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<br />,~, <br />RANGE SITE N0. 285 Page 2 <br />FOOTHILL SWALE - ~" <br />August 1975 <br />~~~' Native (potential) Vegetation and Guide for Determining Range ,'_,. <br />_; Condition. <br />_` <br />~~.." Percentage composition by weight of [he principal species may <br />;~~, <br />'u~ total as much as: <br /> Grasses and grassli'rr: <br /> Basin wildrye 50 <br /> Western wheatgrass 10 <br />' Streambank wheatgrass 10 <br /> Indian ricegrass 5 <br /> Squirrel tail 5 <br /> Nevada bluegrass 5 <br /> • Slender wheatgrass 3 <br /> Needle-and-thread 3 <br /> Beardless 6luebunch wheatgrass 2 <br /> Bluebunch wheatgrass 2 <br /> Sand dropseed 2 <br /> <br /> Forbs: <br /> Yarrow ) ~~' <br /> Bladderood ) - - - <br /> F1eah~~ e ) <br /> Globemallow ) 10 - <br /> Indian paintbrush ) <br /> Wild buckwheat ) <br /> Herbaceous sage 1 <br />• Shrubs: - - <br /> B1g sagebrush 10 <br /> Rubber rabbitbrush 5 <br />,. Fourwing saltbush 5 ' <br /> Invaders of this site are cheatgrass, Kentucky bluegrass, cactus, <br /> thistle, lambsquarter, mustard, snakeweed, and greasewood. <br /> 4. Total Annual Production <br /> Favorable years 3000 Pounds per Acre A ir Dry <br /> Unfavorable years 1000 " " " " <br /> Median years 2000 " " " <br />• ~ <br /> \~, <br /> y <br /> <br />