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342-8 Critical Area Planting
Table 4. Perennial grasses and fortis for critical area plantings on areas receiving 12 to 15 inches annual
precipitation in Major Land Resource Areas E-48A, E-488 and E-47.
Soils 1/ and Exposure
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Ease of
Rate
Varieties ~ c i ~ North South to Establish of
m N Y~
~ and East and West flat
ment
Spread Salt

~ Tolerance
a"^ L C L C L C
Fairway wheatgrass B 16 X X X X X X 5 2 2
(Agropyron cristatum)
Crested wheatgrass Nord an B 20 X X X X. X X 5 2 2
(Agropyron desertorum)
Streambank wheatgrass Sodar S 24 X X X X 4 4 3
(Agropyron riparium)
Intermediate wheatgrass Amur S 30 X X X X X X 4 3 3
(Agropyron intermedium) Tegmar
Pubescent wheatgrass Luna S- 20 X X X X X X 5 3 2
(Agropyron trichophorum)
Smooth brome Manchar 5 20 X X X X X X 4 5 2
(Bromus inermis) Lincoln
Russian wildrye Vinall B 20 X X X X X X 4 1 3
(Elymus junc eus)
Hard fescue Durar B 12 X X X 4 3 1
(Festuca ovina v.
duriuscu a
Yellow sweetclover 36 X X X X X X 4 3 3
(Melilotus officinalis)
Indian ritegrass Nezpar B 20 X X X X X X 2 3 2
(Oryzopsis hymenoides)
Rocky Mountain penstemon Bandera 18 X X X X X X 4 3 2
(Penstemon strict us)
Alkali sacaton 3/ B 24 X X 2 2 5
(Sporobolus airoides). 4/ 4/
Sand dropseed 3/ B 18 b e s t o n s and s 3 3 1
(Sporobolus cryptandrus)

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, saline lowlands.
TGN 11170 USDA/SCS/Colorado-7/81