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_' _ ' ___ ' ~ ~ 4 <br />~~ UNWED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE "' <br />Soil Conservation Service Colorado ...~,. <br />Technical Guide. RANGE SItE N0. 292. <br />Section II E . .Field OffYce' <br />august r97S,,,: <br />RANGE SITE DESCRIPTION <br />for ~. <br />DEEP LOAM <br />~,"' <br />~:; <br />I • <br />Lend Resource Area: Southern Rocky Mountadns. (~).-. .: .: ~ ~' <br />_ •, a <br />A;. PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS f~ ~ ' <br />~.: <br />n, i w <br />1. Pfiysla9rapfiic Features ~ ~~~%' „ <br />f;, <br />Uplands varying from gently sloping .to fairly steep. hlI1S"`4 ~''~,:~ ~ <br />Degree of slope ranges from 0 to 65$. Direction of 5~typry~,y. ~, IF;; <br />not a factor. :F•,"'f_; e,, ;S p <br />Elevation onthis site occurs from 6000 .feet to $Op0 ~e~t`•ebove ,, <br />Sea level. ~ ~~"`r~4.f~,.. <br />4 <br />•• 2. Climatic Features ':r,+,"~•_ <br />Annual precipitation averages 14 to 18 inches with'about':~alf ~~`r <br />t. <br />of the-moisture occuring as snow. ',; `d'~, ~, <br />d ~ ~. <br />. ~: : , ;- <br />Optimum growing season for native plants Is May 1,5~co JUIy l5: ? . <br />Winters are cold with good snow cover, averag(ng around 20° F:. " '%. <br />The growing season averages about 61° F. <br />Late July and the first of August is the driest period. <br />3. Natlvn (poteetlal) Vegetation <br />This Is a productive grassland community occuring`';~`n the upped, :, .' <br />foothiils and lower oakbrush climatic zone. ImporCant grasses <br />are bluebunch, wheatgrass, muttongrass, slender wheatgrass, <br />needle-and-threadgrass, and western wheatgrass. Principal <br />shrubs include big sagebrush, serviceberry, and snowberry. <br />Other plants include Indian paintbrush, Fremont penstemon, <br />lupine, low larkspur, arrowleaf balsamroot, fleabane, long- <br />leaf loco, and tapertip hawksbeard. <br />w <br />~~ <br /> <br />