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• <br />342-13 Critical Area Planting <br />Table 7. Perennial grasses and fortis for critical area plantings in Major Land Resource Area 51. <br /> z Soi1sJ and Moisture 2/ <br /> v r Adaptability Ratings- <br /> o ~ th to Water Table <br />De <br /> Recom- ~ N p <br /> t <br />Species mended ~ °o a ~ Less than Over <br /> Varieties m ~ ~ = 2q inches 24 inches Ease of Rate Salt <br /> +~ = Establish- of Tolerance <br /> m~ ~ S L C S L C ment Spread <br />Fairway wheatgrass B 15 X X X 5 2 2 <br />(Agropyron cristatum) <br />Th icks pi ke wheatgrass Cri to na 5 20 X X 4 3 3 <br />(Agropyron dasystachyum) <br />Tall wheatgrass Largo B 48 X X X X 4 1 5 <br />(Agropyron elongatum) Jose 3/ <br />Streambank wheatgrass Sodar S 24 X R X X 4 3 3 <br />(Agropyron riparium) <br />Siberian wheatgrass P-27 8 20 X X X 4 2 2 <br />(Agropyron sibiricum) <br />Western wheatgrass Rosana S 20 X X 2 4 3 <br />(Agropyron smithii) Arriba <br />Slender wheatgrass Primar B 30 X X X~ X 4 2 3• <br />(Agropyron trachycaulum) q/ q/ <br />Pubescent wheatgrass Luna S- 24 X X X 5 3 2 <br />(Agropyron trichoph orum) <br />Blue grams B 10 X X 2 2 2 <br />(Boutel oua gracilis) i <br />Russian wildrye Vinall B 24 X X X X 4 1 3 <br />(Elymus junceus) <br />Tall fescue Alta B 36 X X X 4 2 4 <br />(Festuca arundinacea) <br />Yellow sweetclover 36 X X X - X X 4 3 3 <br />(Melilotus officinalis) <br />Indian ricegrass B 16 X X 2 3 2 <br />(Oryzopsis hymenoides) <br />Reed canarygrass 5 48 X X X X X 4 4 3 <br />(Ph al aril arundinacea) 4/ 4/ <br />Alkali Baca ton B 24 X X X X X 2 2 5 <br />(Sporobolus airoides) 4/ 4/ <br />Sand dropseed 8 20 X X 4 3 1 <br />(Sporobolus cryptandrus) <br /> <br />1/ Soils: 5 = sandy; L = loamy; L = clayey. <br />2/ Adaptability ratings: 1 = poor; 2 = fair; 3 = moderate; 4 = good; 5 = excellent. <br />3/ Moist, saline sites. <br />4/ Moist sites. <br />USDA/SCS/Colorado 7/81 TGN 11170 <br />