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ea/24/2009 13:45 7205442964 MRCS METRO <br />Page 2 <br />RANGE SITE No. 228 <br />MOUNTAIN LOAM <br />August 1975 <br />Native (potential) Vegetation and Guide for Determining Range <br />Condition. <br />Percentage composition by weight of the principal species may <br />total as much as: <br />Idaho and/or Arizona fescue 40 <br />30 <br />Bearded wheatgrass 30 <br />Needle grasses 20 <br />Slender wheatgrass 20 <br />Native bunch bluegrass. 15 <br />Western wheatgrass i5 <br />Mountain muhly 15 <br />Parry oatgrass 10 <br />Mountain biome i0 <br />Nodding brume to <br />Sandberg bluegrass 10 <br />Sheep fescue to <br />Big sagebrush 7 <br />Thurber fescue 7 <br />Squirreltall <br />Erlogonum 5 <br />5 <br />sa 1 samroot 5 <br />Fringed sage 5 <br />Low robbitbrush <br />Bitterbrush 5 <br />Snowberry 5 <br />5 <br />Serviceberry <br />4. Total Annual Production <br />favorable years 1800 Pounds per Acre Air Dry <br />Unfavorable years 1200 it " to Median years 1500 " " " of 5. soils <br /> <br />a. Soils are fairly deep, have a good water holding capacity, <br />are moderately fine to moderately coarse-textured and many <br />of them are somewhat gravelly to stony. A large percent <br />of the soil moisture is available for plant growth. <br />PAGE 02 <br />