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.. ~ <br />®~~~G <br />P~i~Q' (~- I~g~ C~u" r <br />• III IIIIIIIIIIIII III • <br />999 <br />MINERAL COUNTY <br />e Banta Gravel Pit Prescription <br />M-1984-097 <br />R~eiveid <br />NOV 2 ~ ?ODl <br />e followin seed rescri lien can be seeded in the fall ors rin D It ~o~e ~s a ~a0ps <br />g P P P g Y <br />~~~~~t~'^ ,Sailored to the Creede Banta Gravel Pit to restore vegetation and to keep <br />~a~or~¢"'o" topsoil biologically alive. This will also work in areas needing general :.... ~' -,~," ~~ <br />reclamation. This seed mix is on an acre basis. <br />^~ r--r <br />Weed-free straw is suggested to be placed over reshaped areas that are1V151en er Pfiine~a~s and Geology <br />non-topsoil areas. The straw will act to reduce erosion and help plant get <br />established. There are a number of weed-free straw dealers in the Valley and <br />those are attached at the end of this document. Two tons per acre is the <br />recommended rate. <br />Species Percent Sodformer/ Native/ Pounds <br /> Mix Bunchgrass Introduced Pure Live <br /> Seed <br />San Luis Slender Wheatgrass 40 Bunchgrass Native 4.4 <br />(Elymus trachycaulus) syn: <br />A ro ron track ca~~lum) <br />Arriba Western Wheatgrass 40 Sodformer Native 6.3 <br />40 Sodformer Native <br />6.3 <br />(Pascopyron smithii) syn: <br />(.4gropyron smithii) <br />Needle and Thread 20 Bunchgrass Native 3.0 <br />(Hesperostipa tomato) syn: ~ <br />(Stipa tomato) <br /> <br />Or, if Needle and Thread not available use..... <br />Indian ricegrass 20 Bunchgrass Native 2.5 <br />(Achnatherum hymenoides) syn: (Oryzopsis hymenoides) or.... <br />Bottlebrush squirreltail . 20 Bunchgrass Native 1:8 <br />(Elymus elymoides) syn: (Sitanion hystrix) <br />