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_~ ::E6-E ZYME-ROCk'. ~rllTCFUF' CQMF'LET:, 1'~-~~6:! SL~!F'ES <br />CLASS VIIe, NONIRRIGA7-ED <br />This cc~mpl e:; consists ~~f a sh ai lc~~a, we11 drained soi{ r~ri <br />rnoder-ately steeF~ to Steep hills and r-idgr-s, and roctc <br />outcrops. Elevation ranges from x_•,000 to 7,000 feet. The <br />average annual precipitation is 14 to 1~: inches, and the <br />average annual air- ternper-atur-e is about 47-~0 degrees F, and <br />the average frost free season is li{? to 1.0 days. <br />Typically, the surface layer- of the."7_yrne soil is grayish <br />br-c~wn c 1 ay I earn ever- l y i n•g material that i s gray i sh brown <br />clay loam ever-lying material that is grayish brown heavy <br />clay loam which ire tur-r~ overlays soft shale at are average <br />depth of 10 inches. Depth to t~edr-ock: ranges fr-orn ~_• t~~ 0 <br />inches, <br />Ferrneability is slow, available water- capacity is I~;nA, <br />surface r-unc,ff is rapid and the hazard of water erosion is <br />high. Fffec+ive r-GOting depth is /-•-'~~? inches. <br />The r-n~{; c~utcr-op pi~r-t i on of this c~~mp I e;; consists of t~ <br />ar-e <br />e:;posur-es <<f SarnjStOr,e and Sht31e. <br />The rat i ve vegetat i c~ri i r~ roost p I aces consists of Irid i are <br />ricegrass, Western wheatgr-ass, needle and thread, blue <br />gr-arna, F~ i rayon pine, RocF:y M~~unta i n juniper-, rnountai n <br />rnah,cyany, garnt~e I oak., b i tterbr•ush, ser-v i ceber-ry, and b i g <br />sagebrush. F'r-nper grazing use coupled with planned grazing <br />systems ar-e the roost irnpr,r+.ant practices to maintain quality <br />and quantity ..f rangeland vegetation. Seeding, alon3 Edith <br />defer-rner,t, wi I I speed up r-evegetatior~ of areas depleted by <br />heavy grazing. Fevegetation is irnpor-tant on these areas <br />because ref the highly erosive nature ;,f ti-,is soil. <br />' 13D <br />