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<br /> <br />AIxx<: Gale Ieadins: [0 M)[JeId helow .\1<. <br />Sneffe~. (I!;> McGraU'/Slllck 1mageT)). <br />Near right: Mares and colts in pasture. <br />(Courtesy ,\'QIural Resources Consen'Glion <br />SenJice). Far righ[; TallK'ass prairie. <br />(Courtesy ColOfado ,\'aruml Areas <br />Program). (More crediu. back co\'t'r) <br /> <br /> <br />RANGELAND is land on which the native vegetation is mainly grasses, grass. <br />like plants, shrubs or forbs (herbaceous plants other than grasses, sedges or <br />rushes). Range management needs to be based on the ecological potential of <br />plant communities and the sites condition. The condition of areas within a <br />range sire is generally determined by comparing the present plant community <br />with that of the native ecological potential of the plant community: <br /> <br />Range Condition Class <br /> <br />Percentage of Present Plant Community as <br />Compared to Native Ecological <br />Potential <br />76%............ .100% <br />51%.............75% <br />26% . . . . . . . . . . . .. 50% <br />0% ............. 25% <br /> <br />Excellent <br />Good <br />Fair <br />Poor <br />