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~AVN1A AREA. GOIOItA~ t
<br />f pptn,nunilY on the Absarokee soil
<br />i aak, mpuntarn brome.err~pAs
<br />~Tt,,, pptentiat P~ ~~ and elk sedg~9
<br />yoil wM`at9 hrOR'
<br />consists mainly o ras~.nt e'decrease,
<br />other brpme, ed9
<br />r+ tentiaf P c,.mmurolY~dn UtecaeaA m dai9 snee at9 erkn and more
<br />lent heatgra. range g cpndhor whc'n,aass, and eundes,rab
<br />The Po of bw~ounehnd du~grase.. ,ass. u,rreas
<br />ainfy ~ ,ss, a muttons bQ1bs etch woody 4'~anls de and become
<br />insists rtr h.mtJ• whcatgrasses. Shrubs rn• and ,nva
<br />,rrr,..atyrasses. mu u,e woody annual P
<br />lorbs and 1aNS invade wr,r,ls and byarnkep sod d range rs
<br />s
<br />condd'on d ass deuces . and annual p hm. or, the A and we tem
<br />gnJ ~uneg veeds in abu", • Is advisable wheah.4ra55 sew that t~ei
<br />undesir.,ble •• S,:nd't1g tton Slender Gras ~.
<br />r;ruase, and mpfe auunu.rnt. 6eenom soil it ran9e'y ,n t e ~,tabte for 5eedin9 houi.t be
<br />and become d.tne , m the surface stornness v~pr cony isle of irvestock s and drdi,n9 Ute
<br />nil bWebUnCh why .tyi a55 ~ ryitHm'
<br />rs a
<br />Seeding pan be t steep ylop ' and 1 ,reParrn9 a seedbed '
<br />whcatgrass that mee the ~.easonat g~srbte. t its.
<br />pppr condition. b Wstcr'r nding• Grasses select- ed. Where t>° Are best resu shrubs rs rc.~red
<br />aru 1,milation5 it ,btu for se k should be tarn iUd pi comPeyn9 •.hed Neal
<br />rase are su f livestap seed, where yeed help to oes cor $~eded. or bra
<br />wt,eat9 f reQuirpments o drilling the pri so c,indi1fOn
<br />, asona and eded areas me range range by rnula
<br />the s a scodb, d c st results Se to rm4rpYe Nrinter
<br />ed. PrePahelp to ordain the b ~ e by mule yhpuld be terrped. ~~ ~ used for acres ivhrctr pan
<br />p.~ss,bte, d for winter rang ~ r~ortant P bill 3~ Ik
<br />st,auld be te^pedsp i rs use tpr winter range by The. Absa ~~ rnduct,on are •
<br />The Beertom it s used n be man- deer and for opymum f' ~rnce~rry' t,abrtat
<br />ecie5 which pa iilet• by managed Gambel oak- s- unpprtaM
<br />.,hrulr, are nn
<br />doer. At ltw high el,•vati mt sP big sagebrush, b hab,tat for
<br />imPprtant p • n,punta,nmatw9 m~,ng Spit txpvidc
<br />ed P~geprt. 1n
<br />elk. Some timum Prod„ction are and w,ld ro5~. tlerry P rKar. Th,~ ~ u,d-tart ~ .
<br />ms
<br />eyed Ipr op Inw rabbitbrush. evetaPrnen[, the sedge' tpr black rouse- and b' roduce a
<br />iceberry• „serf for urban d Shrink- Clement
<br />bush, serv .,it is edrock. and yon Mlerr,am turkey, bkr•t ge ~ian,uet oaks P
<br />It the Boenp°' s dcPtor tsePlic tank absorp ears ,ni, turkey n de„etoP1S1ent.
<br />ar ,~l lsf esed hnidaUpns iavurablt~ Y t~r•rtr+m for uiba glppe. N
<br />main limitations d ppn wt„ .n air, used bV , pd s pled k and
<br />otential- It ,,tso a limdatiun. She b,;awhv` 'are dCPth to bpdroc
<br />absvrPt,p° t'utds, perme-
<br />swell P eabildy 's raPor design an N the A n bo over.
