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• The community is characterized by a very limited overstory of a few <br />isolated cottonwoods (Populus angustifolia), and boxelder trees <br />(Acer nequndo). Understory vegetation includes Wood's rose (Rosa <br />woodsii), willows (8alix spp.), rushes (Juncus spp.), sedges (Carex <br />spp.), and cattails (Typha spp.). <br />The riparian community is found along the drainage bottoms where <br />soil moisture is abundant throughout the growing season. Soil <br />texture ranges from fine clay to coarse, sandy loam soils. <br />Elements of the sagebrush and mountain shrub communities are soon <br />encountered adjacent to the riparian community where plant <br />available moisture begins to decrease. For further details on <br />Soil/Moisture relationships in determining the riparian vegetation <br />community refer to Figure 1, Environmental Gradient/Plant Tolerance <br />Graph. <br />Grassland Community <br />Within the permit area, the grassland community covers a very <br />limited area. Small, isolated patches of almost exclusively <br />western wheatgrass growing on heavy clay soils are scattered in the <br />• middle elevations of the southern part of the permit area. The <br />community is of such limited extend (+/- 30 acres) that only <br />mention of occurrence is contained here. <br />Cropland <br />Within the north end of the permit area a few areas of cropland are <br />encountered at the southern edge of Axial Basin. The previous <br />landowners removed the sagebrush and cultivated the land for winter <br />wheat production. <br />The soils are primarily a clay loam texture on a flat to rolling <br />topography. The area surrounding the croplands incorporates <br />elements of the sagebrush community encountered throughout the rest <br />of the permit area. <br /> <br />2.04.10-16 <br />