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Soil Information for All Uses <br /> Ecological Site Assessment <br /> Individual soil map unit components can be correlated to a particular ecological site. <br /> The Ecological Site Assessment section includes ecological site descriptions, plant <br /> growth curves, state and transition models, and selected National Plants database <br /> information. <br /> Ecological Site Information for: <br /> R067BY035CO — Salt Meadow <br /> R067BY035CO — Salt Meadow— <br /> Reference Plant Community (Two Rivers Ranch Salt <br /> Meadow Ecology) <br /> This plant community is the interpretive plant community for this site. This <br /> community evolved with grazing by large herbivores and is well suited for grazing by <br /> domestic livestock. Historically, fires occurred infrequently. This plant community <br /> can be found on areas that are grazed and where the grazed plants receive <br /> adequate periods of recovery during the growing season. The potential vegetation is <br /> about 80-95% grasses and grass-likes, 3-10% forbs and 2-10% woody plants. <br /> The community is dominated by tall and mid warm and cool-season grasses. Major <br /> grasses include alkali sacaton, switchgrass, prairie cordgrass and western <br /> wheatgrass. Other grasses and grass-likes occurring on the community include big <br /> bluestem, little bluestem, alkali cordgrass, Nebraska sedge, and Baltic rush. Key <br /> forbs and shrubs include American licorice, prairie gentian, rag sumpweed, and <br /> fourwing saltbush. <br /> The high water table supplies much of the moisture for plant growth. Plant litter is <br /> properly distributed with little movement and natural plant mortality is very low. This <br /> 5 <br />