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2 -Absarokee -Work loams <br />Dominant vegetation in the potential plant community: Gambel oak, mountain brome, nodding <br />brome, slender wheatgrass, elk sedge, wheatgrasses, bluegrasses, needlegrasses <br />Annual production of air-dry vegetation: 1,500 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 />Absarokee <br />Range site: Brushy Loam <br />Plant Association: Quercus am Iii Amelanchier alnifolia-Bromus mollis <br />Work <br />Range site: Deep Clay Loam <br />Plant Association: Aaroovron mi hii Aaroovron trachvcaulum- i a lettermanii <br />C <br />\_J <br />Soils Description Report -West Elk Mine <br />December 1994 WESTEC 3 <br />