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RANGE SITE N0. 287 <br />S70NY FOOTHILLS <br />August 1975 <br /> <br />0.~ <br />.~~4y: <br />;~~: <br />~- <br />-.:,,:s <br />~ • <br />:apt 2 <br />I <br />Native (potential) Vegetation and Guide for Determining Range <br />Condition. <br />Percentage composition by weight of the principal species may <br />total as much as• - <br />Grasses and grasslike: <br />Western wheatgrass -1~5~-= S <br />Bluebunch wheatgrass ~~E? "r~J <br />Galleta 5-10 <br />Indian ricegrass• 5 - /O <br />Needle-and-thread 5 - /O <br />• <br />Junegrass 5 <br />Squirreltail 5 <br />Forbs: 5 <br />Shrubs: <br />Black and big sagebrush IS -~ <br />Fringed sagebrush 5 <br />Serviceberry S <br />Rabbitbrush 5 <br />Pinyon and Juniper 10 <br />Tree species native to this site are pinyon and juniper. Canopy <br />does not exceed 10 percent. <br />Optimum ground cover is 25 percent. <br />Invaders .of this site are gumweed, sleepy grass, and annual <br />plants. ,_ <br />4. Total Annual' Production <br />Favorable years 800 Pound per Acre Air Dry <br />Unfavorable years 400 " " " " " <br />Hedian years ~ 600 " " " " " <br /> <br />1 <br />~:. <br />