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<br /> V E G E T A T I O N <br />' <br /> The Rrann Fit can be characterized as an upland semi-ar d range <br /> site supporting vegetation typified by grasses, shrubs a d fortis. <br /> Plants noted during an on-site inspection, March ~, 1984, were as <br />' follows: <br /> Buffalograss Suchloe- dactyloides <br />t Alkali sacaton ~~poroh~ulus airoides <br /> Little bluestem Schizachyrium scopari m <br /> Sandberg bluegrass Poa sandh.eryii <br /> Arizona fescue festuca ari=onica <br /> Russian thistle Salsola ih_~erica <br /> Furple henbane Hyoscyamus nigrr <br /> Broom snakeweed Guticrr•ezia sarothr•ae <br />' Yucca %u~=ca ylauca <br /> Fric4;ly-pear cactus C%puntza compre~=a <br />' Vegetative cover was <U-~5%. <br /> Final reclamation of the site will be the establisFiment f native <br />' grasses. <br />' S OIL S <br /> The soils on the Brann F'it have been classified by the SDA Soil <br /> Conservation Service as l'ravessilla-Rac4: outcrop compl The <br />' topsoil is generally ~4 inches deep over the site area. <br /> The soils of the Travessilla series are on uplands and are <br /> shallow to very shallow over sandstone. They are pred minantly <br />' sandy. Bedrock is e:;posed in many places. <br /> The surface layer of these soils is pale-brawn to grayi sh-brown <br />' sandy loam or loam. The subsoil, where present, is y llowish- <br /> brown, yellow, or reddish-brown fine sandy loam or st ny fine <br />sandy loam. These soils are generally about 10 inches thic4i over <br />' sandstone, but sandstone crops out in many places. The oils are <br />calcareous throughout. <br />1 <br />1 <br />1 <br />1 <br /> <br />The sails vary mainly in the depth to sandstone, which in places <br />is as much as 18 inches from the surface. They also va y in the <br />number of sandstone outcrops and in the number of sandst rie from <br />fragments un the surface. <br />The native vegetation is blue yrama, <br />grama, little bluestem and yucca. <br />D- <br />buffalograss, ~sideoats <br /> <br />