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<br /> <br /> UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE <br /> Soil Conservatlon Service Colorado <br /> Technical Guide RANGE SITE NO. 35 <br />' Section II E Field Office <br /> December 1975 <br /> RANGE SITE DESCRIPTION <br /> ' for <br /> SALT MEADOW <br /> Land Resource Area: Central High Plains (67) <br />er Arkansas Valley Rolling Plains (69) <br />U <br /> pp <br /> Central High Tablelands (72) <br /> Southern High Plains (77) <br /> ' <br />' <br />- <br /> CHARACTERISTICS <br />PHYSICAL <br />A. <br /> <br /> raphic Features <br />1. Ph siog <br /> 1 <br />Landscape characteristics are those typical of meadows in <br /> ' that they are in lowland positions. Slopes are nearly level <br />to gently sloping. This site is located at elevation between <br /> ..?y. <br /> i 3000 and 6000, feet. <br /> 2. Climatic Features <br /> The average annual precipitation is In the 10 to 19 inch zones. <br /> As much as two thirds or more of this is received during the <br /> May to October period. The optimum period for most plant growth <br /> is between April i and September 30. <br /> 3. Native •(potential) Vegetation <br /> The primary grasses of this site impart the meadow appearance <br /> It has. These grasses are alkali sacaton, switchgrass, western <br /> wheatgrass, sedges, alkali bluegrass and slender wheatgrass. <br /> Other grasses are Canada wildrye, foxtail barley, vine mesquite <br /> (LRA69), prairie cordgrass (LRA72) and rush. <br /> Cottonwoods and willows of-river bottoms often form bordering <br /> plant communities to this site and an occasional cottonwood or <br /> will may be'seen.on soil inclusions associated with the site. . <br /> Ground cover amounts to as much as 50% or more. Plants not a part <br /> of the native community that are most likely to invade when the <br /> cover deteriorates are tamarix, gumweed, kochia, Russian thistle, <br /> poverty weed and prickly pear. <br /> <br /> <br />