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..- .. <br />• R4'IGE SITE N0. 53 Page 2 ,' <br />Sandstone Breaks <br />July 1976 <br />l3ative (potential) Vegetation and Guide for Determining Range Condition. <br />Percentage composition by weight of the principal species may total as ' <br />much as: <br />Side-oats grama 30$ <br />31ue grama andlor <br />black grama 30 <br />.,ittle bluest em 20 <br />Western wheat3rass 20 <br />big bluestem 20 <br />Yellow Indiangrass 5 <br />SedgES ~ <br />India- rice~rass <br />;reedie grasses 10 <br />Silver blues-~m 5 <br />Spike muhl 10 <br />Squirrel ta_1 5 <br />S:.itcY:grasr: 5 <br />:ic..iper <br />• ..inged sage 5 <br />tners (see list in 5 <br />above) 15 <br />=_~ilt5 iylat art !.C<_t li:•:ely to i-~crease when r-l:: E ?e'e: .Ora:-_' ~.^e ia~:'='? <br />..-.:~= .rops~ed a::d :lue gra^a. T^e first ones to Fo cut under heavy ~-~-_r.; <br />_:~ a: a black grace, Indian r;c«rass, India r. ^acs, ~cr:'.^ne:• ::ee ;le-: a^_ , <br />?.°~ h'exico °_atnEr,7ra55, ?i; bluestem, little `1•~es*.e-. a:;3 s::-'-Odt= i,"':... <br />ne=rly in that or_er. 3alleta, SiuE grama any sanZ ~. ;e~c1 ~:::, sr •:~:_ <br />_-~1 e.t lOn wall be repiaC 2d *.•.y J::::_rer, cholla C3C ^~5, Yr1C!:ly wear C~3C t::5, <br />--, snakeweed and annual plant:. ,Suniper car. ::ompletely occ::~y t~.~• s.:. <br />v;:-.:: very little vegetaticn growiae under the canopy. <br />'oral Annual Prod:;ction <br />,s~•.:ra~le }•ear 2u 00 FCI:-~:: per Acre Air i!ry <br />'.•LfOVOra bie year 4~j'~ v n a n n <br />~~?G .a:: years BCi Ci n n n n n <br />5. SO liS <br />a. Soils are stony or rocky sandy _oams or loams. Intake rates are gcc: <br />and the presence of stones enhances soil-moisture relationshins for <br />plants. Sandstone outcrops are frequently associated with this sits. <br />• }. Scils in this sits are: <br />Tra~•essilla sandy loas:, loam, stony loam <br /> <br />