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Site Type: Rangeland Limestone Breaks <br />MLRA: 69 - Upper Arkansas Valley Rolling Plains R069XY058C0 <br />Plant Community Composition and Group Annual Production <br />This list of plants and their relative proportions are based on near normal years. Fluctuations in species composition and relative production may change from year to year dependent upon precipitation or other <br />climatic factors. 'RV = Representative value. <br />Technical Guide <br />Section IIE <br />6 <br />USDA NRCS <br />Rev. 3/04 <br />Sideoats Grama, Little Bluestem, New Mexico <br />Featherqrass, Shrubs (HCPC) <br />COMMON /GROUP NAME <br />SCIENTIFIC NAME <br />SYMBOL <br />Group lbs. /acre l % Comp <br />,: GRASSES.;&`:; GRASS LIKES , <br />f 420 - 7U - 80 <br />sideoats grama <br />Bouteloua curtipendula <br />BOCU <br />1 <br />120 - 150 <br />20 -25 <br />little bluestem <br />Schizachyrium scoparium <br />SCSC <br />1 <br />90 - 120 <br />15 - 20 <br />New Mexico feathergrass <br />Hesperostipa neomexicana <br />HENE5 <br />1 <br />90 - 120 <br />15 -20 <br />blue grama <br />Bouteloua gracilis <br />BOGR2 <br />1 <br />60 - 90 <br />10 -15 <br />galleta <br />Pleuraphis jamesii <br />PLJA <br />1 <br />18 -42 <br />3 -7 <br />western wheatgrass <br />Pascopyrum smithii <br />PASM <br />1 <br />6 -30 <br />1 -5 <br />needleandthread <br />Hesperostipa comata ssp. comata <br />HECOC8 <br />1 <br />6 -18 <br />1 -3 <br />green needlegrass <br />Nassella viridula <br />NAVI4 <br />1 <br />6 - 18 <br />1 -3 <br />hairy grama <br />Bouteloua hirsuta <br />BOHI2 <br />1 <br />6 - 18 <br />1 -3 <br />Indian ricegrass <br />Achnatherum hymenoides <br />ACHY <br />1 <br />6 -18 <br />1 - 3 <br />big bluestem <br />Andropoqon qerardii <br />ANGE <br />1 <br />0 -18 <br />0 - 3 <br />Indiangrass <br />Sorghastrum nutans <br />SONU2 <br />1 <br />0 - 18 <br />0 - 3 <br />switchgrass <br />Panicum virgatum <br />PAVI2 <br />1 <br />0 -18 <br />0 - 3 <br />plains muhly <br />Muhlenbergia cuspidata <br />MUCU3 <br />1 <br />6 -12 <br />1 -2 <br />black grama <br />Bouteloua eriopoda <br />BOER4 <br />1 <br />0 -6 <br />0 - 1 <br />hairy tridens <br />Erioneuron pilosum <br />ERPI5 <br />1 <br />0 -6 <br />0 -1 <br />pinyon ricegrass <br />Piptochaetium fimbriatum <br />PIFI <br />1 <br />0 -6 <br />0 -1 <br />prairie junegrass <br />Koeleria macrantha <br />KOMA <br />1 <br />0 -6 <br />0 -1 <br />prairie sandreed <br />Calamovilfa longifolia <br />CALO <br />1 <br />0 -6 <br />0 -1 <br />ring muhly <br />Muhlenbergia torreyi <br />MUTO2 <br />1 <br />0 -6 <br />0 - 1 <br />rough tridens <br />Tridens muticus var. elonqatus <br />TRMUE <br />1 <br />0 -6 <br />0 - 1 <br />sand dropseed <br />Sporobolus cryptandrus <br />SPCR <br />1 <br />0 -6 <br />0 -1 <br />sun sedge <br />Carex inops ssp. heliophila <br />CAINH2 <br />1 <br />6 -18 <br />1 - 3 <br />threadleaf sedge <br />Carex filifolia <br />CAFI <br />1 <br />0 -6 <br />0 -1 <br />other perennial grasses <br />2GP <br />1 <br />6 - 18 <br />1 -3 <br />FORKS <br />2 <br />60 - 90 <br />10 -15 <br />American vetch <br />Vicia americana <br />VIAM <br />2 <br />6 - 12 <br />1 -2 <br />dotted gayfeather <br />Liatris punctata <br />LIPU <br />2 <br />6 -12 <br />1 -2 <br />purple prairie clover <br />Dalea purpurea <br />DAPU5 <br />2 <br />6 -12 <br />1 -2 <br />cutleaf evening - primrose <br />Oenothera coronopifolia <br />OECO2 <br />2 <br />0 - 6 <br />0 - 1 <br />desert Indian paintbrush <br />Castilleja applegatei <br />CAAP4 <br />2 <br />0 -6 <br />0 -1 <br />desert princesplume <br />Stanleya pinnata var. pinnata <br />STPIP <br />2 <br />0 - 6 <br />0 - 1 <br />Fremont goldenweed <br />Oonopsis foliosa var. foliosa <br />OOFOF <br />2 <br />0 -6 <br />0 -1 <br />hairy goldaster <br />Heterotheca villosa <br />HEVI4 <br />2 <br />0 - 6 <br />0 -1 <br />Hood's phlox <br />Phlox hoodii <br />PHHO <br />2 <br />0 - 6 <br />0 - 1 <br />James' cryptantha <br />Cryptantha cinerea var. jamesii <br />CRCIJ <br />2 <br />0 -6 <br />0 - 1 <br />Louisiana sagewort <br />Artemisia ludoviciana <br />ARLU <br />2 <br />0 -6 <br />0 -1 <br />mat loco <br />Astragalus kentrophyta <br />ASKE <br />2 <br />0 -6 <br />0 -1 <br />narrowleaf penstemon <br />Penstemon angustifolius <br />PEAN4 <br />2 <br />0 -6 <br />0 - 1 <br />plains blackfoot daisy <br />Melampodium leucanthum <br />MELE2 <br />2 <br />0 -6 <br />0 -1 <br />prairie coneflower <br />Ratibida columnifera <br />RACO3 <br />2 <br />0 -6 <br />0 - 1 <br />Rocky Mountain zinnia <br />Zinnia grandiflora <br />ZIGR <br />• 2 <br />0 -6 <br />0 -1 <br />scarlet qlobemallow <br />Sphaeralcea coccinea <br />SPCO <br />2 <br />0 -6 <br />0 - 1 <br />silky crazyweed <br />Oxytropis sericea <br />OXSE <br />2 <br />0 -6 <br />0 -1 <br />slimflower scurfpea <br />Psoralidium tenuiflorum <br />PSTE5 <br />2 <br />0 -6 <br />0 -1 <br />sulphur - flower buckwheat <br />Eriogonum umbellatum <br />ERUM <br />2 <br />0 -6 <br />0 -1 <br />tenpetal blazingstar <br />Mentzelia decapetala <br />MEDE2 <br />2 <br />. 0 -6 <br />0 -1 <br />western ragweed <br />Ambrosia psilostachya <br />AMPS <br />2 <br />0 -6 <br />0 -1 <br />woolly locoweed <br />Astragalus mollissimus <br />ASMO7 <br />2 <br />0 -6 <br />0 -1 <br />wormwood <br />Artemisia dracunculus <br />ARDR4 <br />2 <br />0 -6 <br />0 -1 <br />other perennial forbs <br />2FP <br />2 <br />6 -18 <br />1 -3 <br />SHRUBS <br />3 <br />80 - 9D <br />10 -15 <br />Bigelow sage <br />Artemisia bigelovii <br />ARBI3 <br />3 <br />18 -42 <br />3 -7 <br />fourwing saltbush <br />Atriplex canescens <br />ATCA2 <br />3 <br />6 - 18 <br />1 - 3 <br />James' frankenia <br />Frankenia jamesii <br />FRJA <br />3 <br />6 - 18 <br />1 - 3 <br />winterfat <br />Krascheninnikovia lanata <br />KRLA2 <br />3 <br />6 - 18 <br />1 - 3 <br />plains greasebush <br />Glossopetalon planitierum <br />GLPL <br />3 <br />0 -12 <br />0 -2 <br />skunkbush sumac <br />Rhus trilobata <br />RHTR <br />3 <br />0 -12 <br />0 -2 <br />true mountainmahogany <br />Cercocarpus montanus <br />CEMO2 <br />3 <br />0 -12 <br />0 -2 <br />wax currant <br />Ribes cereum <br />RICE <br />3 <br />0 -12 <br />0 -2 <br />fringed sagebrush <br />Artemisia frigida <br />ARFR4 <br />3 <br />0 -6 <br />0 -1 <br />golden currant <br />Ribes aureum <br />RIAU <br />3 <br />0 -6 <br />' 0 -1 <br />green plume rabbitbrush <br />Ericameria nauseosa ssp. nauseosa var. glabrata <br />ERNAG <br />3 <br />0 - 6 <br />0 - 1 <br />walking stick cholla <br />Opuntia imbricata <br />OPIM <br />3 <br />0 -6 <br />0 - 1 <br />other shrubs <br />2SHRUB <br />3 <br />6 - 18 <br />1 - 3 <br />TREES .. <br />4 <br />0 - 6 <br />0 -1 ; <br />oneseed juniper <br />Juniperus monosperma <br />JUMO <br />4 <br />0 -6 <br />0 -1 <br />pinyon pine <br />Pinus edulis <br />PIED <br />4 <br />0 - 6 <br />0 - 1 <br />An nual Production ibsJacre;. <br />LOW RV• HI <br />GRASSES & GRASS - LIKES <br />FORBS <br />SHRUBS <br />TREES <br />TOTAL <br />240 - 447 - 700 <br />55- 75 -95 <br />55- 75 -95 <br />0- 3 -10 <br />350- 600 -900 <br />Site Type: Rangeland Limestone Breaks <br />MLRA: 69 - Upper Arkansas Valley Rolling Plains R069XY058C0 <br />Plant Community Composition and Group Annual Production <br />This list of plants and their relative proportions are based on near normal years. Fluctuations in species composition and relative production may change from year to year dependent upon precipitation or other <br />climatic factors. 'RV = Representative value. <br />Technical Guide <br />Section IIE <br />6 <br />USDA NRCS <br />Rev. 3/04 <br />