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material mixed in with the coarse spoil , and some mulch residue is <br /> apparent. There are scattered pockets of vegetation establishment <br /> here, mostly within depressions where mulch has accumulated. <br /> Vegetation establishment gets progressively better toward the south <br /> end of the slope. <br /> The final area I looked at was the relatively flat bench located <br /> southwest of the 5 Mine, and several hundred feet higher in <br /> elevation. This was a pre-law outcrop mine reclaimed by AML in <br /> 1991 . Coaly spoil comprised a significant component of the surface <br /> material at this site. The graded surface was amended with a 5 <br /> ton/acre application of native grass hay mulch. With the exception <br /> of approximately 1/2 acre at the south end of the bench, a <br /> satisfactory stand of seeded vegetation has been established. The <br /> area of poor establishment (<5% cover) is on loose coaly spoil, <br /> with a slope exposure of approximately 10% to the southwest. The <br /> remainder of the bench is relatively level, or slightly sloping to <br /> the north and east. Average cover on the remainder of the bench is <br /> probably 25-30%, with primary species including orchardgrass, <br /> timothy, western yarrow, rocky mountain penstemon, sheep fescue, <br /> cicer milkvetch, white dutch clover, smooth brome, kentucky <br /> bluegrass, slender wheatgrass, and dandelion. Due to the high <br /> elevation and the growth medium, the plants are low growing. Few <br /> of the grasses have headed out yet, nor have the forbs flowered, <br /> qVe to the delayed growing season this year. <br /> c:\cbasveg.dtm <br />