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~'~ C"~?:S-2 (torKerly CO_421 U. S. Dept. of A~rieult :re <br />~ ' ~ ~~ Soil ~s+ervation Sar~•izc <br />l <br />• CCt15BR9ATIC~ PUN MAP AND <br />• SOIL AND CAPA9ILI3Y MAP LEGBiD SHr'ET <br />~.+f:erent idnds of soil, ran6e sites, of voadland s?tes ara separated on the <br />ra; by solid black lines. lJithin e8oh area is a^ identit±inf syrool or <br />r~a'e. T!:e tpllowing symbols are shotifi rn yeur raps <br />Sy-bo1 0- Site 2:a^~e Generalized Lescripticns <br />Soiis Descriptions, (Detailed desc rpttons ate available it <br />your Soil Ccr.serv~ticn Ser~•!ee o_°fict.l <br />OlA - Ascalon Sandy Loam, 0 to 3% Slopes - This is a deep soil noncalcareous <br />• and neutral to about 18 inches. Below 18 inches the soil }s <br />moderately alkaline. The very friable surface is sandy loam: <br />The subsoil is sandy clay loam which grades to clay loam or <br />loam below 20 inches. This soil lends itself to cultivation <br />even though the sandy surface is blown easily. Showers soak <br />down readily in the sandy surface and the more clayey subsoil <br />has a good water holding capacity. <br />RANGE SITE DESCRIPTION <br />Sandy Plains A scattering of yucca, sand sage and three awn serve to set <br />this site apart from the hardlands. Rapid entry of water <br />into the surface soils combine with moderately good water <br />• holding capacity, to make suitable. conditions for growth of <br />. blue grams, sand reed, bluestem, sand dropseed, needle and <br />thread and side-oats grams. Plants produce as much as 1800 <br />lbs in favorable years. <br />Basalt Breaks Soils are stony clay looms underlain by basalt on steep <br />slopes: Water intake rates are slow. Large basalt boulders <br />appear on the~~surface thus providing a high soil moisture <br />relationship and favoring the deep .rooted grasses, trees, and <br />shrubs. Dominant grasses are big and little bluestems, and <br />• sideoats muhly, switchgrass, tall dropseed, Indian grass, and <br />' blue•grama. Shrubs and trees that are common are skunkbrush, <br />wild rose, currant, choke cherry, mountain mahogany, rock <br />spires, deer brush, oak, and juniper.' Estimated total annual <br />yield is 1200 - 2000 lbs of air dry vegetation per acre. <br />• <br />