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342-7 Critical Area Plantii~ •
Table 3. Perennial grasses and fortis for critical area plantings on areas receiving less than 12 inches
annual precipitation in Major Land Resource Areas E-48A, E-486 and E-47.
~ Soilsl/ and Exposure

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Tolerance
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m.., £ L C L C L C
Fairway wheatgrass B 12 X X X X X % 5 - 2 2
(Agropyron cris to tum) ~

Thickspike wheatgrass
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S
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4
3
3
(Agropyron dasystachyum)
Beardless wheatgrass Whitmar B 20 X X X X X X 2 2 2
(Agropyron inerme)
Siberian wheatgrass P-27 B 24 % X X % % % 4 2 2
(Agropyron sibiricum) I
Western wheatgrass Rosana S 20 X X % X 2 4 3
(Agropyron smithii) Arriba
Pubescent wheatgrass Luna S- 15 X X X X X X 5 3 2
(Agropyron trichophorum)
Smooth brume Man char 5 15 X X X 4 5 2.
(Bromus inermis) Lincoln
Russian wildrye Vinall B 24 X % X X X X 4 1 3
(Elymus junceus)
Yellow sweetclover 36 X X X X X X 4 3 3
(Melilotus officinalis)
Indian ricegrass Nezpar B 18 X X X X X X 2 3 2
(Oryzopsis hymenoides)
Rocky Mountain penstemon Bandera 18 % % X % X % 4 3 2
(Pens temon strictus
Alkali Baca ton 3/ B 24 X X 2 2 5
(Sporobolus airoides) 5/ 5/
Sand dropseed 3/ B 20 ti e s t. o n s and s 3 3 1
(Sporobolus cryptandrus)
lsike clover 8 X X 4 4 3
(Trifol ium hybridum) q/ q/
Red clover 12 X X 4 4 3
(Trifolium pratense) 4/ 4/
1/ Soils: L = loamy; C = clayey.
2/ Adaptability ratings: 1 = poor; 2 = fair; 3 = moderate; 4 = good; 5 = excellent.
3/ Seed source from within 150 miles of planting site is recommended.
4/ Moist lowlands.
5/ Moist, saline lowlands.
USDA/SCS/Colorado 7/81 TGN 1f170