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<br />' `' aph~'ii;aT Guide RANGE SITE NQ, ZBy~~.. '~'`% '
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<br />.! 3 4 ~~'" ~' RANGE SITE DESCRIPTION ~ '` bd ~ t""' ~, "~j
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<br />~,~' "` ~'~.'~ Land Resoprce Area: .Central .Desert lc BasirtS;~l~ountalns,' ~ '~
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<br />a~'~' ~,,.;. ~F'~~ , -~ ~ and. Plateaus i34) .`, ~ ti.,. 2 ~ ~.
<br />-st .<;• ~:r, Southern Rocky' Mountains t~48) ~;,.a"~ '~ ,s
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<br />t `f , t tl~ ;p~ysi~~ raphi'c Features ~' ., t S ,, , *s
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<br />`,", aaaf ~ Rougfi` rotkyzbrnaks {4 ~focthitls and ,mesa~coUntry~:'tftia~,tBle ~i~opas,t.. n*s ¢N;
<br />~'ss P,~, ~r; ~•~ ~yereraaiy 6~tween.l..5`to b5~.:. At,'h~igher tltva~ion~x#le+s7t~,t+N ~` ,rv:` ;,
<br />`'~ '; `~ - .occupies 'south .and, westxxposures•e~; At lower elev~tiQns7it";Q'~~xrs~ w,` ;%
<br />.~'~ on north and'-east exposurts.: El;evation'raRge6 frgiii 5$OO ~4U~„a~¢, ;~ ~Yt. ~t.
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<br />T- t °~. ,'d P'~~. ~!}ima#iG. Ftatures '~' $ti Yr '~ `~~.f~> rard, t";
<br />" ~ ~~' ~ Agnua~} prec i p Gtet fo¢ averages from 12 to ' 15.~ fnches~+~~~7~~< f~t•1~ , . ?~
<br />~;;, t.~r; "athan~-half of the moisture f$lls betwnan yApr'il ^1 ~r~^S~Ri~emb',try"~1%, ... ~;, _~:'
<br />,. ~ Months recnTvinq the. highest' precipita'tiQn axg,,DuvY~p:, A`~g `sx" ~d '~ k~'; =i
<br />~~ ~ Speptember Growing season extends-.from Apr;i~ ihfoelgli~~,~~t2~ f .`
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<br />~ ~ .~,~ T~ ~~lune,')<sr dsuaJly thr most drouthy-month Cooh, seesti~i ~n ~ ~„r '
<br />4~,~ ~ Ay" f~vore¢~~d''dake Cher bast-"growth following the~Tm~q~r I~~~+°~. „`; °
<br />r r:, ;~ C" ~ /1pr11.~•~vhan aval}ab,}e.ma}sture Is, greategt.. Theses' la~s,ag ra ~~ ,
<br />':. ~ G ,,,~ 'y.`~f.,~' adyM~caga'""ot~~ )gte summer moisture. if ehey.arex inr k~d`aJ~ ~,~v~~io~; ;~1 x
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<br />~~ ~ F'~ '~'~~,~ ' Nat'}ve: (potnnttal) lre9etattoh ~, «: , r ~~„'
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<br />' This site is a grassland.plant community with sma}1 ambunfs of 5hrubj,- ~;.::.
<br />' p}n,yon pine, and Utah.juniper. Grasses such .as In¢ian.,ritegrassR ..
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<br />_ ;' native bunch biuegrasses,,rieedle-and-thread ,'galleta, blue grams, ':'•:„-~;:.',
<br />Junegrass, squirreltail, and wheatgrasses make up the mdjar• part of ~.
<br />' Chi plant cov..er. Pinyon and ,juniper a`re:generally: Rrestgt: BYowse~`i ~i*;
<br />i_ ~ r pl5nts;:include; big sage, mountain mahogany,:serviceberr~+~~,,~lormpq te,~,,;
<br />.; + ", „~: .and';bi[4erbrush. Many of the fortis such 'as dai5ie;g°~ e5t4TSy ek~~iog'¢1,n~,~'
<br />~~,; ~~~ ~~. stem9eSS gal.¢tnwted., phlox; penstemon, and herb~cequ ss~ye areiassq ~ ;~
<br />i,F4, ~+°~ '~,;,. elated fn the,compgsitlon:. ,Sites fiaving:..ten percent or`mQie c~rawrt"~t'~ ~'
<br />^"'~ /~ +~~"~ canopy of pinyon end%or Juniper are woodland sites, ~ : < :"'*~ + z~
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