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Soil:tygorge very gravelly sandy clayToam, <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 (I"); 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 Class (& Subclass): Vile, 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 />