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<br />UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRfCUL7URE - ,, .,..-:-
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<br />Technical Guide RANGE 517E N0. 292
<br />Section II E Fleid 0`flce
<br />August 1975 ~ ~ - '
<br />P,ANGE SITE~DESCRIPTION ~ ~ .J ,: .- ~ ,, -
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<br />Land Resource Area: •~Southern.Rocky Mountain3"{4$);,°-:-~::i~.~s:..r..,.,_.
<br />A. PHYSICAL CHARACTER1STiC5=.` = ..= ~' - ~'
<br />l . Phys i ograph is Features - . ~ _ ~ ~'~,~~•~r1 y-~ " ~ 'i•~u'
<br />.Uplands varying from gently sloping' to fairly steep~hillsldes:•''';~;-_~~'~.- k
<br />- ... Degree of..slope ranges from 0 'to` b5~. Dlrection~of_slope:`~T's4•~~;",;
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<br />Elevation on this s1~te.occurs.from~6000.feet.to~800Q.-fenC above - -
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<br />tiiratic Features - i, - - '
<br />Annual precipitation averages 14 fo,.'.18 inches with, about ha1F:-•`'~'•:: -
<br />of the moisture occuCinq_ as snovi:~,. - -. - ~q`~,~; _-_,
<br />_ •... -. -':-~ *?. ..' :. _, -fir , ems..-'~'~~e~,il,~y,-.' _~ _
<br />Optimum growing season"for native plants is,,*!ay=.13~;LO::luly~.13:..=:-='~:'-
<br />llinters are cold wSth good snow cover, averaging'around.20°.f~'~'`Y;;::,-
<br />The.-growing season averages about=6.1°-F_ - - _ ~:::~,.:.:' :~~. ~-~.'~-~` _
<br />Late-July•,and the .first~of"August"ts the driest period. "-";,~?=~"- -~ =
<br />-Native (potential) -:'eaetation ~ ~' - ~'~-r•''
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<br />This 1s a productive grassland"cormunity occurtng~.l'n:the upper:~~~ _°"'' ~:
<br />:faoth)ils'and lower.oakbrush cl imaClc zone. tmpo~Ctartt: grasses :~ •.': _ ,",-..:
<br />are bTueburich, wheatgrass, nuttongrass, slender wheatgrass,-" ''"•~''~'°•~''=.
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<br />seedle-and-threadgrass, and western wheatgrass. Principal _ .~-:..=; ~ ,.
<br />shrubs include b(g sa?ehrush, servlceberry,. a..^.d sriowberry- ;' :, ~y.~::-_
<br />Other'plants-include Indian paintbrush, Frc^ront penstcion,- - _
<br />lupine, low larkspur, arrowleaf baisamroot, fleabane, ,lcng-.'.._';~':-
<br />leaf loco, and tapert(p hawksbeard. - - "•:~
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