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ERO Resources <br />topo-edaphic ordination that encompasses all of the vegetation types. The <br />• essential character of this gradient is the charge in vegetation structure <br />and composition with soil texture, soil depth and elevation. The extremes <br />of the gradient are the juniper woodland at higher elevations and the big <br />sagebrush-greasewood communities in the bottomlands. The intergrades <br />between these extremes are listed below and graphically described on Map <br />128 (Pocket): <br />• <br />• <br />VEGETATION COMMUNITY <br />Juniper Woodlands <br />Juniper -Sagebrush <br />Sagebrush -Colorado Wildrye <br />Sagebrush -Western Wheatgrass <br />Western Wheatgrass <br />Colorado Wildrye <br />Cheatgrass <br />Cheatgrass-Annual Forb <br />Big Sagebrush-Greasswood <br />SOIL CHARACTERISTICS <br />Shallow, Rocky, Coarse -Loamy <br />to Sandy <br />Shallow to Moderately Deep, <br />Coarse -Loamy (marry rocky) <br />Moderately Deep to Deep, Loamy <br />Deep, Clayey, Loamy to Sandy <br />Moderately Deep to Deep. <br />Clayey to Loamy <br />Shallow, Clayey to Loamy <br />Deep, Loamy to Sandy <br />Deep, Loamy to Sandy <br />Deep, Sandy and Loamy <br />Within the gradient there are lateral ordinations or complexes of the <br />major elements with smaller, included subtypes. A number of the <br />inclusions have been produced by niche alterations resulting from sheep <br />grazing and subsequent erosion. The overall gradient also reflects <br />changes produced by these pressures. Although the juniper woodland, <br />juniper -sagebrush community continuum is complex, it is linear and <br />adequately described by the general topo-edaphic gradient. <br />II.F-21 <br />