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' Pikeview Quarry Environmental Assessment Page 37 <br />Table 3.7 -Plant communities at the project site (National Forest System lands) <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br /> Tree Shrub Forb Grass <br /> (d) Douglas Fir Mountain Mahogany Geranium sp. Mountain Muhly <br /> (Pseudotsuga menziesii) (Cercocarpus montanus) (Geranium caespitosum) (Muhlenbergia montana) <br />O (a) Ponderosa Pine Bearberry Golden Aster Arizona Fescue <br />I (Pious ponderosa) (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi) (Fteterotheca villosa) (Festuca arizonica) <br />7 (a) One-Seed Juniper CIiR Spires Harebell Muttongrass <br />~ (Juniperus monosperma) (Holodiscus dumosus) (Campanula ro[undifolia) (Poa fendleriana) <br />c:» (a) Pinyon (Pinon) Pine Squaw Currant <br />~ <br />0 (Pious edulis) (Ribes cereum) <br />U Fringed Sagebrush <br /> (Artemisia frigida) <br /> Ponderosa Pine Fringed Sagebrush Golden Aster Fescue <br /> (Pious ponderosa) (Artemisia frigida) (Heterotheca villosa) (Festuca sp.) <br /> Douglas Fir Gambel Oak Mountain Skullcap Needle-and-thread Crass <br />rn (Pseudotsuga menziessii) (Quercus gambelii) (Scu[ellaria brittonii) (Stipa comata) <br />~ Mountain Mahogany Mountain Muhly <br />`a (Cercocarpus montanus) (Muhlenbergia Montana) <br />~ Squaw Currant Grams <br />`.C (Ribes cereum) (Bouteloua sp.) <br />~ Wood's Rose <br /> (Rosa woodsii) <br /> Soapweed Yucca (Yucca <br /> glauca) <br /> Bearberry (Arctostaphylos <br /> uva-ursi) <br />' Note: Species are listed in order of occurrence, (d) is dominant, (a) is associated. Common names are in bold; scientific <br />names are in parenthesis. <br />This unit is best suited to wildlife habitat, watershed, and limited timber production. <br />The major limitations affecting the production and harvest of timber are the slope, the rock <br />outcrop, and a susceptibility to erosion. <br />' 3.3.4 Wildlife <br /> Wildlife species present on National Forest System land above the Pikeview Quarry <br />' azea have been identified by the Colorado Division of Wildlife in its statement dated June <br /> 30, 1977, for the Pikeview Quarry mine permit application. Those species include: bighorn <br /> sheep, mule deer, coyote, golden eagle, raccoon, stripped skunk, golden mantled ground <br />t squirrel, rock squirrel, thirteen-lined ground squirrel, cottontail rabbit, deer mice, wood rat, <br /> prairie falcon, red-tailed hawk, krestel, magpie, sparrows, raven, crow, Steller's jay, <br /> hummingbirds, western tanager, and westem meadowlark. The bighorn sheep and mule <br />' deer serve as Management Indicator Species for this project. Management Indicator Species <br /> are identified by the US Forest Service to determine the effects of management on wildlife. <br /> <br /> <br />Hydrosphere Resource Consultants, 1002 Walnul Street Suite 200, Boulder, CO 80302 <br /> <br />