2009-02-26_PERMIT FILE - M2009018 ‎(12)‎

• Permit No: M2009018
• IBM Index Class Name: PERMIT FILE
• Doc Date: 2/26/2009
• Doc Name: Soil Conservation Service, Section II-E
• From: Varra Companies, Inc.
• To: DRMS
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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10. Vegetation Palatability per Animal Class
a. Grasses and Grass-like Plants
Common Name Scientific Name Animal Classes 7/
S S
C S H E D A 8 B' M
Animal Preferencw-
blue grama Bouteloue grac)lis H H H M M N M H M
yellow indiangrass Sorghastrmmt nutans H H H M M M M M M
little bluestes Schlzachyrlum scoparlus H M H L M L M M M
needle and thread Stlpa comate H M H H M M L M M
prairie Junegrass Koeleria cristato H H H M M M M M M
prairie sandreed Calamovilfe longifolla H L H L L M L L M
sand bluestem Andropogon hallll H M H L M I. M M" M
sand dropseed Sporobolus cryptandrus M M M L L L H H H
sldecats grama Bouteloua curtipendula H H H M M M M M M
switchgrass Panlcum virgatum H M H M M M H H H
thickspike wheatgrass• Agropyran dasystachyum M M M M M M M M M
sun sedge Ca. hellophlla H N H H M M L L L
b. Forbs
dotted gayfeather Liatris punctata L L L L L L L L L
Louisiana sagebrush Artemisla ludoviciana M H M M M H M M M
upright prairie coneflowar Ratlbida colummnifera L M L L M M M M M
prairie splderwort Tradescantia occldentaiis H H H H H H H H H
purple prairie clover Dalea purpurea purpurea L L L L L I. L L I.
sllmflwer scurfpsa Psoralea tenulflora L M L L L M M M L
trailing fleabane Erlgeron flagellarls L M L L M 14 L L L
_ winged buckwheat Erlogonum alatum L M L M M M M M M
wooly locoweed Astragalus mollissimus •L L L L L L M M M
wormwood Artemisla dracunculus L L L L L L L L L

c. Shrubs
bush buckwheat Erlogonum affusum L M L M M M N M H
fringed sagebrush Artemisla frlgida M H M H H H M M M
plains pricklypear Opuntla polyacantha L L L L L M M M H
sand sagebrush Artemisla fllifolla L M L L M M M M H
smell soapweed Yucca giauca M M M M M M H H H
6/ Vegetative palatability per animal class is based on the attractiveness of the plant to animals as
forage. Grazing preference changes from time to time and place to place depending on the animal
class, plant. palatability and nutritive value, stage of growth and season of use.
?/ Animal class symbols:
C - Cows G B/ Animal preference symbols:
S - Sheep B - Upland Gamebirds H - High
H - Horses M - Medium
E - Elk S L - Low
D - Doer 8 - Songbirds
A - Antelope
S
M - Smal I Mammals
Metric/English Approximate Conversions
1 Meter (m) = 3.3 feet 1 Hectare (He) 2.5 acres
1 Centimeter (cm) - 0.4 Inches i Kilogram (Kg) - 2.2 pounds
Kilogram/hectare (Kg/ha), Divide Kg/ha by 1.1 - pounds/acre

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