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EXHIBIT J <br />VEGETAT ICI.1 <br />Vegetation on the mine <br />communities. A third and r <br />The vegetation mop (Exhibit <br />relation to topography. <br />In a very general way, <br />site can be divided into two primary <br />ether minor corvnunity is also present. <br />J-1; shcv;s these conununities in <br />the two primary corwnunities .ire <br />readily evident with a quick inspection of the site. South-facing <br />slopes are obviously s. shrub-dominated conrmnity. I?orth-ft,cing <br />slopes are dominated by forest. Along the bottom of drainage <br />courses a narrow band of the third corununity exists. This third <br />community is more difficult to distinguis)i, but it does appear to <br />have a degree of natural integrity. <br />i"ithin cacti of the two major communities can be found a <br />number of subtypes as well as an ecologically-complex transition <br />between the units. The subtypes appear to be reflections of <br />changes in two environmental factors which are changes in the <br />soil and changes in the aspect. A description of each corununity <br />follows nlong with a brief discussion of overall ecology and its <br />importance to reclamation of the site. <br />Mount~i~..h7ahQ~any ~clm!1nj_.ty. South-facing slopes have e <br />dry environment well suited to the growth of Mountain Mahogany. <br />(Cereocarpus montanus). The rather thin, rocky, sandy soils <br />30 <br />