PERMFILE128574

• Permit No: M1977307
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 9/30/1977
• Doc Name: LIMITED IMPACT & SPECIAL TEN DAY PERMIT APPLICATION FORM
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

• VEGETATION - C-C~5
The affected area of lease tract C-CM-25 is a combination
• of two vegetative categories: rocklands and pinyon-juniper
woodland, as designated by the Soil Conservation Service.
No information was available on the rocklands site description,
as it is considered to be essentially wasteland, unproductive
as rangeland, by the Soil Conservation Service. However,
information was available for the pinyon-juniper (P-J) wood-
lands range site description.
According to the P-J range site description, this plant
association generally occures between 5,000 and 7,500 feet,
Precipitation ranges from 12 to 15 inches per year, with an
average annual temperature between 49 and 53 degrees F.
•
Pinyon pine and Rocky Mountain juniper are the dominant species
of this association. Occassionally stunted ponderosa pine is
an associated overstory plant near the upper elevations, but
it is not found on the affected lands.
Associated understory plants often found near the upper limits
are:
Mountain Mahogany
Indian Ricegrass
Mutton Grass
Sedges
Prarie Junegrass
Big Sagebrush
Service Berry
Cliff Rose
Associated understory plants found near the lower limits of
the P-J range are:
Indian Ricegrass
Blue Grama
Galleta
Cheatgrass
Fendler Three Awn
Rabbitbrush
Snakeweed
Fleabane
Vegetation cover immediately surrounding the affected area
may be classified as scattered.
No site index curves are available for pinyon pine and Rocky
Mountain juniper. Most stands do not reach over 20 feet,
although some reach heights of over 35 feet.
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