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C' <br /> <br />INTRODUCED PASTURE: <br />The valley bottom along Hay Gulch is composed of introduced pasture <br />grasses, dominated by Smooth Brome (Bromus inermus). These valley bottoms are <br />used primarily for cattle pasture with some of the larger areas beingcut for <br />hay. <br />The Introduced Pasture vegetation type tends to occur on soilslof 0 to <br />6 percent slopes. The Big Blue Clay Loam soils are deep, poorly drained, and <br />fine textured. The soils' surface layers are dark grayish brown clay (loam to <br />silty clay to approximately 4 inches in depth. From 4 to 10 inches gray silty <br />clay loam dominates. From ]0 to 60 inches gray silty clay is predgminate. <br />This layer has glayed colors due to poor drainage. These soils occur on nearly <br />level to gently Westward sloping low terraces and valley bottoms. <br />The Soil Conservation Service in the Mountain Meadow ~ <br />description indicates this site has an approximate ground cover of 90 <br />SDSOOTH BROME 90 to 1008 <br />Favorable years 4000 pounds per acre (air-dry) <br />Unfavorable years 2000 pounds per acre (air-dry) <br />Medium years 3000 pounds per acre <br />site <br />~t. <br />it-dry) <br />,r <br />u <br />