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• requirements are low. The short term revegetation potential is medium <br />and the long term is rated high. This grass is highly rated for <br />potential biomass production. Good cover is provided by orchardgrass <br />for small mammals, game birds and small non-game birds. Food value for <br />elk, deer, game birds, small non-game birds and small mammals is fair. <br />Both cattle and sheep forage palatability are good. Energy retention in <br />this species is fair. Protein retention is poor. <br />Orchardgrass ie a valuable species for reclamation/revegetation <br />purposes at the Edna Mine. It is a desirable species of benefit to both <br />wildlife and domestic livestock. This grass is easy to establish and <br />provides a quick stabilizing vegetative cover that is highly rated in <br />its ability to control erosion. This plant is not poisonous and when <br />planted at low seeding rates has very little potential of becoming a <br />• weed problem. Orchardgrass is widespread in Routt County and Colorado. <br />It is compatible with the plant and animal species in the region. <br />RED FESCUE: FESTUCA RUBRA L. <br />Red fescue is a perennial native grass ranging in elevation from <br />7,000 to 11,200 feet in dry, moist and wet sites. Reproduction is <br />accomplished vegetatively and sexually. This species is non-weedy. <br />Under rare circumstances it can be a minor poisoner to livestock. (See <br />Hard fescue for poisonous factor). Erosion control potential is good <br />due to its rhizomatous vegetative reproduction. This Fescue may cause <br />fatality in animals grazing on the plant. (Heavy infestations of <br />nematode galls in fescue seed have caused death in cattle and sheep). <br />J <br />Mid-term '94 4.6-A-13 September 15,1994 <br />