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VEGETATION INFORMATION <br />Exhibit J <br />Vegetation Information <br />Exhibit C-1B is the vegetation map for the site. The map shows the wide variety of <br />vegetation units found on and around the site. This high diversity of vegetation units is indicative of <br />the diverse habitats found on the upper portions of Table Mountain. <br />The vegetation like the soils falls into two primary categories -the natural and the non- <br />reclaimed disturbed vegetation areas. Most of the area is occupied by the natural vegetation. <br />The vegetation found on the permit area falls within Land Resource Area 49, as defined by <br />the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS -formerly the SCS). This is a cobbly foothill <br />range site. The site is indicative of a transitional zone between foothill and mountain sites. Presence <br />of ponderosa pine, spruce, gambel oak and certain grasses give evidence of a transitional zone, but <br />also geology, climatic conditions and topography are factors that may influence the transitional <br />environment. <br />Natural Vegetation - <br />The natural vegetation that once existed on the mined area is only partly known. In the soil <br />information (Exhibit I) it is pointed out that in all probability the original soils in the areas mined <br />were similar to the surrounding areas. These soils were a combination of the rocky soils that <br />support forest and clay loam soils that support grass with little or no tree growth. <br />List of Natural Vegetation Species <br />1. Pinyon Pine <br />2. Ponderosa Pine <br />3. Juniper <br />4. GambelOak <br />5. Gooseberry <br />6. Mountain mahogany <br />7. Indian ricegrass <br />8. Western wheatgrass <br />9. Crested wheatgrass <br />10. Blue grams <br />11. Squirreltail <br />12. Little Bluestem <br />13. Fringed sage <br />14. Prairie sage <br />15. Sideoats grams <br />Pinus edulis <br />P. ponderosa <br />Juniperus mexicana <br />Quercus gambelii <br />Ribes inerme <br />Cercocarpus mantanus <br />Oryzopsis hymenoides <br />Agropyron smithii <br />A. cristatum <br />Bouteloua gracilis <br />Sitanion hystrix <br />Andropogon scoparius <br />Artemisia frigida <br />A. ludoviciana <br />Bouteloua curtipendula <br />These species probably occurred over the entire area at one time. Where soils were <br />shallower it is probable that the composition included only pinyon pine and mountain mahogany and <br />the grasses were much more sparse, but the sages were probably not common. <br />Table Mountain Quarry -Castle Concrete Company Exhibit J (Amendment 1l Page 1 <br />