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3.0 RESULTS <br />• 3.1 CDNHI Database Search <br />Results of the CONHI database search showed that there were no records of plants or plant <br />communities regarded es rare, threatened, or exemplary by CDNHI in the Dowe Flats area <br />(Attachment A). <br />3.2 Limestone Ridge P1ent Species Inventory <br />A total of 1 18 species of higher plants were observed on the limestone ridge of the Dowe Flats <br />study area. These plants ere listed in Table 1 by life form. Although it is interesting that this <br />primarily native essemblegE of plants present has survived the extensive agricultural <br />modification that has taken place over the rest of Dowe Flats, none of those observed ere of <br />special interest of themselves and none are included on lists of species of special concern <br />maintained by the CONHI. <br />3.3 Vegetation Mapping <br />The vegetation map of the Dowe Flats area includes twelve mapping units, five of which ere <br />• really lend use units. The seven native mapping units are <br />o Ponderosa Pine Woodland <br />o Skunkbush, American Plum, Chokecherry 5hrubland <br />o Riparian Shrublend <br />o Dense Mountain Mahogany Shrublend <br />o Grassland with Scattered Mountain Mahogany <br />o Grassland <br />o Wetland <br />Land use units include <br />o Pasture <br />o Cultivated land <br />o Smooth Brome Heylend <br />o Alfalfa Heylend <br />o Land Developed for Residential, Industrial, and Municipal Use <br />C~ <br />