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soil profiles that.are listed.below, but average less.than <br />20 percent, by volume. <br />Under.proper management, these soils have little surface runoff <br />and slight or no erosion. However, if the vegetation is depleted, <br />accelerated runoff, wind and water erosion can be expected. <br />b. Major soils associated with this site are: <br />B. <br />3/ <br />Soil Unit Percent Slope Variance 3/ <br />Ascalon sandy loams and loamy sands 0-15% <br />Bijou sandy loams and loamy sands 0-8X <br />Bresser sandy loams and loamy sands 0-25% <br />Fort Collins sandy loams 0-5% <br />Gilcrest sandy loans and loamy sands 0-5x <br />Haxtun loamy sands 0-5% <br />Manter sandy loams 0-9% <br />Otero sandy loans. 0-9% <br />Stoneham sandy loams 1-15% <br />Terry sandy loam 0-20% <br />Truckton loamy sands 0-20% <br />Vona sandy loams and loamy sands 0-9% <br />MAJOR USES AND INTERPRETATIONS FOR: <br />1. Grazing <br />This site provides excellent spring and early-summer forage for <br />sheep, cattle, horses, antelope and small mammals. <br />The animal forage preference changes as the spring season progresses <br />into summer, fall, and winter. The dominant grass.species needle and <br />thread, little bluestem, prairie sandreed, switchgrass, prairie <br />junegrass and sun sedge are more desirable in the spring and early <br />summer., while bluegrama, sideoats grama and thickspike wheatgrass are <br />most desirable in the summer and fall. Bluegrama and sideoats grama <br />retain their nutritive value after maturing, therefore they make <br />excellent winter forage. <br />Vegetative palatability will influence proper use considerations. <br />The season, kind of grazing animal., past grazing use, and associated <br />plant species will directly influence the variation in animal preference <br />for forages under various climatic conditions. <br />Slope ranges are based on Colorado soil mapping units. <br /> <br />-4-