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Soil: Roygorge very gravelly sandy clay loam, <br />25% to 50% slopes <br />Map Unit: 98 (NRCS map unit) <br />General Description: Shallow, well drained. Supports pinyon & juniper. Surface of leaf litter (1 "); gravelly sandy clay <br />loam (2"); subsoil = 10" thick. Bedrock at 12". Permeability moderate; available water capacity very low. <br />Related Soils: Sedillo, Wages, Rock outcrop <br />Capability CL~ss (& Subclass): VIIe, nonirrigated. <br />Range Site: Pinyon -Juniper woodland. <br />General Characteristics -Pinyon, juniper, Scriber needlegrass, Gambel oak, snowberry, <br />Mountain mahogany. Deteriorated: red threeawn, blue grama, prickly pear, snakeweed, <br />rabbitbrush. Favorable year: 600, average year: 400, poor year: 300 pounds per acre. <br />Major Plant Species -Scribner needlegrass 25%, Gambel oak 10%, Mtn mahogany 10%, <br />snowberry 10%, blue grama 5%, sideoats grama 5%, sedge 5%, muttongrass 5%. <br />Wildlife Habitat Suitability: poor to very poor <br />Suitability of soil for elements of wildlife habitat - <br />Grain and seed crops: very poor <br />Grasses and legumes: very poor <br />Wild herbaceous plants: fair <br />Coniferous plants: poor <br />Shrubs: fair <br />Wetland plants: very poor <br />Shallow water areas: very poor <br />Suitability of soil for kinds of wildlife - <br />Openland: very poor <br />Woodland: poor <br />Wetland: very poor <br />Rangeland: unsuited <br />