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Soil: Nunn clay loam, <br />2% to 8% slopes <br />Map Unit: 79 (NRCS map unit) <br />General Description: Deep, well drained. Supports mainly grasses. Surface layer = 4"; subsoil = 28" thick. <br />Moderately alkaline below about 10". Permeability moderately slow to slow; available water capacity high. <br />Related Soils: Wages (about 5% of mapped area). <br />Capability Class (& Subclass): I've, nonirrigated. <br />Range Site: Loamy foothills N202 <br />General Characteristics -western wheatgrass, blue grama. Blue grama, red threeawn, <br />fringed sage increase if deteriorated. Favorable year: 1500; average year: 1200, poor year: <br />900 pounds per acre. <br />Major Plant Species -western wheatgrass 35%, blue grama 20%, prairie junegrass 10%, <br />little bluestem 10~, needleandthread grass 10%, Indian ricegrass 5%, bottlebrush <br />squirreltail 5 ~ . <br />Wildlife Habitat Suitability: fair to poor <br />Suitability of soil for elements of wildlife habitat - <br />Grain and seed crops: fair <br />Grasses and legumes: good <br />Wild herbaceous plants: good <br />Coniferous plants: not rated (unwooded soils) <br />Shrubs: good <br />Wetland plants: fair <br />Shallow water areas: very poor <br />Suitability of soil for kinds of wildlife - <br />Openland: good <br />Woodland: not wooded <br />Wetland: poor <br />Rangeland: good <br />