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Ta~ 4.4.2-5 Snornnass Coal - Seed Mixture Number 1•Mancos Shale Badlands and Extreme Harsh Sites. <br />A <br />.o <br />z <br />m <br />m <br />a <br />C <br />V <br />Variety Common Name Scientific Name Originl Habit Rate2 <br /> sand dropseed Sporobolus cryptandrus N bunchgrass 0.5 <br />Paloma Indian ricegrass Oryzopsis hymenoides N bunchgrass 2.0 <br /> alkali sacaton Sporobolus airoides N bunchgrass 1.0 <br /> weeping lovegrass Erogrostis curvula N bunchgrass 1.0 <br />Cert. Vinall Russian Wildrye Elymus junceus E bunchgrass 1.0 <br />Fairway crested wheatgrass Agropyron cristatum E bunchgrass 2.0 <br /> <br />3 shadscale Atriolex confertifilia N shrub 1.0 <br />3 ~ mat saltbush Atriplex corrugata N shrub 1.0 <br />Lutana titer milkvetch Astragalus titer E N-fixing 1.0 <br />biennial forb <br />10.54 lbs/acre <br />Shrubs or trees recommended for hand-plantings in association with this mixture include gambel oak, <br />ponderosa pine, Russian olive, and single leaf ash. Galleta may be added to this mixture when it <br />becomes available commercially. Also, nearby stands of rabbitbrush are prodigious seed producers. <br />This could be an excellent species for these areas, either as seed included with the above mixture <br />or as seedlings for hand planting. Sunflower and mallow are fortis which may do well in this seed <br />mixture. Phosphate fertilizer banded in the root zone around shrub seedlings will be important <br />on these highly ca~careous sites. <br />1 N = native, E = exotic <br />2 pure live seed basis <br />3 regionally collected seed <br />4 x2 for hydroseeding or broadcasting <br />