Laserfiche WebLink
• 2.04.9 <br />The potential plant community on the Beenom soil consists mainly of <br />bluebunch wheatgrass and otherwheatgrasses,muttongrass, andjunegrass. <br />As range condition deteriorates, the wheatgrasses, muttongrass, and June <br />grass decrease, forbs and woody shrubs increase, and undesirable weeds <br />and annual plants invade and become more abundant. <br />The Beenom soil is used for winter range by mule deer. At the high <br />elevations it is used for winter range by elk. Some important plant species <br />which can be managed for optimum production are big sagebrush, <br />bitterbrush, serviceberry, low rabbitbrush, and wild rose. <br />The Absarokee soil is well drained and overlies bedrock at a depth of 20 to <br />40 inches. It formed in locally transported sediment derived from sandstone <br />and inter- bedded shale. Typically the surface layer of the Absarokee soil is <br />dark grayish brown loam about 7 inches thick. The subsoil is brown clay <br />about 18 inches thick. The substratum is light brown channery clay loam. <br />• Sandstone is at a depth of about 30 inches. <br />In the Absarokee soil, permeability is moderately slow and available water <br />capacity is low. Effective rooting depth is about 30 inches. Surface runoff is <br />rapid. The hazard of erosion from wind is slight and from water is moderate <br />to high. <br />On the Absarokee soil the native vegetation consists mainly of Gambel oak, <br />serviceberry, big sagebrush, and snowberry. W heatgrasses, pine dropseed, <br />needlegrasses, brome, and needleandthread are common grasses. <br />Most areas of this association are used for grazing by livestock and wildlife <br />and for recreational purposes. <br />The potential plant community on the Absarokee soil consists mainly of <br />Gambel oak, mountain brome, nodding brome, slender wheatgrass, and elk <br />sedge. As range condition deteriorates, mountain brome, nodding brome, <br />slender wheatgrass, and elk sedge decrease, forbs and woody shrubs <br />increase, and undesirable weeds and annual plants invade and become <br />• more abundant. <br />PR-06 2.04 -60 - 8/01 <br />APPRoLED <br />i/1 s/oi <br />