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EXHIBIT J -VEGETATIVE INFORMATION <br />The information in this Section is intended to satisfy the requirements outlined in Section 6.4.10 <br />of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board's Construction Material Rules and Regulations. <br />(a) Describe present vegetation types including quantitative estimates of cover and height for <br />the principal species in each life form represented (ie. trees, tall shrubs, low shrubs, <br />grasses, fortis); <br />Savage and Savage described the site vegetation in Exhibit H (Wildlife Information) of this <br />application. The following excerpt is from Exhibit H. <br />"Four natural vegetation communities within the site can be broadly categorized as <br />sideslope seep, depression, Swale, and cottonwood riparian corridor.... <br />The sideslope seep consists of a mosaic of hydrophytic vegetation located along a portion <br />of the slope below the sedondary terrace and the Brighton Ditch. Vegetation is <br />dominated by three square, curly dock, reed canarygrass, rabbitfootgrass, and meadow <br />foxtail. <br />Vegetation within the depression areas consists of cattails, rabbitfootgrass, reed <br />canarygrass, meadow fescue, meadow foxtail, prickly lettuce, prairie cordgrass, and three <br />square. <br />A depression at the west end of the discontinuous Swale consists of a central <br />monocultural stand of cattails with a fringe of rabbitfootgrass, meadow foxtail, three <br />square, prickly lettuce, Baltic rush, and horseweed. The Swale is discontinuous as it <br />continues east toward the South Platte River where it terminates at the earthen levee. <br />East of the levee vegetation consists of a mosaic of various weedy plant species with very <br />small inclusions of cattails. <br />The east boundary of the property is bounded by open cottonwood riparian woodlands <br />along the South Platte River. The cottonwood riparian woodland consists of an overstory <br />of plains cottonwoods with an understory of various dry land grasses and weedy species. <br />The remainder of the site is planted to row crops and hay. Portions of the site are highly <br />disturbed and consist of weedy plant species." <br />(b) the relationship of present vegetation types to soils types (or may show on map); <br />Please refer to the attached applicable sections of the United States Department of <br />Agriculture Soils Conservation Service's Soil Survey of Adams County Area, Colorado <br />(Issued October 1974), which describes the vegetation for each soil type denoted on the <br />attached map. <br />Aggregate Industries - WCR, Inc. Exhibit J - 1 <br />Tuscon South Resource MLRB 112 Permit Application <br />H:\7919_019 01 N7LRB\Tucson MLRB Applicetioadoc <br />