PERMFILE134143

• Permit No: C1981019
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 12/11/2001
• Doc Name: Item 1 to 3
• Section_Exhibit Name: EXHIBIT 09 SOILS INFORMATION
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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE '
Soil Conservation Service, Colorado - -
Technical Guide RANGE SITE N0. 238. ,
Section II E Field.Office
August 1475
RANGE SITE DESCRIPTIDN
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°RU.SITY LOAM
- Land Resource Area: Southern Rocky Mountains (48)
'. A. PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
1. Physiographic Features
This site occupies on gently rolling to steep upland slopes. _
Degree of slope ranges from 3 to 65$• Direction of slope -
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2. Climatic Features - .~`~-.
' Annual precipitation ranges from 15 to 20 inches. At Least Half ;~.'?='~y: ^;,".
- - of the annual precipitation is in the form of snow. Optimum - ,.•::;•~.;
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~;: ~ -. growing season for native plants is mid-May to mid-July. .Winters'':
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The aspect of this site is a shrub dominated community. Service='""- :-~~
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berry and oakbrush are the major brush species. Snowberry, choke-.,~_',.
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cherry, and rose are the other principal shrub species. About ,..,;>~`•,;°::-; '

~ 50 to 60 percent of the annual production is made up of grasses. -
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. Nodding biome, mountain biome, slender wheat, western wheat, and..
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Letterman and Columbia needlegrasses are the major grass species' :.,.
' on this site. Elk sedge, generally, is the most frequently .
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occurring plant. Major forb species include aspen peavine, flea- _
` bane, western yarrow, American vetch, and lupine. Additional plants
present on this site include oniongrass, big sagebrush, geranium,
and low larkspur.
This site is generally treeless, except for possibly a few scattered
aspen, which have little or no market value. Optimum ground cover