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<br />_ ... <br />RANGE SITE N0. 63 Page 2 <br />GRAVEL.BREAKS }} <br />December 1975 <br />Native (potential) Vegetation and Guide for Determining Range <br />Condition. ~ • <br />Percentage composition by weight of the principal species may <br />total as much as: <br />Blue grama 20~ ' <br />Little bluestem 15 <br />Side-oats grama 10 <br />Prairie sand reed ~ 10 <br />Indian ricegrass ~ S <br />Needle-and-thread 5 ~ " <br />Junegrass 5 <br />Prairie clover. 5 <br />Winterfat 5 ,_ • <br />Sand dropseed 5• <br />Sedges 5 <br />Fringed sage 5 <br />Big bluestem T <br />Green needlegrass T <br />Yucca <br />Four <br />-winged saltbush T <br />T <br />~~: <br />. <br />Other ,perennial fortis. 5 ~J. <br />4. Total Annual Production <br />Favorable years 1200 Pounds per Acre Atr Dry <br />Unfavorable years 700 " " " " " <br />Median years 900 " " " " " <br />5.• So I 1 s <br />a. Surface soils are gravelly and extremely porous, making <br />them capable of taking in water quire readily, but sus-' <br />ceptible to being droughty during dry periods. Solis <br />do not hold moisture very well, but due to intake of water. <br />and pockets, the s[te produces a good growth of plants. <br />Salts do not collect to extent o f affecting the growth <br />of plants, <br />b. Solis in this site are: <br />Stoneham gravelly loam <br />.Tinsley gravelly loam <br />~.rv <br />~/'~' <br /> <br />