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EXHIBIT J <br />1 <br />1 <br />~J <br /> <br />i~ <br />i~ <br />VEGETATION INFORh1ATION <br />A survey of the vegetation revealed the presence of nine <br />plant communities plus the vegetation on the stockpiles which <br />cannot rightfully be called a plant community. The most outstand- <br />ing feature of nearly all the vegetation on the site is the <br />extremely degraded condition of the vegetation. It is apparent <br />that, in most areas, any resemblance to the original communities <br />is very obscure and at present most of the vegetation is primarily <br />controlled and determined by excessive grazing. The nine <br />communities have only a vague relationship to the nine soil types <br /> identified in the soil survey. The most common species found <br /> on the site ar e Bromus tectorum (Cheatgrass) and Alyssum <br /> alyssoides (an introduced mustard). Both of these species are <br /> serious ann ual weeds and usually occur in abundance only in <br /> <br /> situations of intense disturbance. The primary grazing impact <br />' is from horses, at least at present. Cultivation did occur a <br /> long time ago, but eviden ce of this cannot be found on the ground. <br /> The communities found on the site were as follows. (Their <br /> relationship to the soils is evident both in description and by <br /> <br /> correlating the soils and the vegetation maps in Exhibit I R: J) <br />1. Upland Bouteloua-Bromus-Convolvulus Community - This <br />moderately disturbed community occurs most commonly <br />' on the Satanta and to an extent on the Buick soils as <br />well as on some slopes where heavier soils exist. <br />1 <br /> <br /> - 32 <br /> <br />