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250 - Cerri -Herm complex <br />Dominant vegetation in the potential plant community: Gambel oak, western wheatgrass, elk <br />sedge, Columbia needlegrass <br />• Annual production of air-dry vegetation: 900 to 1,750 pounds per acre <br />Management cansrderations: <br />Management practices suitable for use on this unit are proper grazing use and a planned grazing <br />system. <br />Grazing in the spring should be delayed until the mare desirable forage plants have achieved <br />sufficient growth to withstand grazing pressure. <br />Brush management improves deteriorated areas of range that are producing more woody shrubs <br />than were present in the potential plant community. <br />Excess woody shrubs may hinder range seeding efforts. <br />INTERPRETIVE GROUPS <br />Land capability classification: Vle <br />Cerro <br />Range site: Deep Clay Loam <br />Plant Association: Quercus m Iii ,4ymohoricamos oreoohilus-Artemisia ~identata <br />Herm <br />Range site: Mountain Ctay Loam <br />Plant Association: r u m elii ~vmohoricamos oreoohilus-Artemisia ri en a a <br /> <br />Soils Description Report -West Elk Mine <br />December 1994 WESTEC 6'3 <br />