TABLE OF CONTENTS 



FIGURES iii 



TABLES iv 



INTRODUCTION 1 



Background 1 



Circle West Project 1 



Overall Study Scope and Objectives 2 



Study Area 3 



Objectives of the Vegetative Baseline Study 4 



GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF CLIMATE, GEOLOGY, 



SOILS, AND VEGETATION 5 



METHODOLOGY 9 



Data Collection 9 



Classification 13 



Species ^Composition 15 



Site Description 15 



Species Diversity . ; 16 



Structure 16 



Mapping 17 



RESULTS 21 



Community Types 21 



Species Composition 35 



Site Descriptions 36 



Species Diversity 63 



Productivity 63 



Structure 74 



Species Lists 74 



DATA ADEQUACY, RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FUTURE 



MONITORING, AND ENDANGERED SPECIES 77 



SUMMARY 79 



LITERATURE CITED 81 



APPENDICES . 69 



