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.+2-8 Critical Area Planting <br />Table 4, Perennial grasses and fortis for critical area plantings on areas receiving 12 to 15 inches annual <br />precipitation in Majar Land Resource Areas E-48A, E-488 and E-41, <br /> Sotlsl/ and Exposure <br />?/ <br /> M, Adaptabilit <br />Ratings <br /> ~ s y <br /> Recom- L ~^ Slopes over 6:1 Gently <br /> ° ~ m i <br />l <br /> <br />Species <br />mended c <br />~ ~ <br />~ n <br />op <br />s <br />g <br />Ease of <br />Rate <br /> Varieties ~ c L c North South to <br />t <br />fl Establish of <br />Salt <br /> m ~ ~ " and Eas and Nest a ment Spread Tolerance <br /> mv, ,~ <br />_ L C L C L C <br />Fairway wheat~lrass B 16 x X X X X x 5 2 2 <br />(Agropyron cristatum) <br />Crested wheat~lrass Nordan 8 20 x x X X x X 5 2 2 <br />(Agropyron de~sertorum) <br />Streambank wh~eatgrass Sodar S 24 X X X X 4 A 3 <br />(Agropyron ri~ap rium) <br />Intermediate ~Kheatgrass Amur 5 30 X % X X X X 4 3 3 <br />(Agropyron intermedium) Tegmar <br />Pubescent wheatgrass Luna S- 20 X x X X x X 5 3 2 <br />(Agropyron tr_ichophorum) <br />Smooth brume Manchar S 20 X X X X x x 4 5 2 <br />(Bromus inermis) Lincoln <br />Russian wildrye Vinall B 20 X X X X X X 4 1 3 <br />(Elymus junceus) <br />~ <br />Nord fescue Ducar B <br />~ 12 X X x 4 3 I. <br />(Festuca ovina v. <br />I <br />dur~uscu a ~ <br />Yellow sweetclover ~ 3b X x x X x X 4 3 ~. 3 <br />{Melilotus afficinalis) I , <br />lnd~an ricegrass Nezpar I S 20 X x X x X x 2 3 ; 2 <br />(Oryzopsis hymenoides) ! <br />Rocky Mountain penstemon Bandera ~ 18 x X x X X X 4 3 2 <br />{Penstemon si,rictus) <br />Alkali sacatan 3/ <br />- B 24 X <br />4 X <br />/ 4/ 2 2 5 <br />(Sporobolus airoides) - <br />Sand dropsee~l 3/ 8 18 b e s t on s an d s 3 3 1 <br />(Sporobolus cryptandrus) , <br /> <br />1/ Soils: L loamy; ~ ~ clayey. <br />2/ Adaptabii~ity ratings: 1 poor; 2 fair; 3 = moderate; 4 = good; 5 = excellent. <br />7/ Seed source from within 150 miles of planting site is recommended. <br />4/ hto~st, saline lowlands. <br />TGN 11170 USDA/SCS/Colorado-7/81 <br /> <br />