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1 ~. _ <br /> J - <br />RANGE SITE N0. 262'" _ ~~; ~ <br />Page :: ` <br /> <br />.. <br />SALT FLATS ~ "+'• <br />• ~ 1 <br /> August ... <br />1975 .. .. -_ <br /> . '. ?:. i..,' - hil't': '.: .,. _ <br /> <br /> ati:: -_.:.::. 4~ <br />.. t~.,_- .~ ;a •, x• _ r:.. . <br />' C <br />nd <br />Lt ton" .. _.. . <br /> . <br />. <br />o <br />_ <br />,~~_ <br />; <br /> <br />• . <br />«'^~. ~ <br />Pereentage~eompositton,by wetight.~of the <br />principal species may <br /> _ _ Y +• <br />"`total `e~'muth ~sY-wi . _. -• ".`~ . <br /> <br /> a n5' ~~ <br /> _Alka "autos--~.- 25 <br /> <br /> i _ _ ~Wesfe:rn wFjeatgrass :.~ ~ - <br />'' <br />` <br />' 1'u <br />t i " Fourwiing <br />_:.~ <br />sal t <br />bu5h ., "' <br />• <br />~ 10 <br /> . <br />:.t' <br />--...Gardner and_mat sal tbush <br /> _ <br />' <br />' ~ - 4- <br />Bud r.'a ebni'sK.-:~s.,t : ~ ~, i ' _ -_ <br />~ 5 <br /> Greasywood ' <br />~ 5 <br /> _ <br />Mintebrfat:c"~.~~'_ <br />_ <br />1,- S <br /> <br />; . ., • <br />. <br />, -Tall'tabbltbrush~ ~ - <br />5 <br />t Otfiet~s (as listed above) }0 <br /> <br />{ 4. Total YAnnual Production --- - <br />' <br />I <br /> Favorable: years. - 900 Pounds per Ac re r.ir Gry <br /> Unfavoralile.:years =,. 50D " ' <br /> <br /> <br /> _ _ <br />5. ::~ r~~I~t ~..~~Y( r.. <br />Soils., ~T=_- __ -..>:.- _ :;_... <br /> <br /> a.:.-Modei•atel.y well developed solodized s•.,oretz .;eve!oping ir. <br />i ~-::strongly alkaline-saline sediments v: : t` an.Ai, .,t, B2, 83 <br /> -; layer'aequenceT Textures vary from sandy loams to clay throuch- <br />' ~ ~~, Dut_;,the~~r'of i le;.,..i_L_has.,a, pFJ, rang i r 3. frog:. B.0 to 10.0.. The_ <br /> "',`substratum~maferlais show moderate '.eying and ire full of <br /> salt-and--lime:'-Generally low-tyinc Bottoms anc swaies subject <br />i to water accumulation and overflow ?here are e_c.sional soots <br /> : <br />of very poorly drained soils assoc~ ':ed wi*_h .the sate. The <br />~ <br />4 eombinatiori~of alkalinity and sails •~~ is restric.'i~~e to kinds. <br /> <br />' <br />~ <br />plant cr;,~r.~, <br />and often amourits, of ~ <br />Salt Meadows will alter :he r•r - ~~ <br />=sir,.. c_ y-I _'.~ J: <br />~~.~~ <br /> the-site to Salt Flat. Uhen t cokes s~:..r_t•, .. _ <br /> up by gulLles and soli-mci:_= ,: ~ are ;.~; _ _-~ <br />i ' .growth is almost imoossioie. --: _. : ... rot c...-._ ~. e. <br /> b. Soils in this site are' <br />' Arvada silty clay loam <br /> Bankard loamy sand,.(Cu11~e: <br />i irigs clay <br />loam~;, <br />Btll ,. '. .: - , <br />' , <br />V <br />, <br />- Lhristianburg:.clay ~':. ~^^ <br />1 <br /> 29 <br /> <br />