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• SOILS <br />Soils were examined at several locations along the survey area in shallow test pits. Soils from <br />the well- wetted zone ranged in moist hue from 10YR3/2 to 10YR3/4; these hues were present in <br />patches but no true mottling was present. Silt loam to silty clay loam textures predominated. The <br />soils had an abundance of hydrogen sulfide odor suggesting the presence of anaerobic <br />conditions and localized accumulations of black organic matter were observed. <br />HYDROLOGY <br />Little Grassy Creek flowed along the entire extent of the survey area and in several areas water <br />stood on the surface of the ground adjacent to the channel suggesting the presence of wetland <br />hydrology there. No suggestion of saturation was observed in the subirrigated fringe area. <br />Spring 2009 Floral Inventory <br />• Trips in May and early June 2009 to the Sage Creek Mine study area were made to assess the <br />portion of floral diversity that might not have been apparent during July and August of 2008 field <br />studies. As shown in Table 21, additional species were verified to be present. Most of these <br />were ephemeral plants whose above - ground parts wither and usually disappear rapidly in mid- <br />summer heat. Because moisture of the previous winter and the 2009 spring was very favorable, <br />many of these spring ephemeral species were particularly well - developed. A few species such as <br />Erythronium grandiflorum which make uncommon appearance at this low altitude did so in the <br />study area in 2009. <br />Beyond spring ephemeral species, some plants such as pussytoes (Antennaria spp.) that lose <br />their floral parts by mid - summer were found with them intact and were thus identifiable to species. <br />Plants indicated in the spring 2009 floral survey column of Table 21 were those unseen in 2008 <br />summer studies and whose floral parts were not available in 2008 studies and were able to be <br />collected for positive species identification. <br />LITERATURE CITED <br />• Beetle, A.A. 1970. Recommended Plant Names. Univ. Wyo. Agr. Expt. Stn. Res. Journal 31, <br />Laramie. <br />36 Revised 12/17/09 <br />