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The potential plant community on the Clapper soil is mainly Utah <br /> juniper and an understory of galleta, bottlebrush squirreltail , <br /> • `� Sandberg bluegrass , and Wyoming big sagebrush. If the condition of <br /> the range deteriorates , the proportion of forbs , Wyoming big <br /> sagebrush , and juniper increase . The potential production of the <br /> native understory vegetation in normal years is -about'350 pounds of <br /> air—dry vegetation per acre . <br /> If the trees are remove and the soil surface is not too rocky , the <br /> area can be seeded and used as- range , pasture , and wildlife habitat. <br /> Native grasses which are adapted to the site are Indian ricegrass , <br /> Sandberg bluegrass . and bottlebrush squirreltail . Introduced grasses <br /> that are adapted are crested wheatgrass and pubescent wheatgrass . The <br /> plants selected for seeding should meet the seasonal requirements of <br /> livestock or wildlife , or both . Seeding late in fall helps -to insure <br /> that the content of moisture in the soil will be adequate for the <br /> establishment of seedlings next spring . <br /> The Clapper portionsof this unit is dominated by juniper trees <br /> with an understory of grasses . These areas are used as a source of <br /> firewood , fence posts , and Christmas trees . <br /> Barx is nifair so4 ] reconstruction material for drastically <br /> disturbed areas due:._to high erodibiIity. Clapper soils are- poor strit.4 <br /> reconstruction material for drastically disturbed areas do*--to large <br /> stones throughout the soil profile . <br /> This map unit is in capability subclass . VIe . The. -Barx -so.i1. . is. 1n <br /> Rolling Loam 0298 range site , and the Clapper soil is in Foothill <br /> Juniper #447 site . <br /> • � e.rt `•.e re:isicn <br /> tiQt�.,e _ ub1 <br />