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Environmental Plantings and Windbreaks---Elbert County.Colorado,Western Part Exhibit"J" <br /> Environmental Plantings and Windbreaks <br /> Windbreaks protect livestock,buildings,yards,fruit trees,gardens,and cropland <br /> from wind and snow; help to keep snow on fields;and provide food and cover for <br /> wildlife. Field windbreaks are narrow plantings made at right angles to the <br /> prevailing wind and at specific intervals across the field. The interval depends on <br /> the erodibility of the soil <br /> Environmental plantings help to beautify and screen houses and other buildings <br /> and to abate noise, The plants, mostly evergreen shrubs and trees, are closely <br /> spaced To ensure plant survival, a healthy planting stock of suitable species <br /> should be planted properly on a well prepared site and maintained in good <br /> condition <br /> This table shows the height that locally grown trees and shrubs are expected to <br /> reach in 20 years on soils in the survey area. The estimates are based on <br /> measurements and observation of established plantings that have been given <br /> adequate care.They can be used as a guide in planning windbreaks and <br /> screens.Additional information on planning windbreaks and screens and planting <br /> and caring for trees and shrubs can be obtained from the local office of the <br /> Natural Resources Conservation Service or of the Cooperative Extension Service <br /> or from a commercial nursery. <br /> Report—Environmental Plantings and Windbreaks <br /> Environmental Plantings and Windbreaks-Elbert County,Colorado,Western Part <br /> Map symbol and Trees having predicted 20-year average height of <br /> soil name ------ --- <br /> 8 feet or less >8 to 15 feet _ >15 to 25 feet i >25 to 35 feet >35 feet <br /> I1—Brussett loam, <br /> 4 to 8 percent <br /> slopes <br /> Brussett Skunkbush sumac Rocky mountain — Ponderosa pine -- <br /> Common lilac juniper Siberian elm <br /> 23—Haplustolls, <br /> loamy,nearly <br /> level' <br /> Haplustolls,loamy, — — — — <br /> nearly level <br /> 28—Kettle-Rock <br /> outcrop complex <br /> 15 to 65 percent <br /> slopes <br /> Kettle — — — — — <br /> Rock outcrop <br /> Natural Resources Web Soil Survey 4/1612 0 1 8 <br /> ""'° Conservation Service National Cooperative Sod Survey Page 1 of 2 <br />