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<br /> <br />-4- - <br />Adapted native shrubs, having beautification and wildlife <br />benefits, include mountain mahogax~, Gambel oak, wild rose, and <br />skunkbush sumac. <br />Roc1G~ mountain juni.psr, piryyon pine, and ponderosa pins may be <br />used if trees are desired. <br />6, Grass Alixture <br />There is no one best grass seed mixture for planting these <br />sites. Availability of seed of the various species at the time <br />the Bites are ready for seeding may be a factor in species <br />selection. <br />The following recocmtended mixture emphasizes native grasses <br />with pubescent wheatgrass added to give a rapid response to tine <br />seeding effort. Pubescent wheatgrass is the dominant grass <br />presently found on the seeded area of the Queens Canyon auarr,~. <br />Pounds Pure Live Seed Por Acre <br />Broadcast Rate 1Trilled late <br />Pubescent wheatgrass <br />Indian ricegrass <br />western wheat <br />sideoats grams <br />little bluestem <br />mountain muhly <br />Arizona feacua <br />6 3 <br />!~ 2 <br />6 3 <br />4 2 <br />2 1 <br />2 1 <br />2 1 <br />26 1ba~PLS~AC 13 1bs~PLS~AC <br />Yellow blossom sweet clover is not recommended because it is <br />vary competitive for available moisture the second year after <br />planting, to the detriment of the slower establishing native grasses <br />Proper attention to seeding, fertilizing, and mulc'ning details will <br />more than offset any benefits credited to the sweet clover plant. <br /> <br />