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<br /> <br />EXHIBIT J VEGETATION INFORMATION <br />A. Present Vegetation Types <br />Grasses: Cheatgrass <br />Annual Bluegrass <br />Western Wheatgrass <br />Trees: Cottonwood <br />Willow <br />Chinese Elm <br />Weeds: Canadian Thistle <br />Russian Thistle <br />Kochia <br />Sunflower <br />Tanzy Mustard <br />White-top <br />Curly Dock <br />These species are found on each of the three parcels of land. <br />B. Relationship to Soil Types <br />The Altvan loam soil type is adapted not only to the vegetation types <br />listed, but also most agricultural crops common to the area. <br />The Aquolls and Agents are very alkali and are dominated by alkali <br />sacaton, switchgrass, western wheatgrass, saltgrass, sedge, rush and al- <br />kali bluegrass. <br />The Dacono clay loam is adapted to all crops as the Altvan loam soil type. <br />Please see the Pre-Mining Plan Map for additional information. <br />C. Crop Production <br />The western one-third of the west parcel has the potential to be used for <br />rangeland. Potential production of the "alkali grasses" ranges from 3,000 <br />pounds per acre in favorable years to 2,000 pounds per acre in unfavorable <br />years. <br />