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• <br />5.0 RARE AND ENDANGERED PLANT SPECIES INVENTORY <br />According to the Colorado Natural Heritage Program, no species of concern have been found <br />in the immediate area of the project, although nine plant species of concern are located within a <br />30-mile radius and could possibly be found in the vegetation study area. The following is a list of <br />those nine species, their habitat requirements, and their federal and state status. <br />Tahla FS_~ Sp„~;t;vP plant Species Potentially Occurina in the Studv Area <br /> <br />1 J <br />Common Name Status <br /> Habitat <br />Scientific Nam Federal State <br />bode beardstongue Mancos Shale -barren, moist soils - in drainages Rare or <br /> or north-facing slopes - saltbrush/sagebrush none Threatened <br />Penstemon retrorsu communi - 5 000' to 6 500' elevation <br />rizona centaury Associated with wetland /riparian habitats Critically <br /> none Imperiled <br />Centaurium arizonicu <br /> Mancos Formation -Abode Hills -associated with <br /> sagebrush, shadscale, greasewood and shrub oak none Imperiled <br />Colorado desert- arsle - 5 500' to 7 000' elevation <br />Clay-loving wild Buckwheat Desert Scrub community over Mancos Shale Endangered Endangered <br />Erio ovum elino hilu <br />Eastwood evening-primrose Abode Hills in lower valleys <br />none Critically <br /> Imperiled <br />Camissonia eastwoodia <br />Grand Mesa penstemon Mountain slopes on Grand Mesa <br />none Rare or <br /> Threatened <br />Penstemon mensaru <br />Helleborine Seeps in sandstone cliffs and hillsides -hot <br />' Sensitive Imperiled <br /> elevation <br />springs - 4,800' to 6,000 <br />E i actis i ante <br />histle Adobe hills <br />none <br />Imperiled <br />Cirsium er lexan <br />Uinta Basin hookless cactus Rocky hills -mesa slopes -alluvial benches - Rare or <br /> desert shrub communities - 4,500' to 6,000' Threatened Threatened <br />Sderocactus laucu elevation <br />No rare, threatened or endangered plant species were found on or near the vegetation study <br />area. Only two of the nine possible species (Arizona centaury and Uinta Basin hookless cactus) <br />have habitat requirements that match those that exist within the vegetation study area. Because <br />there is little appropriate habitat and that much of the area has been converted to industrial <br />uses, there is a very low likelihood that species that require pristine or stable environments would <br />be found here. The present regime of intensive grazing and ancilllary disturbance reduces the <br />likelihood even further. A list of all the plant species that were found during this search can be <br />found in Table E5-5. <br />cCII,IID~ (~I~]F1K Asp®~II~~s, INC. <br />17 Exhibit 5 -Vegetation Resources <br />