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• WAX CURRANT: RIBES CEREUM DOUGL. <br />This native shrub prefers dry to moist sites and ranges from 4,000 <br />to 11,400 feet in Colorado. The wax currant is non-weedy and reproduces <br />sexually. It is not poisonous to livestock. Good growth is produced in <br />sandy loam, loam and clay loam on gentle and moderate slopes. Growth is <br />fair on steep elopes. This shrub is rated medium for erosion control <br />and medium for establishment requirements. Wax Currant is rated low for <br />short term revegetation potential and medium for long term. This shrub <br />is medium in potential biomass production. Good cover is produced for <br />sll five classes of wildlife. Food value for elk and deer is fair and <br />good for game birds, small non-game birds and small mammals. Forage <br />palatability is good for sheep and fair for cattle. Energy retention is <br />• fair and protein poor. <br />WOODS ROSE: ROSA WOODSII LONDL. <br />This non-weedy shrub grows in dry-moist sites from 3,500 to 11,700 <br />feet and is native in Routt County. Reproduction is accomplished <br />sexually. Woods Rose is not poisonous. Growth of this shrub in sandy <br />loam, loam and clay loam on gentle and moderate slopes is rated good. <br />Growth can be expected to be fair on steep slopes. The erosion control <br />potential is medium and establishment requirements are low to medium. <br />Short term revegetation potentials are low and long term medium. Fair <br />cover for deer and good cover for game birds, small non-game birds and <br />small mammals is provided. For game birds, food value is fair. Forage <br />palatability for sheep is good and for cattle, fair. Energy and protein <br />• retention values are poor. <br />Mid-term '94 4.4-A-33 September 15,1994 <br />