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i • <br />Pe rnieability is moderately rapid. The effective rnoti depth is 60 <br />inches and available water capacity is moderate. Surface Hoff is slow and <br />erosion hazard is slight. A rater table occurs at 1.5 to 2 5 feet below the <br />surface 2 to 3 weeks during the spring snow melt season. F coding occurs for <br />brief periods in the spring in sane places. <br />?here soils are used for range and for wildlife habitat <br />The potential vegetation on this mapping unit is Janina ed by western <br />wheatgrass, needleandthread, and fourwing saltbush. When t range <br />deteriorates, the proportion of these desirable grasses dec eases and the <br />proportirn of blue grams, rubber rabbitbrush and other less desirable forts, <br />grasses and shrubs increases. Brush plants ocntinue to inc ase, weeds and <br />annual plants becan~ more abundant as range condition bec s poorer. <br />Seeding is possible on the more favorable areas of this site. Adapted <br />species include wheatgrasses and Russian wildrye. Seeding conjunctirn <br />with pitting is advisable, and working on a contour or acro s the slope is <br />necessary on the sloping parts of tte mapping unit. Late s er seedirxl has <br />proven mcst successful. Deferred grazing, cross fencing, stock water <br />developrents are the practices necessary to prevent range d terioratirn and <br />to pranote the growth and increase of the mare ~sirable pl t species. <br />Cottonwood and willow trees make up about 10 percent of the plant community <br />adjacent to sane of the streams and are important for wildlife food and <br />cover. <br />Wildlife rn these soils include deer, antelope, jackrab its and <br />cottontail, as well as various birds and rodents. Proper 1' estock grazing <br />management will help encourage the use of these soils by wi dlife species. <br />