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• <br />• <br />• <br />Tab 9, Soils Survey - Attachment 9 -5). These areas will only receive associated <br />disturbances. These areas were not irrigated prior to mining and will continue to have <br />shallow soils and limited rooting depths after reclamation activities. <br />Seed Mix #8 has been developed to provide a mix of species that are compatible with the <br />irrigated pasture type, have a high level of utility, and will provide long term <br />protection of the resource. <br />Seed Mix #8 - Dryland Pasture Mix - Nucla East <br />Species <br />Drilled <br />Rate lbs. <br />Scientific Name Common Name PLS /acre* <br />1. Agropyron cristatum x <br />A. desertorum 1 hybrid wheatgrass <br />2. Dactylis glomerate Orchardgrass 1.0 14.9 <br />3. Elymus junceus Russian wildrye 3.0 11.7 <br />4. Poa compressa Canada bluegrass 0.25 14.4 <br />5. Medicago falcate Prostrate alfalfa 1.0 5.3 <br />Total 9.25 64.3 <br />*Broadcast rate is double the drilled rate. <br />7 <br />Substitute Agropyron desertorum desert wheatgrass at the same seeding rate if species #1 <br />is unavailable. <br />The following varieties are recommended for the species in Seed Mix #8: <br />4.0 18.0 <br />Agropyron cristatum x A. desertorum hybrid Hycrest <br />Agropyron desertorum (if substituted for above) Nordan <br />Dactylis glomerate Paiute <br />Elymus junceus Bozoisky - Select <br />Poa compressa Ruebens <br />Medicago sativa Spredor 2 <br />The above varieties are preferred but do not constitute the only available adapted <br />22-26 Revised 07/25/91 <br />Seeds /ft? <br />