PERMFILE101120

• Permit No: C1981035A
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 12/11/2001
• Section_Exhibit Name: APPENDIX 10 SOILS & VEGETATION DATA
• Media Type: D
• Archive: Yes

SITE DrSCRIPTION
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PIb?YON-JUddIP~. rJOCDLAI;D
Range in elevation: 5,000 to 7,500.
Precipitation Range: 12 to 18".
Average annual temperature: 49° to 53o F.
Frost Free Period: 60 to 120 days.
The pir~on - juniper type iaoodland occurs at the lor:est elevations cf.the
coniferous taoodland types in Colorado. It is the transition zone between
grasslands and the montane forests. At the lo•,;er limits the type may
consist of scatte~•edto almost pure stands of Utah juniper on the ;lestern
slope. :.s the type blends into the Ponderosa pine or oakbrush types,
pinyon pine ant Roclgrtfountain juniper becone the dominant species.
Between the e.'ctrenes pinyon and the various junipers constitute a true
plant association.
associated Understory plants: (Upper Limits)Plountain mahogany, Indian
rice grass, mutton grass, sedges, prarie junegrass, big sagebrush,
service berry, cliff rose. (Lo:rer Limits)Indian rice grass, blue grama,
galleta, cheatgrass, Fendler three arm, Rabbitbrush, snaker:eed, Fleabane.
The Pic-~yon - Juniper ~•doodland site occurs over a large portion of the
state and many varied types of soil are associated faith it.
~ In Archuleta County the common soils occuring in the Finyon - Juniper
region are:
Carracas series
Badland
Regent series
Pagosa series
d•7idtiaay series
Baca series
tdunn series
Total annual production: Unfavorable - 500 pounds per acre per year air dry
favorable -900 " " " '~ '~ "
nverar±e ground cover is approximately 20j5.
May 1994