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<br /> <br />:.:.... <br />page 38 <br />vegetation is about 400 pounds per acre, .Steepness of elope limits access <br />by livestock and promotes overgrazing of the less sloping areas. If the <br />condition of this site deteriorates, Camber oak and mountain nahogany <br />:.~~ increase and dominate the area, _ __ _ _.. _ --- - -, <br />-~ This unit is suited to .the limited production of ponderosa; pine. The <br />~ ..' 1 <br />.. -. .. ~ <br />Bite index is 48 to 52 (lw). It can produce about 1, 870..cubie,._feet, or <br />_' ., ', ",5.900 board feet (international iule), of merchantable timbei~pe; acre <br />'"-"" -'~ from a fully stocked stand of even-aged trees 86 years old. -Conventional <br />,,, ,methods of harvest are difficult to use because of stones on the surface <br />"'~'OjY'"-- ''~" `-and steepness of slope. Minimizing the risk of erosion is ,es"sen~ial in ' <br />:. ~. <br />. `{w''i~ ~ a... <br />-. ,~: <br />harvesting timber. Proper..design_of road drainage systems anti'care in the <br />.... ~.. .... .. _ ~ .. f 'JCS .. <br />= u; .: <br />placement of culverts help to control erosion. Spoil from excavations is <br />.`- _ .... <br />"""!~'~~ subject to..rill and gully erosion and to sloughing. Roads ~nd,;landings <br />~ , ~.. <br />:.~~ can be.,protected from erosion by constructing eater bars an'd'Dy""seeding <br />;~'~:: - - cuts and fills. After harvesting,'iefores[ation oust be carefully managed <br />to reduce competition from undesirable understory pYants, ' <br /> <br />_ -_:-r-..._ ..._.. <br />..r <br />T' .. <br />,_ 7.. ~.. .. ._.. _. <br />~ ~ ( ;~ <br />:!. <br />~:~`.: <br />This unit 3g poorly suited to.homesite development. The main <br />;; ~". ; <br />limitations are steepness of slope, high shrink-swell, and in ;some areas <br />depth to bedrock: ~ -"-- <br />• ... .. ..::. r <br />This mapping unit 1s in capability subclass' VIIe,ponirrigated. It <br />is in .the Ponderosa Pine woodland sites -.. --'"- <br />rI <br />_ _ _ ' <br />_ ... .. ... .. v <br />,. ,- <br />- / <br />