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SITE DESCRIPTION <br />r-• <br />Range in elevation: 5,000 to 7,500. <br />Precipitation Range: 12 to lg". <br />average annual temperature: t~9° to 53° F. <br />Frost Free Period: 60 to 120 days. <br />The pinyon - juniper type woodland occurs at the lov;est elevations of the <br />coniferous caoodland types in Colorado. It is the transition zone betti~reen <br />grasslands ar_d the montane forests. At the lo;•;er limits the tJTpe may <br />consist of scattered to almost pure stands of Utah juniper on the :•festern <br />slope. As the type blends into the Ponderosa pine or oakbrush types, <br />pinyon pine and Rocky i~iountain juniper become the dominant species. <br />Between the extremes pinyon and the various junipers constitute a true <br />plant association. <br />FOR <br />PII.1-:~GN-JUNIP~ 1~100DLF~IdD <br />Hssociated Understory plants: (Upper Limits)1`4ountain mahogany, Indian <br />rice grass, mutton grass, sedges, prarie junegrass, big sagebrush, <br />service berry, cliff rose. (Lower Limits)Indian rice grass, blue grama, <br />galleta, cheatgrass, Fendler three atom, Rabbitbrush, snakeyaeed, Fleabane. <br />• <br />The Pinyon - Juniper Uoodland site occurs over a large portion of the <br />state and many varied types of soil are associated with it. <br />In Archuleta County the <br />region are: <br />Carracas series <br />Badland <br />Regent series <br />Pagosa series <br />P,4idway series <br />Baca series <br />PJunn series <br />common soils occuring in the Pinyon - Juniper <br />Total annual production: Unfavorable - 500 pounds per acre per year air dry <br />favorable -~0 ~~ « n n n n ~i <br />nverage ground cover is approximately 20~. <br /> <br />May 1994_ <br />i <br />