Laserfiche WebLink
2.04.9 <br />only a short distance by fast - moving water, and sorting of soil particles and <br />rock fragments is slight. Some of the sediment has been carried a <br />considerable distance, and sorting and stratification are more pronounced. <br />The surface layer generally is loamy but ranges from moderately coarse <br />textured to moderately fine textured. The underlying layers are stratified and <br />are calcareous in most places. <br />The native vegetation commonly consists of adapted shrubs and grasses. <br />These soils are used for range, recreational purposes, and wildlife habitat. <br />Because annual precipitation is low and has poor seasonal distribution, these <br />soils are not suited to nonirrigated crops. Where native grasses have been <br />depleted or destroyed, however, a high degree of success can be expected <br />from pasture plantings of nonirrigated grasses in spring, late in summer, and <br />in fall to protect the soils from erosion and to provide grazing for livestock. <br />Good management must be practiced to maintain the grasses. Pubescent <br />wheatgrass, tall wheatgrass, and crested wheatgrass are adapted species. <br />Areas of these soils provide habitat for many kinds of wildlife. They provide <br />cover for ring- necked pheasant that feed in adjacent farmland and nesting <br />sites for mourning dove. Restricting grazing of livestock helps to maintain <br />the quality of wildlife habitat in these areas. Where the soils are suitable for <br />crops, food plots, trees and shrubs, and nesting cover can be established to <br />improve habitat for upland wildlife. <br />38- Fughes loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes. <br />This is a deep, well drained soil. It formed in old alluvial fan and landslide <br />deposits derived from sedimentary rock and is on alluvial fans, valley side <br />slopes, and uplands. Elevation ranges from 6,500 to 8,500 feet. Typically <br />the surface layer is very dark grayish brown loam about 5 inches thick. The <br />subsoil is dark grayish brown clay loam that grades to reddish brown light <br />clay and is about 39 inches thick. The substratum, to a depth of 60 inches, is <br />light reddish brown clay loam. <br />PR -14 2.04-96- 03/14 <br />