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<br /> <br />UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE <br />Soil Conservation Service. Colorado <br />Technical Guide RANGE 517E N0. 300 <br />Section II E field Office <br />• August 1975 <br />RANGE SITE DESCRIPTION <br />for <br />2. Climatic Features <br />Annual precipitation averages from 12 to 15 inches. About half <br />of the annual prec(pltatfon (s in the form of snow. Optimum <br />growing season for native plants is mid-April to July. Winters <br />are Lypically cold. Range forage plants are favored by spring <br />__ moisture from accumulated snow. July and August are usually <br />the driest months of the growing period. <br />3. Native (potential) Vegetation <br />The aspect of this site is a rather sparse stand of shrubs and <br />grass. Bluebunch wheatgrass, needle-and-thread, Indian ricegrass, <br />prairie Junegrass, western wheat and squirrel tail are the principal <br />grass specJes. Shrubs of this site include antelope bitterbrush, <br />mountain mahogany, big sagebrush and black sagebrush. Important <br />fortis are arrowleaf balsamroot, buckwheat, lupine, loco, and stem- <br />less goldenweed. Additional plants Include native bluegrass, <br />low rabbitbrush, gray horsebrush, serviceberry and snakeweed. <br />LOAMY BREAKS <br />" Land Resource Area: Southern Rocky Mountains (48? ' <br />Central Desertic Basins, Mountains, <br />and Plateaus (34) <br />A. PHYSICAL CMARACTER1STiCS <br />1. Physiographic Features <br />This site occupies stony ridges and canyon slopes with some <br />rock outcroppings lying adjacent to larger Rolling Loam and <br />~~ Sandy Foothill range sites. <br />Degree of slope ranges from 3 to 25 percent. Direction of <br />slope varies from west Co south. Elevation ranges from 5500 <br />to 7000 feet above sea level. <br /> <br />• <br />• <br />