1987-12-01_PERMIT FILE - C1981017 ‎(223)‎

• Permit No: C1981017
• IBM Index Class Name: PERMIT FILE
• Doc Date: 12/1/1987
• Doc Name: Vegetation Information
• Section_Exhibit Name: Chapter III Appendix III-H
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Douglas-fir Forest is mixed montane woodland ,
including Douglas-fir Ponderosa Pine and scattered Rocky
Mountain Juniper . Overall, the herbaceous cover is rela-
tively sparse .
Ponderosa Pine Woodland is discussed above .
Exposed Sandstone Cliffs are self explanatory .
Source : Western Resource Develop-
ment Corp . "Vegetation Inventory"
for Coal Basin Mines . October ,
1980 .
d . Mine plan and adjacent areas
Vegetation units identified and mapped in the
mine plan and adjacent areas include :
Aspen Woodland
Aspen Shrubland
Spruce/Fir Parkland
S-pruce/Fir Forest
Oak Shrubland
Thurber Fescue Meadow
Alpine Fullfield
Alpine Meadow
Riparian Woodland
Ponderosa Pine Woodland
Vegetation units found in the adjacent areas
include :
Spruce/Fir Parkland
Spruce/Fir Forest
Aspen Woodland
Ponderosa Pine Woodland
Oak Shrubland
Thurber Fescue Meadow
As a wildlife habitat , the area has been
altered very little by the mining activity, which started in
1956 . As noted by the U . S . Forest Service :
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