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• 342-Critical Area Planting <br />Table 5. (continued) <br /> Soils 1/ and Exposure <br /> v s i <br />i <br />?/ <br /> Adaptab <br />l <br />ty Ratings <br /> € °i l G <br />l <br /> <br />Recom- <br />t ~o <br />t ~ opes over 6:1 <br />S ent <br />y <br /> <br />Species- <br />mended <br />~ ~ <br />z sloping <br />Ease of <br />Rate <br /> Varieties ~ °o L ~ North South to Establish- of Salt <br /> m ~ ,'.;:. and East and West flat ment Spread Tolerance <br /> <br />m~ m <br />~ <br />L <br />C <br />L <br />C <br />L <br />C <br />Yellow sweetclover 36 X X X X X X 4 3 3 <br />(Melilotus officinalis) <br />Rocky-Mountain penstemon Bandera 18 X X X X X X 4 3 2 <br />(Pens temon strictus) <br />Reed canarygrass S 48 X X 4 4 3 <br />(Phalaris arundinacea) <br /> <br />Timothy B 30 X X X X ~4 3 1 <br />(Phleum pratense) <br />Kentucky bluegrass 5 20 X X X X 4 4 1 <br />(POa pratensis) <br />Green needlegrass B 30 X X 4 2 1 <br />(Stipa viridula) <br />Alsike clover 10 X X X X 4 4 3 <br />(Trifolium hybridum) 5 5/ <br />Red clover 12 X X X X 4 4 3 <br />(Trifolium pratense) <br />Hairy vetch Madison 24 X X X X X X 3 2 1 <br />(Vicia villosa) <br />1/ Soils: L = loamy; C = clayey. <br />2/ Adaptability ratings: 1 = poor; 2 = fair; 3 = moderate: 4 = good; 5 = excellent. <br />3/ Moist, saline lowlands. <br />4/ Moist lowlands. <br />5/ Tolerates poorly drained soils. <br />TGN 11170 USDA/SCS/Colorado-7/81 <br />