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EXI~i=S=T .T <br />Most of the property and all of the proposed mining area falls <br />into the Aquolls and Aquents with a gravelly substratum soil <br />classification. A detailed description of this soil is included <br />in Exhibit I. Potential production of native grasses by this <br />soil group ranges from 3,000 pounds per acre in favorable years <br />to 2,000 pounds per acre in unfavorable years. This is <br />sufficient to support the proposed reclamation use of pasture <br />acreage if sufficient care is taken to prevent overgrazing. <br />Predominant vegetation areas are illustrated on Exhibit C. Trees <br />consist mainly of cottonwood with some willow. These trees are <br />located mainly along the Lupton Bottoms Ditch in the middle of <br />the property with some cottonwoods located on the western edge of <br />the property northwest of the house on the property. <br />The major percentage of the vegetation on the property consists <br />of Forbs which include Musk Thistle, Ball Thistle, Canada <br />Thistle, Goathead, Kochia, Prickly Lettuce, Sunflower, Bindweed, <br />Murdock, and Lambsquarters. Some grasses including Tail <br />Wheatgrass, Crested Wheatgrass, Itttermediate Wheatgrass, and <br />Smooth Bromegrass are present on the property, mainly near the <br />ditch which traverses the property. Cattails and some sedges are <br />present along the southwestern seep branch of the ditch. Minor <br />cheatgrass, Western Wheatgrass, Saltgrass and Sand Drop Seed also <br />occur. <br />J-1 <br />