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r , <br />.1. • • • ~ Fpyr}IIVN >LII •'~~ <br />FILE LODE CONS-145 <br />INVENTORY & EVALUATION <br />OF LAND, WATER, AND RELATED RESOURCES <br />REQUESTED BY Colorado Aggregate LOCATION Mesita, Colorado <br />ajor Oringdulph <br />ASSISTED B~jdilliam Hegge, Soil Conservationis~jATE October 1~, 1977 <br />® INDIVIDUAL ^ GROUP ^ UNIT OF GOVERNMENT <br />~pN; Species most likely to invade the site are annual forbea (Roca;-,~;stle, <br />Tumbling Mustard etc,) as the ecological condition declines, grasses decrease drastically <br />and may consist mostly of patchy blue grama and three-dwn. Green's rabbitbrush or big <br />sagebrush (where natural) and prickly pear usually become dominant, along with invad- <br />ing annuals. Advanced deterioration leads to mostly prickly pear and bare ground (or <br />annuals in favorable years). <br />SUGGESTED SOLUTION(S) TOTAL ANNUAL PRODUCTION: <br />Favorable Years - 500 pounds per acre air dry. <br />Unfavorable Years - 200 Pounds uer acre air drv <br />Medium Years - 350 pounds per acre air dry. <br />SOILS: The soils of this range site are gene ally medium to lifiht in texture, very stony <br />calcareous, and shallow over basalt or other volcanic flowrock. They take moisture <br />readily, but water storage is limited by stouiness and lack of depth. however, <br />moisture collects around boulders, in pockets of deeper soil and in cracks in <br />underlvint• rock 't'his Gives the site a hirrher potential for nl~nt_Prowth than m;rht <br />b~expected and allows certain deep-rooted plants that would not otherwise grow in <br />such a dry climate. Parts of the site, especially loxer footslopea, are subject to <br />severe water erosion if plant cover is seriously damaged. <br />* CI~~eM appnprlaM eangery <br />