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<br />INSPECTION REPORT -PAGE 2 <br />FILE N0. M-77-247 <br />DATE: September 20, 1985 <br />OBSERVATIONS OF IMPORTANCE: <br />1. Reclamation of old workings were observed. Fourwing saltbush, and pines <br />(protected in "exclosure netting") were vigorous. Wheatgrasses <br />dominated the grass stand; Indian ricegrass expressed vigor where <br />noted. Rubber rabbitbrush also expressed vigor in areas where noted. <br />2. Reclamation done during the spring of 1985 exhibited good seed <br />establishment and growth. Transplanted species exhibited vigor. <br />3. Mr. Kclo should be commended for his dedication, effort and resulting <br />(reclamation} success. <br />RECOMMENDATIONS: <br />1. Side-oats grama (8ouleloua curtipendula) is a highly nutritious, <br />rhizomatous, warm-season grass expressing "fair ease of establishment". <br />You may want to consider supplementing (and/or complementing} your seed <br />mix with this species. As was discussed, blue grama (Bouteloua <br />gracilis) often expresses a "poor ease of establishment". <br />2. Mountain mahogany (Cercocarpus montanus) and antelope bitterbrush <br />(Purshia tridentata) are palatable shrubs reknowned as good wildlife <br />orf ege an s3-i e mobilizers. As noted in Environmental Research and <br />Technology, Inc.'s Characteristics of Plants Used in Western Reclamation <br />(1981), mountain ma ogany 'can wit stan a ig percen age o ime in <br />the soil". You may wish to replace the "variably palatable Rubber <br />Rabbit brush" (Chrysothamnus nauseous) with these species in the seed <br />mix. <br />3. Attached are ecological characteristics of the vegetation species <br />previously discussed. <br />3762F/cj <br />