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Page 2 <br /> RANGE SITE N0. 293 <br /> SANDNILLS <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 /> Antelope bitte.rbrush 35 <br /> Silver sagebrush 10 <br />10 <br /> Indian ricegra,ss <br /> Needle-and-thread <br /> <br /> Junegrass 5 <br /> Thickspike wheatgrass 5 <br /> Sandberg bluegrass 5 <br /> Sand dropseed 5 <br /> Squirreltail 5 <br /> Big sagebrush 5 <br /> Gray horsebrush 5 <br /> Prickly pear , <br /> Rabbi tbrush 10 <br /> Others (listed above) <br /> <br /> 4. Total Annual Production <br />_ <br />7 <br />Favorable years 1200 Pounds per <br />Acre Air Dry <br />t 11 <br />j Unfavorable years, 600 11 I <br />(. Median years 850 <br /> 5. Soils <br /> a. Dark brown fine sandy loamy in the swales to loamy fine <br />the site. Rapid <br />Y sands on hills and uplands predomi <br />r holding <br />t nate <br />capacity is character- <br />?- e <br />permeability and low wa <br />readily availa <br />i ble to plants and the <br /> s <br />istic. Moisture <br />relatively productive. <br />b Production, however, <br /> e <br />site can <br />will vary closely with fluctuation s in precipitation. <br /> b. Soil; in this site arc:: 15 7'IAr <br /> Jr.?,iS Jy-f S GC•U <br />I Cotopaxi loamy sand r?;,!. cede P S5 5-1 , C !'..S' y r{r =?'S/' <br /> 6. Rare, Threatened or Endan eyed Plants and Animals <br /> (To be added when known) <br />i lY i . I I .' <br />