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• <br />ERO Resources <br />The juniper -sagebrush complex, briefly described above, occurs in <br />topographic positions adjacent to those occupied by the juniper <br />woodlands. The juniper -sagebrush type occur on soils that are shallow to <br />moderately deep and coarse to loamy. Sideslopes, broad ridges and upland <br />areas are typical landscape positions for this type (Table 4). In <br />comparison with the woodlands, these sites have slightly deeper soils with <br />finer textures. Many young junipers have invaded these sites that were <br />once characterized by an open sagebrush and grass cover. Total affected <br />acreage for this type is 13.6 (Table 5). <br />Mean ground cover values for the affected juniper sagebrush communities <br />are bryophytes - 1%, rock - 9%, soil - 66% and woody species 4% (Figure 4, <br />• Table 6). Major differences between ground cover characteristics in the <br />woodlands and juniper -sagebrush communities are greater litter cover in <br />the woodlands, with a corresponding greater soil cover in the <br />juniper -sagebrush type. <br />• <br />The herbaceous layer in the juniper -sagebrush type is comparable in <br />development to that of the woodlands. Mean herb cover for this vegetation <br />type averages 2%, as compared with 3% in the woodland type. Important <br />grass species present in juniper -sagebrush stands include cheatgrass, <br />Colorado wildrye, beardless bluebunch wheatgrass iAoroppyron inerme), <br />western wheatgrass, needle -and -thread grass, sixweeks fescue lyul" <br />octoflora) and Sandberg bluegrass (E,9A sandberoii), Important forbs <br />commonly found in these communities are fleabane daisy, cryptanthe <br />(Cr)ptantha flavoculata), umbrella plant (Frioaorum corymbosum), Utah <br />sweetvetch (Hedv^sarum boreale), globemallow, cushion phlox and snakeweed <br />(Figure 4, Table 6). <br />II.F-29 <br />