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PIKE •� <br />be used to improve habitat for ring- necked pheasant. A food supply and <br />nesting cover are important habitat elements required by pheasant. <br />This soil is well suited to most of the orchard crops grown in the survey area. <br />The principal orchard crops grown on this soil are apples, peaches, cherries, <br />and pears. Cover crops are needed to prevent erosion but should be <br />managed so that they do not compete with fruit trees. Application of fertilizer <br />promotes the growth of trees and production of high quality fruit. Fertilizer <br />requirements should be based on soil or foliage analysis. An intensive spray <br />program is generally needed to control insects and disease. <br />45 — Haplaquolls, flooded <br />The somewhat poorly drained and poorly drained soils in this broadly defined <br />unit are on low terraces and flood plains adjacent to stream channels. <br />Slopes range from 0 to 6 percent. These soils vary widely in texture, degree <br />of mottling, and depth to the water table. <br />The surface layer ranges from fine sandy loam to gravelly loamy fine sand. <br />The underlying layers commonly are gravelly and stratified sand, gravel, and <br />cobbles are at a depth of 20 to 40 inches. In some areas cobbles and gravel <br />are on or near the surface. <br />Depth to the water table fluctuates and is strongly influenced by water level in <br />the adjacent stream. The water table is at or near the surface during part of <br />the year. This map unit is subject to rare or occasional flooding. <br />The native vegetation consists mainly of willow, cottonwood, and water <br />tolerant vegetation. <br />Because annual precipitation is low and has poor seasonal distribution, these <br />soils are unsuited to nonirrigated crops. However, nonirrigated pasture <br />grasses can be planted late in summer and in fall to protect the soil from <br />erosion and to provide grazing for livestock. Siberian wheatgrass, western <br />wheatgrass, and Indian ricegrass are adapted species. <br />PR -14 2.04-103- 03/14 <br />