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• tion goals. Potential biomass production is rated medium. In terms of cover, Galleta is <br />rated fair for small non-game birds and good for smell mammals. It is fair in food value <br />for elk and small mammals. Cattle and sheep forage palatability is fair. The energy <br />value of this species is fair and the protein value poor. <br />GREEN BASIN WILDRYE: ELYMUS CINEREUS SCRIBN. & MERR. <br />This wildrye is a non-weedy native perennial preferring dry-moist sites ranging <br />from 4,600 to 10,000 feet. It is not poisonous. Good growth is produced on sandy loam, loam <br />and clay loam. Growth is good on gentle and moderate slopes and fair on steep slopes. <br />This plant is highly rated for erosion control and is rated medium for establishment re- <br />quirements. Short term revegetation potential is low and long term is high. Potential <br />biomass production of great basin wildrye is high. Fair cover for elk and deer and good <br />cover for game birds, small mammals, and non-game birds is provided by this plant. <br />Forage for elk, game birds, small non-game birds and small mammals is fair. Cattle <br />and sheep forage palatability for this species is fair. Energy value retention is good and <br />protein fair. <br />• GREEN NEEDLEGRASS: STIPA VIRIDULA TRIN. <br />Green needlegrass is a non-weedy native, perennial clump grass. It ranges from <br />3,500 to 10,000 feet in Colorado. This species can result in mechanical poisoning of live- <br />stock when eaten in sufficient quantities. The barbed awns of this plant may lodge in the <br />oral tissue of grazing animals which results in ulcerations. Horses are more susceptible <br />due to the softer nature of the oral tissues. Green needlegrass may be a problem on dry <br />ranges where it comprises a large percentage of the grass present. Growth on sandy loam <br />is fair and on loam and clay loam good. Good growth is obtained on gentle and moderate <br />slopes. Steep slopes produce the poorest growth. Establishment requirements and erosion <br />control potential are rated medium. Short term revegetation potential is low due to the <br />greater difficulty in establishing this species. Long term revegetetion potential is high. <br />This species is rated medium in potential biomass production. It is fair as a cover for <br />game birds, small non-game birds and small mammals. Elk, deer and game bird food <br />value is fair. Small mammal and non-game bird food value is considered good. Forage <br />palatability for cattle is good and sheep fair. Energy and protein values are fair. <br />• <br />4.4-B-6 <br />