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• 2.04.9 <br />These soils are used for winter range by mule deer and elk. Some important <br />plant species which can be managed for optimum production are bitterbrush, <br />mountainmahogany, Gambel oak, serviceberry, and elk sedge. <br />Berry-producing shrubs are used by black bear. This soil provides habitat for <br />Merriam turkey, blue grouse, and band-tailed pigeon. In favorable years, <br />mature Gambel oaks produce acorns, which are used by Merriam turkey. <br />13-Beenom-Absarokee association, 20 to 60 percent slopes. <br />These hilly, steep, and very steep soils are on mountain side slopes. <br />Elevation ranges from 6,800 to 8,300 feet. The Beenom soil makes up about <br />50 percent of the association. It is on the upper part of the slope and on <br />ridgetops. The Absarokee soil makes up about 30 percent of the association. <br />It is in a position lower on the slope than the Beenom soil and is also in <br />swales. <br />• Included with these soils in mapping are a few small areas of Kech, <br />Progresso, and Work soils. Also included are rock outcrops, very shallow <br />soils, and deep, stony soils. Included areas make up 20 percent of the <br />association. In some small areas the surface layer is clay loam or sandy <br />loam. The Beenom soil is shallow and well drained and overlies bedrock at <br />a depth of 10 to 20 inches. It formed in material that was weathered in place <br />from sandstone and interbedded shale. <br />Typically the surface layer of the Beenom soil is grayish brown loam about <br />4 inches thick. The subsoil is dark brown clay loam about 5 inches thick. The <br />substratum is very pale brown channery loam. Sandstone is at a depth of <br />about 14 inches. <br />In the Beenom soil, permeability is moderate and available water capacity is <br />low. Effective rooting depth is about 14 inches. Surface runoff is rapid. The <br />hazard of erosion from wind is slight and from water is high. <br />On the Beenom soil the native vegetation consists mainly of Gambel oak, <br />serviceberry, big sagebrush, and snowberry. Wheatgrasses, pine <br />• needlegrass, and needleandthread are common grasses. <br />PR-06 <br />2.04 -59 - 8/01 <br />/~ PP,2ov6O <br />~~/5/OZ <br />