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<br />~:~*t'~°•~" ~3-t'~~Iletiy~e`~.p~tenttal) Vegetatlolfi~, 'T'~ .? • ~~;~ ;i~ "'.+, {}~-' ~:"'
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<br />This Is. primarily a grassiand~stte.~-WesteYn:whe6tgr•ass~lsahe,... .,'~ .,",
<br />ma or tads: Others commonl ~ ~ • Y'"''' ``~, Y
<br />J g • y present'' ere'needle-ahd-three •:,;
<br />sed es, . t lttleseed rice rass"and blue r`artia7';• '- ~ '
<br />g g g 'There°'niay, ~ smal 1'. •,. ' : ' '
<br />amounts of slender wheatgrass,.Scrfbner neadlegrass;;;mutt grass,,'. °:
<br />Junegrass, squlrreltail, lridien rlcegrass; 'sand dropsaed;:: untaln-: "`,
<br />- muhly, and Arizona fescue... Forbs are minor. Erlogonum; 1 co,
<br />and lupine are the most pre4alent.,,:Of;the'scattered shrub';; four-. .-
<br />', -~ wing saltbush and rubber rabbftbrush arrniost.common.. 'Ot rs. arei?~'~• '
<br />,,,;•;:~ .currant, gooseberry, Green's and DougTcs'•rabbitbtu'sh'wlnt-~fatJ;:~,t;?,-''''
<br />and skunkbush sumac. A few pinyon trees.gr other.conlfnra are
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<br />J ~ r predent•~on parts of the site, but are;nbt~"a`'slgnl~'1'eant part ofd ;+„
<br />~~~" :~ th¢.Plant: ioimiunity.,,, +y ~ ~, r ~ }` a~
<br />' ~ ~ { `r ~: ' ' ~(w'fp "J 'Y r ~ 3' ~' ~l,' ~;~ ~ ~ y r 'r ~S y i i~ 21'rh 'f:
<br />~NatSva,.~potentfalJ Yagetation an~Guide f r'1)eterleJn~ng ge
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<br />'^~r •~~ r o, i:.i 1 '+ 7~ ~ 1; -, +~. •h !fir e3l7+7 'a ..yR' +. r:'~~~r• r' }- r ~
<br />percen~a"ge.caeposf~tfon by_wafght o{-.the-pr,lnc)pa~,spec)es y:~~ ~~
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<br />"' total"as much as: . ' ",,~ ,~'.~;_~ „,~ ,
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<br />,Western wheatgrass 50 ~ - ~~ ~ -
<br />_ : - Needl e-and-thread r 15 :: ,: - ~ ~'.''. e.`
<br />-,fit, Sedges "i'1'p'..~;M~ ':~: -1'
<br />''~ ' l.lttleseed ~rlcegrass _ ~.10 _
<br />~<> i - Blue •. i
<br />grams i0
<br />~, ~~'~~'__I. "'rFourwfng "s'a'ifbush ~ •' X10
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<br />"' _ '~' ` ~' ' Rubber rabbftbrush r `' r, 5 ~ .,~itar,g~ "`~~ ~`
<br />.. I .. _ ( t d boon) ~ .15. ~' ..F.. f,T
<br />Others as l is e a . ~-< - - ~
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<br />Tree s atlas (vet minor `if ... ~~. 'P ..rov P ,,, .. ,,.,' ~", .'t
<br />p y present) are in n ' Ina oiie seed°.a:.•.i .s,3::.
<br />and Rocky Mbuntafn Jun(per, ponderosa p1ne,,:and.Douglas`f r. ,... ~ ;
<br />'' Approximate ground cover !s 30$.,:,Spec'les"mo'st`Likely:"to' nvade ,. ,
<br />' the site are sleepygrass (especially on~old fields),.'and, nnuel
<br />' Introduced forbs. With ecological dete~T'oratlon, some.sp ties'
<br />- which may increase from trace amounts arc Green's rabbftb ush,
<br />fringed saga, snakeweed, and prickly pear.. The most, n feature '
<br />'of'ncological declMn Is dominancn by.'rubber.rabbitbrush nd drastic.
<br />' decrease In grasses--except blue grams; inltially,• (and a entually
<br />it; too): Rubber rabbftbrush"has compJetely_taken ovnr..s e ~ .
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