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<br />~ UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE _'
<br />' ~ Soil Conservation Service, Colorado
<br />Technical Guide ~ RANGE SITE N0. 262
<br />' - Section f.I E - -~ .- '; ~ ' . Fiet-d Office '.
<br />''a~.''•t''•'y,.- August 1975 •'. _
<br />.._ ~~'R,4NGE SITE DESCk~FT.~If~:Sr,9:~.~r:t-='-~-+!.,r,+w%~.R=rY.:r~.:r•:.,.,F~.
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<br />~ Land resource Area: Cer,sralyDe e~tic'Basins; Nountalns.`~":.--~-
<br />~oicra~o and Green Rivers Plateaus (j5)
<br />' ~ A. PHYSICAL Ch;';ACTERIS?ICS _ ~ '- ~' -
<br />1. PM~siocrzahic Features
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<br />Thy 1;.:;~s:zpe Is typically that having~n.early flat-ao:gently _::=•'• '•.-.
<br />sloFing lcw~•lands. Elevations are from 4500 to 7500°feet: '
<br />2. Ci'nat`:_ Features - :-'•' - .:.
<br />~ ?•~~ _vera;e annual nreci,itatic^ is S to 15 inches.` The '-.- -
<br />~ grG;:ir~-y season most cpt i,... fir plant growth is between'Aprl1'.~.:;:
<br />- -- -~ "~---' T3 and-July 1;"but significant growth-may be made well`°irito~"';,:"""-.._:=,:.:-_•:
<br />- --- _-_--_-=---aa :a'.,-'lr-see>:,r,s tzcir,~"z tc-.~;rt-raisture. Thesite_-i5`°==-- ~-_
<br />`_. -'~tted ~y r_ceivinc rcn-; mat^_ -,,;
<br />r during periods:.of. high;_~-".
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<br />-`P v.-s_.n~s . A.L~~. ._ _... _w.
<br />_ ;.ika; i sacatcr., saltgrass, raestern wheatgrass;_.g[eenyro)1Y.;:~x:.~..:_..-,
<br />- ~~;. .~„-.e mow:,.
<br />-,.rn:r.; sa:,t_si an,. 5rease::x_ are the•principe1~pTants.aof,4.~_~ ,
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<br />... si`=. _"~!^_' C12.^.'S in=1~~~ ~aileta, sand dropse`ed,,<-~ -
<br />•~•s. -. _, =_~a_,c3ie and milk vetch. The plant
<br />~.-- .,,-,ity ha. a- a.~cerance ci scattered shrubs with.Brasses,=
<br />-. c~r~bs ;-. =~.-b_ ='lling in b=ik•=e-+ them. These may "include
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<br />- .. -. eca~se of .the .presence of
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<br />.. ;ia^c community that are
<br />.:ie .. _.:~r .ieteriorates are cheatgrass,
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