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/ l <br />XCSF (2) <br />• This soil is used primarily for wildlife habitat, livestock <br />grazing, wood .land, and homesites. <br />The native vegetation on this mapping unit is ponderosa pine, <br />gambel oak, bit[erbrush, fringed sagebrush, mountain mahogany, service- <br />berry, snowberry, Oregon grape, Arizona fescue, mountain brome, bluegrass, <br />elk sedge, and a few pinon pine and Rocky Mountain junipers. Proper range <br />management is important to maintain quality and quantity of desirable <br />range vegetation. Stockwater development, fencing, and deferred grazing <br />are important management practices. <br />This map unit is suited to the production of ponderosa pine. Based <br />on a site index of 45, the potential production of merchantable timber is <br />/,990 cubic fee[ or 6,.200 board feet per acre (International rule) from <br />• an even-aged, fully stocked stand of trees 100 years old. The main con- <br />cerns in producing and harvesting timber are the severe erosion hazard and <br />the :~„ seedling mortality rate. Careful consideration of road sytitems <br />and harvesting methods is needed to minimize erosion. Reforestation mast <br />be carefully managed to reduce competition from undesirable understory <br />plants. <br />This complex is used by woodland wildlife such as elk, mule deer, <br />squirrels and wild turkeys. They obtain their food from tl~e understory <br />vegetation, nearby cropland and native pastures. The forested areas pro- <br />vide shelter. <br /> Depth to bedrock and steep slopes are the primary limiting soil <br /> features when planning the construction of homes and other community develop- <br />. ments. These limitations affect the construction of sewage lagoons and leach <br />fields. <br />~ ~: <br />~;. , <br />. :; ~ ,. J , <br />~ ~. .,. _ is ' <br />i ~.. <br />