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Date: 5/11/01 <br />Inventory for Pritekel Brothers Farm <br />Conservationist: Richard Rhoades <br />Location: NE1/4 of the SW1/4 section 24 T21S R63W, Pueblo County <br />Soils: CaE Cascajo very gravelly sand loam, 5 to 15% slopes, soil map 24 <br />Range Site: Gravel Breaks <br />Clear, cool, recent rain <br />Plant Percent Composition by weight (air-dry): <br />Grasses <br />Boute/oua gracilis, blue grama 65 <br />Aristida Iongiseta, red threeawn 5 <br />Muhlenbergia torreyi, ring muhly 5 <br />Sporobo/us cryptandrus, sand dropseed 1 <br />Vu/pia octoflora, sixweeks fescue 4 <br />S/tanion hystrix, bottlebrush squirrel tail 1 <br />Boutelous curtipendula, sideoats grama 2 <br />Hilaria jamesii, galleta 3 <br />Forbs and Shrubs % <br />Tragopogon pratensis, meadow salsify T <br />Psoralea tenuiflora, slimflower scurfpea 3 <br />Cirsium undulatum, wavyleaf thistle T <br />Sphaeraicea coccinea, scarlet globemallow 4 <br />Evolvu/us pilosus, Nuttall evolvulus T <br />Senecio spps, groundsel T <br />Gaura coccinea, scarlet gaura T <br />Lappula redowski,i blueburr stickseed T <br />Eriogonum sp., buckwheat T <br />Yucca glauca, yucca, small soapweed 1 <br />Opuntia imbricata, walkingstick cactus 1 <br />Opuntia polycanthus, plains prickly pear T <br />Pediocactus spp, ball cactus T <br />annual forbs 5 <br />Annual herbage production estimate (pounds per acre, air dry): 550- 650 <br />Basal vegetation density estimate (%): 15 - 20 <br />Similarity Index to Gravel Breaks Ecological Site (%): 38, Fair <br />T = trace <br />