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SYSTEM Lacustrine, SUBSYSTEM Littoral, CLASS Unconsolidated Shore, WATER REGIME Permanently
<br />Flooded, WATER CHEMISTRY Fresh.
<br />• SYSTEM Riverine, SUBSYSTEM Lower Perennial, CLASS Unconsolidated Bottom, WATER REGIME
<br />Permanently Flooded, WATER CHEMISTRY Fresh.
<br />SYSTEM Riverine, SUBSYSTEM Lower Perennial, CLASS Unconsolidated Bottom, WATER REGIME
<br />Seasonally Flooded, WATER CHEMISTRY Fresh.
<br />SYSTEM Palustrine, CLASS Emergent Wetland, SUBCLASS Persistent, DOMINANCE TYPE Juncus balticus,
<br />Carex praegracilis, Carex rostrata WATER REGIME Seasonally Flooded, WATER CHEMISTRY Fresh, SOIL
<br />Mineral.
<br />Reclaimed Area NWI Classifications (Cowardin, 1979):
<br />SYSTEM Lacustrine, SUBSYSTEM Limnetic, CLASS Open Water, WATER REGIME Permanently Flooded,
<br />WATER CHEMISTRY Fresh, SPECIAL MODIFIERS Artificial and Excavated.
<br />SYSTEM Lacustrine, SUBSYSTEM Littoral, CLASS Rocky Shore, WATER REGIME Permanently Flooded,
<br />WATER CHEMISTRY Fresh, SPECIAL MODIFIERS Artificial and Excavated.
<br />SYSTEM Riverine, SUBSYSTEM Lower Perennial, CLASS Rock Bottom, WATER REGIME Permanently
<br />Flooded, WATER CHEMISTRY Fresh, SPECIAL MODIFIERS Artificial and Excavated.
<br />SYSTEM Riverine, SUBSYSTEM Lower Perennial, CLASS Unconsolidated Bottom, WATER REGIME
<br />Permanently Flooded, WATER CHEMISTRY Fresh.
<br />O The vegetation surrounding and within the Stud Area represents aspects of both the "Arid West Region" and
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<br />"Western Mountains, Valleys, and Coast Region," and ranges from upland areas consisting of a mosaic of mountainbrush
<br />woodland with predominantly Gambel Oak (Quercus gambehi), chockcherry (Padus virginiana ssp. melanocarpa) and
<br />serviceberry (Amelanchier alnifolia) and shrubland consisting of basin big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata ssp.
<br />tridentata), mountain big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata ssp. vaseyana), snowberry (Symphoricarpos rotundifolius) and
<br />rabbitbrush (Ericameria spp.). This vegetation community grades out as one moves toward the bottomlands, i.e., the
<br />vegetation changes to pastureland, consisting predominantly of grasses including smooth brome (Bromus inermis),
<br />timothy (Phleum pratense), tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea) and Baltic rush (Juncus balticus) as well as numerous
<br />herbaceous species including Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense).
<br />The vegetation in the wetland/wet meadow areas consists of a mix of the upland grass and forb species named above as
<br />well as several hydrophytes including predominantly shortawn foxtail (Alopecurus aequalis), broadleaf cattail (Typha
<br />latifolia) and beaked sedge (Carex rostrata var. utriculata synonym C. utriculata). Vegetation of the surrounding
<br />reclaimed uplands of the general area consist of a typical reclaimed pastureland vegetation community — the species
<br />present were likely present in the original seed mix including smooth brome (Bromus inermis), intermediate wheatgrass
<br />*Thinopyrum intermedia) and slender wheatgrass (Elymus trachycaulus). The wetland areas existing within the reclaimed
<br />areas have a slightly different species composition with more opportunistic and salinity- tolerant species including annual
<br />rabbit foot grass (Polypogon monspeliensis), foxtail barley.(Hordeum jubatum) and yellow sweet clover (Melilotus
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