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.. <br />~II II~~I~II~~I~~ ~II <br />STATE OF LULORADO <br />Roy Romer, Governor <br />DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES <br />MINED LAND RECLAMATION DIVISION <br />FRED R. BANTA, Director <br />DATE: June 24, 1988 <br />T0: Mike Savage <br />FROM: Matt Hayes <br />RE: Projected Area of Mining by American Shield Coal Co. (Fruits Mine <br />Complex Eastern Lease: C-84-064, never approved) <br />On June 9, Tom Gillis and I conducted a quick preliminary evaluation of the <br />vegetation in the Lipan Wash area. The following is a list of the plant <br />species encountered. This list is not complete for the area. Two <br />"camnunities" existed, though the "crest area" type was very small and only <br />occupied areas immediately next to cliff edges and is rather minor. <br />A) Crest Area <br />Scientific Name Common Name Note <br />Bromus tectorum <br />Atriplex canescens dom. shrub (patchy) <br />Agropyroa cristatum <br />Agropyroa trachycaulum dom. herb <br />Grindelis squarrosa <br />Oxytropsis sp. Locoweed (roadside) <br />Juniperus osteosperma small quantity <br />B) Non-Crest Area <br />ientific Name Common Name Note <br />Juniperus osteosperma <br />Purshia tridentata <br />Mustard type plant (very common, <br />(Yellow Flower) dominant forb) <br />Secale cereale (?) <br />C) Road areas - Reclaimed roads from exploration. Plants were either in <br />in the reclaimed road areas (or proximate to them, denoted with <br />parentheses), <br />Scientific Name Common Name Note <br />Castilleja sp. Desert Paintbrush <br />Chrysothamnus nauseosus <br />215 Centennial Building, 1313 Sherman Street Denver, Colorado 80203-2273 Tel. (303) 866.3567 <br />