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J J J VEGE T A T I ON The Bernard Nine Pit can be characterized as a sandy plains. semi-arid range site supporting a vegetation typified by rases. shrubs, and fortis. Plants noted during inspection o+ t e site were as follows: buffalo grass Arizona fescue Alkali sacaton Little bluestem Sandberg bluegrass Russian-thistle Purple henbane broom snakeweed Yucca Sagebrush Prickly pear cactus Buchloe dactyloides festuca arizonica Sporat~ulus airoides Schizar_hyriui scopar2 Poa sandbergii Salsola i6erica Nyoscyanus niger 6utierrezia sarothrae Yucca glauca prteiisia spp. Opuntia coapressa Vegetative cover was less than 10%. Final reclamation of the site will be the establishment of grasses. J SOIL S The soils near the Bernard Nine Pit have been classified USDA Soil Conservation Service as Cascajo sandy loam wit slope. There is no topsoil over the site area. native iy the i a ~% l The Cascajo series consists of excessively drained soils tt}at are moderately shallow over. mixed sandy and gravelly material. The surface layer of these soils is grayish-brown, very riable coarse sandy loam 4 to 8 inches thick. The subsoil is g ayish- brown or brown coarse loamy sand or coarse sandy loam, nd it contains some gravel. A layer of gravelly coarse loamy s nd is at a depth of 12 to 'aU inches. In the lower part of thi Layer is a zone where lime has accumulated. Below a depth of .+U inches is gravelly sand, gravel, or gravelly coarse loamy sand. Water penetrates these soils at a moderately rapid rate. These soils are variable in characteristics but tend to be gravelly and sandy. Gravel is on the surface in some plat s, as is the case at the Bernard Nine Pit. These soils are used mainly for range. The native vegetation is buffalograss, blue grama, sideoats grama, yucca, and sand s ge. D-2