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<br />-4- _ <br />l <br />Adapted native shrubs, having beautification and wildlife <br />benefits, include mountain mahogarW, Gambel oak, wild rose, and <br />skunkbush sumac. <br />Rocl~r mountain juniper, pinyon pine, and ponderosa pins may be <br />used if trees are desired. <br />6, Grass iti.xture <br />There is no one best grass seed mixture for planting these <br />sites. Availability of seed of the various species at tha tine <br />tha sites are ready for seeding may be a factor in species <br />selection. <br />The following recommended mixture emphasizes native grasses <br />with pubescent wheatgra.ss added to give a rapid response to tha <br />seeding effort. Pubescent wheatgrass is tha dominant grass <br />presently found on the seeded axea of the Queens Canyon quarry. <br />Pubescent wheatgrass <br />Indian ricegrass <br />western wheat <br />sideoats grams <br />little bluestem <br />mountain mutely <br />Arizona. feacua <br />Pounds Pure Live Seed Par Acre <br />Broadcast Rate Drilled Ra*_e <br />6 3 <br />!y 2 <br />6 3 <br />~t 2 <br />2 1 <br />2 1 <br />2 1 <br />2b 1be~PLS~AC 1j 1bs~PLS~AC <br />Yellow blossom sweet clover ie not recommended becausa it is <br />very compatitive for available moisture the second year after <br />planting, to the detriment of the slower establishing native grasaesi <br />Proper attantion to seeding, fertilizing, and mulching details will i <br />more than offset any benefits credited to the sweet clover plant. <br /> <br />