Laserfiche WebLink
• 2.04.9 <br />Included with this soil in mapping are a few small areas of Absarokee, <br />Beenom, Potts, and Kech soils. Also included are small areas of stony and <br />very stony soils. In some areas the surface layer is sandy loam or loam. The <br />soil is channery below the subsoil in places. Also included are areas where <br />sandstone is at a depth of 40 to 60 inches. <br />The native vegetation on this soil consists mainly of wheatgrasses, <br />bluegrasses, bromes, big sagebrush, oak- brush, and serviceberry. <br />Some areas of this soil are used for grazing of livestock and wildlife and for <br />recreational purposes. Some areas are irrigated and are used mainly for hay, <br />small grains, and pasture. <br />This soil is suited to all of the crops commonly grown in the survey area, <br />except those which require a long growing season. Extreme care is <br />necessary to prevent water erosion. Maintaining organic matter content is <br />• important. The soil should be kept in grasses, legumes, or close-growing <br />crops at least one-fourth of the time, and row crops in rotation should be <br />grown no more than 3 years consecutively. Use of crop residue, land <br />leveling, good management of irrigation water, and using cover crops and <br />green manure crops help to maintain the organic matter content and to <br />control erosion. Shortness of the growing season may limit yields and the <br />choice of crops. <br />This soil can be used for irrigated pasture and hay crops. It is well suited to <br />alfalfa, smooth brome, orchard- grass, intermediate wheatgrass, and clover. <br />Irrigation can be done by contour ditch and corrugation methods. <br />Because of low annual precipitation and the seasonal distribution of <br />moisture, this soil is not suited tonon-irrigated crops. However, non-irrigated <br />pasture grasses can be planted late in summer and in fall to protect the soil <br />from erosion and to provide grazing for livestock, if proper pasture <br />management is practiced. Crested wheatgrass, pubescent wheatgrass, <br />smooth brome, and hard fescue are adapted species. <br />• The potential plant community on this soil consists mainly of wheatgrasses, <br />PR-O6 2.04 -55 - 8/01 <br />floPRov6D <br />/~~/oz <br />