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• Calcium Carbonate CaCO, values ranged from slight to moderate. Using Wyoming DEQ <br />standards, soils within the permit area would be classified "good" or "fair" for topsoil with <br />respect to CaCO,. <br />Soils Resources Summary. All chemical and physical data collected on the permit area <br />demonstrate that no toxicities exist. From initial data, the topsoils within the permit area <br />are generally ranked "good" for reclamation work under the current topsoil standazds. <br />Additional information concerning permit area soils is included in Exhibit 3, Soil Mapping <br />Units; Soil Profile Descriptions; and Range Site Descriptions. <br />2.04.10 Vegetation Information <br />Vegetation field work conducted at the permit area during summer 1980 is found as Exhibit <br />4, 1980 Vegetation Survey. <br />Various plant communities found within the permit area are delineated on the Vegetation <br />Map (Map 2). Based on field investigations conducted in summer 1979 and 1980, three <br />plant communities were identified: <br />(1) Grassland <br />(2) Pinyon-Juniper <br />• (3) Disturbed <br />Generally, areas in the western part of the permit area consist of pinyon-juniper vegetation. <br />A grassland community is found in the eastern part of the permit area. Vegetation data are <br />based on field investigations conducted August 15-17, 1979. A total of 37 species, represent- <br />ing 8 plant families, were found on the site. <br />Sampling_Method Phytosociological sampling was conducted within the pinyon juniper and <br />grassland plant communities. Information was collected for the following pazameters: <br />ground cover by species and frequency for herbaceous plants, density for shrub species, and <br />density and basal area for tree species. Cover for herbaceous species and frequency were <br />estimated in a 0.25 meter square quadrat placed at regular intervals along compass lines. <br />Density for trees was obtained by using a circular quadrat with a radius of 5.0 meters placed <br />at regular intervals along a compass line, and the basal area 0.5 meters above ground level <br />was recorded for each tree within the quadrats. Adequacy of sample testing was conducted <br />according to Grieg-Smith (1964). <br />Plana Community Descriptions <br />Grasslands The grassland community on the relatively undisturbed portions of the site is <br />composed primarily of blue grama and western wheatgrass. The phytosociological sampling <br />was conducted on this undisturbed area. <br />• <br />2.04-73 <br />