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• <br />-4- <br />Adapted native shrubs, having beautification and wildlife <br />benefits, include mountain mahog'at~(, Gambel oak, wild toss, and <br />skunkbush sumac, <br />Roc'~r mountain juniper, pinyon pine, and ponderosa pins ma4y be <br />used if trees aze desired. <br />6. Grass Mixture <br />There is no one best grass seed mixture for planting these <br />sites, Availability of seed of the various species at the time <br />the sites are read/ for seeding may be a factor in species <br />selection. <br />The Following recoc~ended mixture emphasizes native grasses <br />xith pubescent wheatgrass added to give a rapid response to the <br />seeding effort. Pubescent wheatgrass is the dominant grass <br />presently found on the seeded area of the Queens Canyon Quarr,~, <br />Pubescent wheatgrass <br />Indian ricegrass <br />western wheat <br />sideoats grams <br />little bluestem <br />mountain manly <br />Arizona. fescue <br />Pounds Pure Live Seed Par 9cre <br />broadcast Pate Drilled :Rata <br />6 3 <br />~t 2 <br />6 3 <br />4 2 <br />2 1 <br />2 1 <br />2 1 <br />26 1bs~PIS~AC 13 1bs~PLS~AC <br />Yellow blossom sweat clover ie not recommended because it is <br />very competitive for available moisture the second year after <br />planting, to the detriment of the slower establishing native grasses: <br />Proper attention to seeding, fertilizing, and mulc'ni.ng,details will <br />more than offset any benefits credited to the sweet clover plant. <br /> <br />