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  <br />2  <br />  <br />  <br /> <br />Table 1 Colowyo - Salinity Study - 2021 <br />Field Composition and Salinity Tolerances <br />Field Field <br />Subpart Acreage Dominant Species Common Name <br />Relative <br />Composition <br />Species <br />Salinity <br />Threshold - <br />Electrical <br />Conductivity <br />(dS/m) <br />Salt Tolerance <br />Adapted from Maas <br />(1986) and <br />Pettygrove and <br />Asano (1985). <br />Field Salinity <br />Threshold - <br />Electrical <br />Conductivity <br />(dS/m) <br />Bromus inermis Smooth Brome 80% 3.5 Moderately Sensitive <br />Thinopyrum intermedium Intermediate Wheatgrass 10% 7.5 Tolerant <br />Medicago sativa Alfalfa 5% 2.0 Moderately Sensitive <br />5% 2.0 Moderately Sensitive <br />Medicago sativa Alfalfa 80% 2.0 Moderately Sensitive <br />Bromus inermis Smooth Brome 10% 3.5 Moderately Tolerant <br />Thinopyrum intermedium Intermediate Wheatgrass 5% 7.5 Tolerant <br />5% 2.0 Moderately Sensitive <br />47.4 100% Moderately Sensitive 3.13 <br />Medicago sativa Alfalfa 50% 2.0 Moderately Sensitive <br />Pascopyrum smithii Western Wheatgrass 20% 7.5 Tolerant <br />Poa bulbosa Bulbous Bluegrass 10% 3.5 Moderately Tolerant <br />20% 2.0 Moderately Sensitive <br />Festuca arundinacea Tall Fescue 35% 3.9 Moderately Tolerant <br />Juncus balticus Baltic Rush 25% 3.5 Moderately Tolerant <br />Carex nebrascensis Nebraska Sedge 10% 3.5 Moderately Tolerant <br />Poa compressa Canada Bluegrass 10% 3.5 Moderately Tolerant <br />20% 2.0 Moderately Sensitive <br />Poa secunda Sandberg's Bluegrass 35% 3.5 Moderately Tolerant <br />Carex sp.Sedge 25% 3.5 Moderately Tolerant <br />Pascopyrum smithii Western Wheatgrass 25% 7.5 Tolerant <br />15% 2.0 Moderately Sensitive <br />Medicago sativa Alfalfa 45% 2.0 Moderately Sensitive <br />Pascopyrum smithii Western Wheatgrass 35% 7.5 Tolerant <br />20% 2.0 Moderately Sensitive <br />53.5 100% Moderately Sensitive 3.43 <br />Festuca arundinacea Tall Fescue 45% 3.9 Moderately Tolerant <br />Thinopyrum intermedium Intermediate Wheatgrass 45% 7.5 Tolerant <br />10% 2.0 Moderately Sensitive <br />Bromus inermis Smooth Brome 40% 3.5 Moderately Tolerant <br />Medicago sativa Alfalfa 30% 2.0 Moderately Sensitive <br />30% 2.0 Moderately Sensitive <br />Bromus inermis Smooth Brome 40% 3.5 Moderately Tolerant <br />Medicago sativa Alfalfa 30% 2.0 Moderately Sensitive <br />Poa bulbosa Bulbous Bluegrass 25% 3.5 Moderately Tolerant <br />5% 2.0 Moderately Sensitive <br />Festuca arundinacea Tall Fescue 45% 3.9 Moderately Tolerant <br />Thinopyrum intermedium Intermediate Wheatgrass 40% 7.5 Tolerant <br />Poa compressa Canada Bluegrass 10% 3.5 Moderately Tolerant <br />5% 2.0 Moderately Sensitive <br />Bromus inermis Smooth Brome 35% 3.5 Moderately Tolerant <br />Thinopyrum intermedium Intermediate Wheatgrass 20% 7.5 Tolerant <br />Festuca arundinacea Tall Fescue 20% 3.9 Moderately Tolerant <br />Medicago sativa Alfalfa 15% 2.0 Moderately Sensitive <br />10% 2.0 Moderately Sensitive <br />Medicago sativa Alfalfa 90% 2.0 Moderately Sensitive <br />Thinopyrum intermedium Intermediate Wheatgrass 10% 7.5 Tolerant <br />Carex sp.Sedge 40% 3.5 Moderately Tolerant <br />Phleum pratense Timothy 20% 3.5 Moderately Tolerant <br />Bromus inermis Smooth Brome 20% 3.5 Moderately Tolerant <br />20% 2.0 Moderately Sensitive <br />158.1 100% Moderately Tolerant 3.72 <br />Cox <br />10 25.3 3.75 <br />Other Grasses and Forbs <br />11 22.1 2.43 <br />Cox Summary <br />Elkhorn & <br />Streeter <br />12 4.1 3.25 <br />13 30.2 <br />14 11.6 4.28 <br />Other Grasses and Forbs <br />Other Grasses and Forbs <br />Other Grasses and Forbs <br />3.01 <br />Other Grasses and Forbs <br />15 7.6 3.93 <br />Other Grasses and Forbs <br />Elkhorn & Streeter Summary <br />Proctor <br />1 25.3 5.33 <br />35.3 2.98 <br />59.6 3.90 <br />7 40.9 3.20 <br />Other Grasses and Forbs <br />2 13.8 2.60 <br />Other Grasses and Forbs <br />4 27.3 5.21 <br />Other Grasses and Forbs <br />Other Grasses and Forbs <br />Proctor Summary <br />6 35.9 2.55 <br />Other Grasses and Forbs <br />Other Grasses and Forbs