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<br />3. Potential Plarrt Community (Native Vegetation ) <br />a. The plant community is about ~0 percent grassy 5 percent <br />for-bs, and lU percent strrubs air dr-y weight." Dominant <br />grasses are needleandthr-ead, western wheatgrass, and mountain <br />rnuhly. Less abundant grasses include Clue grama and Arizona <br />fescue and ring rnuhly. <br />For-bs present in the plant community include Oregon fleabaner <br />sulfur- buckwheat, Nebr-asF:a lupine, Shorts milkvetch, <br />Drurnrnar,ds mi l I:vetch, who l e l eaf pa i r~tedcup, p i ngue hyrnenoxys, <br />and tufted eveningprimrose. <br />Shr-ubs and half shrubs that occur .on this site are dominated <br />by fringed sageGrush, t~r-eorn sna4;eweed, winterfat, and rubber <br />r-abbitbrush. Gther- half shrubs inclue spreading eriogonum, <br />gray harsebrush, small soapweed (yucca), plains prickly pear, <br />and snowball cactus. Ari occasional stunted pinon pine is <br />c canrn o n . <br />b. Relative per-cer~tage of total plant community by weight, <br />air--dr-y: <br />PLANT COMP. <br />SYML-;OL COMMr7N NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME PERCENT <br />i!iF iF i~i~-iF i4 Y-iF iF iFiF it iriF M~~F iF iF iF iFir if iF iE MiF iF irM ~F iF iE it -Mir if it iF iF ~t it iF it iF M-iF iFiF ~FiF iF ~F iF ~F 1F~k iF ~F ik iFiF iE iF iFiF 1F ~F iF iF <br />iASS AND GRASSLIKE PLANTS <br />STC.U4 NEEDLEANDTHREAD STIF'A CDMATA 20 3U <br />AGSM WESTERN WHEATGRASS AGROFYRON SMITHII 15 ZU <br />MUMO MOUNTAIN MUHLY MUHLENCERGIA MONTANA 10 15 <br />POGR~ CLUE GRAMA L'DUTELOUA GRACILIS 5 lU <br />SIHY GQTTLEL'RUSH Si:UIRRELTAIL SITANIGN HYSTRI); 3 5 <br />FEAR2 ARI~i_iNA FESCUE FESTUCA ARI~DNICA U 5 <br />MUTr7~ RING MUHLY MUHLENLERGIA TORREYI 1 :' <br />FORCS <br />ER5F'4 OREGON FLEAL'ANE ERIGERON SF'ECIOSUS Z 3 <br />ERUM SULFUR C:UCICWHEAT ERIDGONUM UMEELLATUM 1 2 <br />LUPL NEL'RASICA LUPINE LUPINUS PLATTENSIS 0 1 <br />ASSH3 SHQRTS MILICVETCH ASTRAGALUS 0 1 <br />C:AIN14 WHOLELEAF F'AINTEDCUF' C:ASTILLEJA INTEGRA U 1 <br />HYRI F'INGUE HYMENDi:YS HYMENOY,YS RICHARDSONII 0 1 <br />ASDR~: DRUMMUND MILICVETCH ASTRAGALUS DRUMMUNDII U 1 <br />OEC:E TUFTED EVENINGF'RIMRDSE OENOTHERA CESFITOSA 0 1 <br />Mountain Loam 13-18" PZ c <br />