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• 9. Vegetation <br />Major Vegetation Descriotfon. There are two major vegetation <br />types in the Harvey Oap area. The vegetation of the steep <br />slopes consists of a pinon-juniper community with a sparse <br />understory of Indian rice grass, cheatgrass, big sagebrush, <br />Mormon tea and mountain mahogany. The vegetation of the <br />bench area consists of a big sagebrush community with a <br />mixture of needle-and-thread grass, Indian ricegrass, and <br />winterfat. <br />A species list of plants found in the Harvey Gap area <br />followae <br />GRASSES <br />Common Name Scientific Name <br />Bluebunch wheatgrass Aaroorron soicatum <br /> e. inerme <br />cheatgrass Bromus tectorum <br />Great Basin wildrye Elrmus cinereus <br />Indian ricegrass Orrzoosis hrmenofdes <br />Kentucky bluegrass Pori pratensis <br />Muttan grass Poa fendleriana <br />Needle-and-thread tS IDs comata <br />Sand dropseed Soorobolus crrotandrus <br />Squirreltaii Sitanion hrstrix <br />Western wheatgrass Aoroorron ~mithii <br />FORBS <br />Annuals Various species <br />Buckwheat Eriooonum sDD. <br />Mountain dandelion Aooseris pumila <br />Lupine Luoinus BDD. <br />Russian thistle Salsola kali tenifolia <br />Tail mustard ~ srmbrium sDp. <br />TREES FWD SHRUBS <br />Big Sagebrush Artemiaia tridenta~a <br />Juniper Junioerus oateosoerma <br />Oak brush Duercus gambelii <br />Prickly pear Oountia sDO. <br />Rabbitbrush ~hrrsothamnus nauseosus <br />Snakeweed Gutierrezia sarothrae <br />Serviceberry Amelanchier alnifolia <br />Shrubby buckwheat Eriooonum SDp. <br />Snowberry Srmohoricaroos rotundifolius <br />Winterfat Eurotia Janata <br /> <br />76 <br />Revised 5/87 <br />