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225 -Herm -Fughes complex <br />Annual production of air-dry vegetation: 900 to 1,750 pounds per acre <br />Fughes <br />Soil-related factors: slow permeability <br />Dominant vegetation in the potential plant community: western wheatgrass, Letterman's <br />needlegrass, muttongrass, slender wheatgrass <br />Annual production of air-dry vegetation: 2,000 to 3,000 pounds per acre <br />Management considerations: <br />Proper grazing use helps to maintain the quality and quantity of preferred rangeland vegetation. <br />Brush management improves deteriorated areas of range that are producing more woody shrubs <br />than were present in the potential plant community. <br />Range seeding may be needed if the proportion of the preferred forage plants has decreased. <br />Woody shrubs may hinder range seeding efforts. <br />INTERPRETIVE GROUPS <br />Land capability classification: Vle <br />Herm • <br />Range site: Mountain Clay Loam <br />Plant Association: uer u amb Iii ~vmohoricaroos oreoohilis-Artemisia tridentata <br />Fughes <br />Range site: Deep Clay Loam <br />Plant Association: r us mb Iii ,Symohoricaroos oreoohilis-Artemisia tridentata <br />• <br />Soils Description Report -West Elk Mine <br />December 1994 WESTEC 40 <br />