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• The length of Little Grassy Creek and the reclamation tributary described above was walked and <br />plant species recorded. Plants observed as part of this reconnaissance are listed in Table 23 of <br />Appendix 2. <br />VEGETATION <br />The wettest portion of the drainage area is characterized by hydrophytes and other moisture - <br />loving species situated in a tight 1 to 2 foot band to either side of Little Grassy Creek as well as <br />on occasional broader portions of the channel (Photograph 60). In these wettest areas, the <br />dominant species encountered were mostly native perennial forbs and native perennial cool <br />season grasses. They included rabbitfoot grass (Polypogon monspeliensis), woolly sedge (Carex <br />lanuginosa), beaked sedge, meadow barley, foxtail barley, spikerush, slender wheatgrass, manna <br />grass, Baltic rush, rush (Juncus interior), broadleaf cattail (Typha latifolia), redtop, and reed <br />canarygrass (Phalaroides arundinacea). Woody plants sporadically present included Booth <br />willow, sand bar willow (Salix exigua), and narrowleaf cottonwood (Populus angustifolia). <br />Smooth horsetail (Hippochaete laevlgata) was also occasionally present. <br />• Adjacent to and slightly upslope from the wetlands of the channel described above is a zone <br />characterized by a mix of moisture - loving species as well as species from the surrounding native <br />sagebrush upland habitat that are able to tolerate moister conditions. The dominant species <br />encountered were mostly native and introduced annual and biennial forbs, native perennial forbs, <br />introduced perennial cool season grasses and native shrubs and included bigfruit willowherb <br />(Epilobium brachycarpum), tarweed, western yarrow, aster (Aster lanceolatus ssp. hesperius), <br />willow dock, smooth brome, orchard grass (Dactylis glomerata), gooseberry and Wood's rose. <br />Also included in this reconnaissance was the low slope portion of a drainage within the reclaimed <br />areas to the east that merges with Little Grassy Creek near the north end of the reconnaissance <br />area. Within this recreated drainage area (Photographs 62 and 66), vegetation reflecting moist <br />conditions has developed with many of the hydrophytes present in the unmined portion described <br />above also present here. The dominant species encountered were mostly introduced perennial <br />and native perennial cool season grasses as well as a few native perennial forbs and included <br />willow dock, rabbitfoot grass, beaked sedge, meadow barley, spikerush, slender wheatgrass, <br />Baltic rush, broadleaf cattail and redtop. <br />• 35 <br />