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__• \ I.GI:f:1l'I(1~ I~F(11t!~1111ON <br />fhc site is wttluu thr Flunk and Muure (1}:ule pc+tcntial conscrvatlnn area accordme to the <br />('uloradu t\atural Hrntugr Pn+gram (C\FIP1. 'fhi> arru is churacterited by a l:u'ge <br />s;uuisumc hogback that par:dlel~ t'S Hr~hw:q_?7. •4 sandstone uutcn,p is located <br />brtwecn'8' and thr hogback. and is the urea to hr mina: under tlus proposal. <br />Arcoalwg to the C'.\HI'. thr ~cgctatinn is chnractrnied h~ t`tuuntatn mahugan~ <br />~hruhlands on the stcener slopes tt•rth st:attcrcd I'nndrrosa I'me and Rucks htrnuttam <br />luniprr 'The ealley within thr hogback is dumutatcd b\ erasslands that utr snnu•tvltal <br />tlcerldcd by the imaslon ut non-uutive spc:cirs. S,+ntc wetland vegrtaU,+n i. prr~ent <br />alnng the w•estcnt pornon nt•the attc as a result oI•Icukagc tinm the Norlh I'uudre `uppl~ <br />Canal h1an~ wccd~' snecics have become established around the canal. probably due to <br />dicturhanrc rcl.ucd a+ the ditch i,prranon. 11uch c+t thr area in general hati peen rithrt <br />heat ilt mince! ur disturbed itv residential development. <br />L~ascd nn on-si0. uh.cn atiun. Ihr dominate cc,,;etuuon cnnststs of the Colluw'ing: <br />. _ (hucrop al he mined: <br />~_ ,, ~~~~~;",• A1,nnttai^ ~~tahf+gam (C'crcnrur7,lit neon&Jrtutl <br />__ ~"n-~tl~~u 1 UCC:I t }!n l'iJ I; i~Jff.'~11 <br />_ • 1lcadutsarcas surroundint; the outcrop: <br />__ ,u,^~~ Cheat¢rs_<s(Rngmt,li'1'tr,r•untl <br />Transitional areas heh~rrn uulrrup and mradoNareas: <br />T(I°Si-~~°n ~Cl'd1C-aiid-thrCad t~A!!f>~: 11Ci 41!i"ilt OJli7) <br />?'~~u-Il)°6 ~ UCC{I 1 }1/l'CQ ,4l/tff C+J) <br />The Inw-h inn area to the west o1'thc site ut: udcd tianhar lfiilluty (.,zllr.t c.rf~f+u 1. <br />Cottomvuod I-nc,pfflff.t uJ~t,~+fsruloliui and nti>crllunrous Lrasscs Other plants observed <br />nnsttc included a tancty u1• ti,nc~s and grusxrs, including some utvasivr plants such as <br />I+ur),Ir luusearitc. ticvcrat of these could nut he Idcnutied because oCthe lack of Ilowrr <br />hcails at the titnc of nhsrnatian. <br />_- • <br />~Q <br />