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Continued <br />Louviers-Travessilla Complex <br />Runoff is rapid, and the hazard of water erosion is high to very high. <br />This unit is used for woodland and livestock grazing. <br />The potential plant community is mainly pinyon and juniper and an <br />understory of Indian ricegrass, muttongrass, and sideoats grams. The <br />potential production of the native understory vegetation in normal years <br />is about 600 pounds of air-dry vegetation per acre. Livestock grazing <br />should be managed to protect the unit from excessive erosion. <br />Woodland products such as firewood, fenceposts, Christmas trees, and <br />pinyon nuts are available on this unit. Mature stands of trees can <br />produce 6 to g cords of firewood per acre if all trees are removed. <br />• Removal of standing dead tzees and harvesting the green overstory <br />generally enhance reproduction and promote the growth of grass and <br />younger trees. Leaving high juniper stumps with several small live <br />branches promotes the growth of a post crop. <br />This unit is poorly suited to homesite development. The main <br />limitations on the side slopes are shallow depth to shale, high <br />shrink-swell potential, and steepness of slope. The main limitation on <br />the ridgetops is shallow depth to sandstone. <br />This map unit is in capability subclass VIIe, nonirrigated. It is in <br />the Pinyon-Juniper woodland site. <br />• <br />