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1 1 •� <br />These soils are used for winter range by mule deer and elk. Some important <br />plant species which can be managed for optimum production are bitterbrush, <br />mountainmahogany, Gambel oak, serviceberry, and elk sedge. <br />Berry- producing shrubs are used by black bear. This soil provides habitat for <br />Merriam turkey, blue grouse, and band - tailed pigeon. In favorable years, <br />mature Gambel oaks produce acorns, which are used by Merriam turkey. <br />12 — Beenom- Absarokee loams, 5 to 20 percent slopes. <br />The sloping to moderately steep soils are on uplands and mountain side <br />slopes. Elevation ranges from 6,800 to 8,300 feet. Average annual <br />precipitation is about 17 inches, average annual air temperature is about 43 <br />degrees F, and the average frost -free season is about 100 days. <br />Included with these soils in mapping are a few small areas of Kech, <br />Progresso, and Work soils and outcrops of sandstone. Included areas make <br />up 20 percent of the complex. In some places the surface layer is sandy <br />loam or clay loam or is channery or stony. <br />Typically the surface layer of the Beenom soil is grayish -brown loam about 4 <br />inches thick. The subsoil is dark brown clay loam about 5 inches thick. The <br />substratum is very pale brown channery loam. Sandstone is at a depth of <br />about 14 inches. <br />In the Beenom soil, permeability is moderate and available water capacity is <br />low. Effective rotting depth is about 14 inches. Surface runoff is medium to <br />rapid. The hazard of erosion from wind is slight and from water is moderate <br />to high. <br />On the Beenom soil the native vegetation consists mainly of Gambel oak, <br />serviceberry, and big sagebrush. Wheatgrasses, pine needlegrass, and <br />needleandthread are common grasses. <br />PR -14 2.04-87- 03/14 <br />