<br />t,~tds, P verepme »Y 11 ~ ; use of P ed- Ur: ma„\ 1im ,atlpn, aept,c tank n a nytrpction
<br />d overlies b ip n Thn kmilayons ca
<br />.:an be o thod5 kr,.,tatio ~~ desia nil co
<br />,auction me soil ~; weU dramedta~prmad in locauY tlus so'ti' a~ o a
<br />Absaro`h of 20 tp qp niches. inter- zt„kty ss vtie, non'rtt-
<br />sandslvne and ,rw t,y the use nt pro '
<br />T h0 lrOm Subda~ -
<br />rxk et a deP rived s rn caPabddy
<br />peed sedim,;nt J•, pit is m.,thods. Souauon 3 Percent stopes-
<br />uansP AbsarokrShe s th,s `t5~ ed rn silty altu-
<br />gtlale~ r of the ub- 1pam. 0 to
<br />bedded the surface 1aYe T inches thick. clay nsr rev n range
<br />Typically ,n about the substratum ' nt14 gilfin9s silty r ,nert sort It ip { alto
<br />ish brown Coat 18 inches thick. o s at a well d a itaypn u
<br />dark gray abou Sandston. Thi'+ rs„dds on tans and Ik,ud PFaanauat Prac'P
<br />brown play clay loam Icel. Avr:ra9 ~ . eraturse a1w
<br />sods ch.,nnery tpy,r vwm a r 1 6.5~ anon '`
<br />s tight brown inch+~s- moderately s irom 4.'00 o veraye annual a'r tins
<br />ut 30 t.iree
<br />t e v r 9e
<br />depth of abo ermpabilitY 's E itective roojh about 10 Inches, arm h a e a
<br />Absarokee sod. 4 is tpw. tf 15 rapid. roes F• is
<br />In the water r aPap'ty 0 deg k h1 brpwn n 9r.'y siiat
<br />and available Surface runo water's ~ the suitace Layer Is 9 derty~n9 mater
<br />u1 30 inches' ,s slight and from abYyD a0Y aye. thick. The un ray. <uatNie~
<br />depth Is abo s,on from wind about 4 uchss15 tight browri,sh 9
<br />hazard of ern, Mabpn ppny,StS p4\y team p,chf= r
<br />to high. sod tfie native b1g Sagebrush, and w a depth pt 60 clay loam ter cal~p`~
<br />moderate needle- loam and and avaitablo wa pre. 5w
<br />pis the Absarokee 5erv,cebern• droPSead. s,iry clay ,low. 60 Inches or m
<br />of Gambet oak, are common permeab+ldY 's ung depth `s ros,on from win
<br />mainly Wheatgrasses. Pine Etiectrvo rOp the hazard of e
<br />snowberry- and neerneandthread l,i,th. errwm
<br />btpme, razing by runoff s m ate a le'/r sine
<br />Also '
<br />grasses. d tpr 9 lace r is modr~ate. in mapping
<br />ssociauon are use and wale this soil and Kdlpaek soils
<br />land.
<br />grasses. teGrearional purposes s IncA,ded with
<br />Most areas of ti\'s and for persaYo• ids ands allied
<br />k and wddl,le a the Absarokee sot of Gh,Peta' uic Nalrat9 1 Y ps yu loan
<br />livestoc of StecPnnss of edin9 of depleted or homed n,pas re areas r,t A4 to is silty c
<br />ntipnal sod opnssts mainly
<br />gpcause nu reSe ibta by conve eluded a the surface yet n
<br />crops a l lions ,ot teas be Cxpected by srlme areas awuon on this yaltbush. a d gala
<br />unsoiled tative ve9e a „cce5s can pi 9rassr?° The natve vPg tourwing iris aced p
<br />ree of s led Pianan95 S~dscale. ~d for 9
<br />areas inn tau deg wneatgrass. fns soil are us - and Paswre.
<br />methods. A nonanga ubescent gr''a5ewaoeyy of haY•
<br />SQQd for rome. P food Pas Mpst Sma11 grains,
<br />broadcasAn91a11 Smooth b adapted species 7h~ ,pw crops-
<br />,n spring or ta~s are tp maintain n,a,nly
<br />wheat9 pracl,r:ed chili x ~
<br />and GTenagemenl sh,ndd b'' AVP
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