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<br />' -b- _ <br />Adapted native shrubs, having beautification anilwildlife <br />benefits, include mountain mahogar~y, Gambel oak, wild rose, and <br />skunkbush sumac. <br />Rocky mountain juniper, pinyon pine, and ponderosa pins ma,}r be <br />used if trees are desired. <br />6. Grass 24ixture <br />There is no one best grass seed mixture for planting these <br />sites. Availability of aced of the various specie: at the time <br />the sites are ready for seeding may be a factor in species <br />selection, <br />The following recommended mixture emphasizes nat,ivs grasses <br />with pubescent waeatgzass added to gi.va a rapid re:~ponsa to the <br />seeding effort. Pubescent wheatgrass is the dominznt grass <br />presently found on the seeded area of the Queens Carryon auar_-,~. <br />Pounds Pure Live Seed Par Acre <br />Broadcast Rate Itrilled Rate <br />Pubescent wheatgrass 6 3 <br />Indian ricegxass !y 2 <br />western wheat 6 3 <br />sideoats grams 4 2 <br />little bluestem 2 1 <br />mountain mutely 2 1 <br />Arizona fescue 2 1 <br />2b lba/PIS/aC 13 1bs~PLS/AC <br />Yellox blossom sweet clover is not recommended t~ecausa it is <br />very competitive for available moisture the second year after <br />i <br />planting, to the detriment of the slower establishing native grassesi <br />Proper attention to seeding, feztilizing, and mulci~i.ng details will ' <br />more than offset any benefits credited to the sweai; clover plant. <br />~J <br />