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<br />t~ <br />• <br />Table 1. Herbaceous cover (~) of individual species in 1978, 79 and 80~ <br />Species 197b=' 1979"' syov <br /> <br />A. Species included in seed mixture: <br />Coshen prairie sandreed 9 23 24 <br />Elides sand bluestem 28 2$ 14 <br />Covington blue grams 47 40 28* <br />Vaughn sideoats grams 26 27 1S* <br />Sand dropseed 27 9 7 <br />Pastures little bluestem 16 19 16 <br />Arriba western uheatgrass 14 30 7 <br />Paloma Indian ricegrass 1 20 4• <br />B. Other xarm=season grasses: <br />Switchgrass 82 70 45 <br />A=11527 sand lovegrass 56 45 8* <br />NM-118 blue grams 47 .37 22* <br />NM-28 sideoats grams 27 19 27 <br />A-3577 giant dropseed 45 22 17* <br />C. Other cool-season species: <br />Travois alfalfa 39 83 80 <br />Lincoln smooth brume 16 55 ~ <br />Luna pubescent xheatgrass 14 53 28* <br />Nordan crested wheatgrass 17 50 28 <br />Critana thickspike xheatgrass 4 28 20 <br />Russian xildrye 11 31 14 <br />Cicer milkvetch (Strohman's composite) 5 30 10 <br />Rosana western rrheatgrass 10 23 11 <br />Green needlegrass 4 12 ~3w <br />Lutana cicer milkvetch 2 7 4 <br />Herbaceous cover xas sampled September 6, 1978; June 4, June 2b and <br />August 25, 1979; June 14 and August 25, 1980. ltie maximum cover <br />recorded for each species each year is presented. <br />Due to irrigation for plant establishment, maximum cover xas attained <br />by all species on September 6, 1978. <br />~f Maximum cover for all species xas recorded June 26, 1979• <br />Maximum cover xas recorded June 14, 1980, for all species except those <br />identified by •, xhich attained maximum cover August 25. <br />8 <br />