <br />In the native plant commmity grasses would compose an estimated 75 <br />percent of the vegetation production. The principal species in the <br />potential native plant community, based mi association with soil types, are <br />Exhibit J - Vegetation Information <br />• <br />as follows: <br />Soil Type <br />Range Situ Species <br />in Plant Camnmityb <br />Mesa gravelly <br />clay loam, <br />Mesa clay loam <br />Loamy Salt- Galleta 50 <br />Desert Indian Ricegrass 10 <br />Needle-and-Thread 5 <br />Bottlebrush Squirreltail 5 <br />Sandberg Bluegrass and <br />Other Natives 5 <br />Misc. Forbs~ 5 <br />Shadscale 10 <br />Gardner Saltbush 10 <br />Winterfat 5 <br />Douglas Rabbitbrush 5 <br />Misc. other Shrubsd 3 <br />a USDA range site No. 401, August 1975. <br />n Percentage cos~osition by weight. Percentage may <br />total as much as values given. The ground is <br />sparsely covered with the optimian cover being 25 <br />percent. The total annual production is estimated <br />to be about 700 pounds per acre, air-dry, for the <br />average moisture year. <br />These include biscuitroot, scarlet globemallow, <br />Indian paintbrush, sego lily, Hood's phlox, <br />buckwheat, loco. <br />a These include brown snakeweed, prickly pear cactus, <br />various sagebrush, and other natives. <br />-21- <br />