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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 #202 <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 />