Laserfiche WebLink
Site Type: Rangeland <br />MLRA: 69 - Upper Arkansas Valley Rolling Plains <br />Plant Community Composition and Group Annual Production <br />This list of pants 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 />diuretic factors. 'RV = Representative value. <br />Technical Guide <br />Section IIE <br />6 <br />Loamy <br />R069XY006CO <br />USDA NRCS <br />Rev. 3/04 <br />Westem Wheatgrass, Blue <br />Fourwinq Saltbush <br />Grama, Galleta, <br />(HCPC) <br />COMMON /GROUP NAME <br />SCIENTIFIC NAME SYMBOL <br />Group <br />lbs. /acre <br />% Comp <br />blue grama <br />Bouteloua gradlis BOGR2 <br />1 <br />240 -320 <br />30 -40 <br />western wheatgrass <br />Pascopyrum smithii PASM <br />1 <br />120 - 200 <br />15 - 25 <br />galleta <br />Pleuraphis jamesii PLJA <br />1 <br />40 -120 <br />5 -15 <br />green needlegrass <br />Nassella viridula NAVI4 <br />1 <br />16 -40 <br />2 - 5 <br />buffalograss <br />Buchloe dactyloides BUDA <br />1 <br />0 -40 <br />0 -5 <br />sand dropseed <br />Sporobolus cryptandrus SPCR <br />1 <br />8 - 24 <br />1 - 3 <br />sideoats grama <br />Bouteloua curtipendula BOCU <br />1 <br />0 - 24 <br />0 - 3 <br />bottlebrush squirreltail <br />Elymus elymoides ELEL5 <br />1 <br />8 -16 <br />1 - 2 <br />needleandthread <br />Hesperostipa comata ssp. comata HECOC8 <br />1 <br />0 -16 <br />- 2 <br />Indian ricegrass <br />Achnatherum hymenoides ACHY <br />1 <br />0 - 8 <br />-1 <br />little annual barley <br />Hordeum pusillum HOPU <br />1 <br />0 - 8 <br />-1 <br />little bluestem <br />Schizachyrium scoparium SCSC <br />1 <br />0 - 8 <br />-1 <br />red threeawn <br />Aristida purpurea var. longiseta ARPUL <br />1 <br />0 - 8 <br />-1 <br />ring muhly <br />Muhlenbergia torreyi MUTO2 <br />1 <br />0 - 8 <br />-1 <br />sixweeks fescue <br />Vulpia octoflora VUOC <br />1 <br />0 - 8 <br />-1 <br />tumblegrass <br />Schedonnardus paniculatus SCPA <br />1 <br />0 - 8 <br />-1 <br />sun sedge <br />Carex inops ssp. heliophila CAINH2 <br />1 <br />8 -16 <br />1 -2 <br />other • - rennial • rasses <br />2GP <br />1 <br />8 - 40 <br />1 - 5 <br />MASS <br />American vetch <br />Vida americana VIAM <br />2 <br />8 -16 <br />1 - 2 <br />dotted gayfeather <br />Liatris punctata LIPU <br />2 <br />8 -16 <br />1 - 2 <br />purple prairie clover <br />Dalea purpurea var. purpurea DAPUP <br />2 <br />8 -16 <br />1 - 2 <br />scarlet • lobemallow <br />Colorado four o'clock <br />Colorado greenthread <br />S • haeralcea coccinea SPCO <br />Mirabilis multiflora MIMU <br />Thelesperma filifolium THFI <br />N N N <br />8 -16 <br />0 - 8 <br />0 - 8 <br />1 - 2 <br />0 -1 <br />0 -1 <br />cutleaf evening - primrose <br />Oenothera coronopifolia OECO2 <br />2 <br />0 - 8 <br />0 -1 <br />hai • oldaster <br />iron • lant • oldenweed <br />Louisiana sagewort <br />Heterotheca villosa HEVI4 <br />Machaeranthera • innatifida ss.. • innatifida var. • innanriaa MAPIP4 <br />Artemisia ludoviciana ARLU <br />N