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+ _ Page - 5 • <br />The most outstanding shrub species is fourwing saltbush even though it's <br />survival percentage is lower than some of the other species. It's rate <br />of growth and forage value make it the most desirable of the species for <br />our application. <br />Approximately 300 tree seedlings were planted in April of this year with <br />• about an equal number of each species comprising the total. The species <br />planted were: <br />Ponderosa Pine Pinus ponderosa <br />Pinon Pine Pinus edulis <br />Juniper Juniperus monosperma <br />WesternRed Cedar Juniperus Scopuloum <br />Although no firm data is available on survival rates it is estimated to <br />be between 75 and 80K overall. Quite surprisingly pinon pine would have <br />the lowest percentage even though it is the most abundant species in <br />the surrounding forest. <br />The two species of juniper are doing well and some of the handier plants <br />are now 30 inches tall. This is in contrast to seedlings planted last <br />year which are still only 10 inches tall. <br />Ponderosa pine shows the fastest rate of growth but suffers from extensive <br />spring browsing. To combat this, cages were constructed out of poultry <br />nettings. The cages are 38 inches high, 8 inches of which is turned out <br />for weighing down with rocks, and 48 inches in circumference, it is hoped <br />that they will withstand numerous years of use and can be transferred to new <br />seedlings in a couple of years. <br />All of the tree species are working out favorably and the only addition <br />that might be made is Douglas Fir, Pseudostuga menzi~ssii, it would, how- <br />ever, have to be planted only in higher moisture areas which have a north <br />aspect. <br />The seeding program currently is not up to par with the rest of the re- <br />clamation work here at the quarry. The seed mix used this year and in <br />preceeding years was: <br />Yellow Sweetclover <br />Crested Wheat grass <br />Western Wheatgrass <br />Pubescent Wheatgrass <br />Sand Dropseed <br />Sideoats grama <br />Indian Ricegrass <br />Crown Vetch <br />Melilotsss officinalis 24.8 <br />Agropyron desertorum 19.32% <br />Agropyron smithii 18.91 <br />Agropyron sp. 19.00 <br />Sporobolus cryptandrus 4.89 <br />Bouteloua curtipendula 3.35X <br />Oryzopsis hymenoides 1.92 <br />Coronilla varia 2.00 <br />