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i~ ~ ~ <br />t 8. Russian Olive/Saltgrass-Intermediate Wheatgrass <br />I' 9. Russian Olive <br />10. Russian Olive-Skunkbush <br />' 11. Russian Olive-Tamarix <br />12. Saltgrass-Creeping Spike Rush <br />' 13. Skunkbush-Rabbitbrush-Tamarix <br />1G. Tamarix-Four-wing Saltbush <br />15. Tamarix-Russian Olive <br />' The vegetation of the entire site reflects the current agricultural use of the site. All portions of <br />the site include evidence of recent livestock grazing. The portions of the site mapped specifically <br />as agricultural are dominated by a variety of introduced pasture species including intermediate <br />wheatgrass, tall wheatgrass, timothy and orchazd grass, and have evidence of active agricultural <br />' manipulation (irrigation and drainage ditches, weed control, and fencing). <br />' The introduced exotic shrubs Russian olive and Tamarix are dominants over much of the site. <br />Of the 15 vegetation associations recognized at the site, 9 include these species in tiie <br />' association name. Three of the 15 associations are named only for these species. The existing <br />' cottonwood galleries appear to be declining in vigor, as evidenced by the number of dead and <br />dying trees. Very few young cottonwoods were observed, and few if any young cottonwood <br />' galleries are becoming established. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br /> <br />