N N <br />0 - 8 <br />0 - 8 <br />0 - 8 <br />0 -1 <br />0 - <br />0 -1 <br />narrowleaf penstemon <br />Penstemon anqustifolius PEAN4 <br />2 <br />0 - 8 <br />0 -1 <br />narrowleaf poisonvetch <br />Astragalus pectinatus ASPE5 <br />2 <br />0 - 8 <br />0 -1 <br />plains bahia <br />Picradeniopsis oppositifolia PIOP <br />2 <br />0 - 8 <br />0 -1 <br />prairie coneflower <br />Ratibida columnifera RACO3 <br />2 <br />0 - 8 <br />0 -1 <br />rush skeletonweed <br />Lygodesmia juncea LYJU <br />2 <br />0 - 8 <br />0 -1 <br />scarlet qaura <br />Gaura coccinea GACO5 <br />2 <br />0 - 8 <br />0 -1 <br />silky crazyweed <br />Oxytropis sericea OXSE <br />2 <br />0 - 8 <br />0 -1 <br />silk so•hora <br />slimflower scurt•ea <br />variable senecio <br />So•horanuttalliana SONU <br />Psoralidium tenuiflorum PSTE5 <br />Packera neomexicana var. mutabilis PANEM <br />- <br />N N N <br />0 -8 <br />0 -8 <br />0 - 8 <br />0 -1 <br />0 -1 <br />0 -1 <br />wavyleaf thistle <br />Cirsium undulatum CIUN <br />2 <br />0 - 8 <br />0 -1 <br />western ragweed <br />Ambrosia psilostachya AMPS <br />2 <br />0 - 8 <br />0 -1 <br />woolly Indianwheat <br />Plantapo pataqonica PLPA2 <br />2 <br />0 - 8 <br />0 -1 <br />woolly locoweed <br />Astragalus mollissimus ASMO7 <br />2 <br />0 - 8 <br />0 -1 <br />wormwood <br />Artemisia dracunculus ARDR4 <br />2 <br />0 - 8 <br />0 -1 <br />other perennial forbs <br />2FP <br />2 <br />8 -40 <br />1 -5 <br />St/TUBS , <br />8 <br />40 - 80 <br />5 - 10 <br />fourwing saltbush <br />Atriplex canescens ATCA2 <br />3 <br />24 - 96 <br />3 -12 <br />winterfat <br />Krascheninnikovia lanata KRLA2 <br />3 <br />8 -40 <br />1 -5 <br />broom snakeweed <br />Gutierrezia sarothrae GUSA2 <br />- <br />M M M <br />0 -16 <br />0 - 2 <br />walkin• stick cholla <br />O•untiaimbricata OPIM <br />0 -16 <br />0 -2 <br />frin•edsa•ebrush <br />Artemisia fri•ida ARFR4 <br />0 -8 <br />0 - 1 <br />pale wolfberry <br />Lyaum pallidum LYPA <br />3 <br />0 - 8 <br />0 -1 <br />• lains •ridd • <br />O•untia •ol acantha OPPO <br />M M M c) 1 <br />0 -8 <br />0 -1 <br />• u •le •incushion <br />Escobariavivi•ara var. vivi•ara ESVIV <br />0 -8 <br />0 -1 <br />rubber rabbitbrush <br />Ericameria nauseosa ss •. nauseosa var. nauseosa ERNAN5 <br />0 - 8 <br />0 -1 <br />small soa •weed <br />Yucca • lauca YUGL <br />0 - 9 . <br />0 -1 <br />o ers rues <br />• ' <br />•- <br />- <br />ionual PiuluctIon ibsJ <br />LOW ' RV* HIGH <br />GRASSES & GRASS -LIKES <br />FORBS <br />SHRUBS <br />TOTAL <br />280 - 660 990 <br />35- 80 125 <br />35- 60 85 <br />350- 800 1200 <br />Site Type: Rangeland <br />MLRA: 69 - Upper Arkansas Valley Rolling Plains <br />Plant Community Composition and Group Annual Production <br />This list of pants 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 />diuretic factors. 'RV = Representative value. <br />Technical Guide <br />Section IIE <br />6 <br />Loamy <br />R069XY006CO <br />USDA NRCS <br />Rev. 3/04 <br />