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ERO Resources <br />• <br />o, .7NIPER A ~-+ TYP <br />I1) ~ecation and Distribution; <br />The juniper-sagebrush complex, briefly described above, occurs in <br />topographic positions adjacent to those occupied by the juniper <br />woodlands. The juniper-sagebrush type occur on soils that are shallow to <br />moderately deep and coarse to loamy. Sides lopes, broad ridges and upland <br />areas are typical landscape positions for this type (Table 4). In <br />comparison with the woodlands, these sites have slightly deeper soils with <br />finer textures. Many young junipers have irnaded these sites that were <br />once characterized by an open sagebrush and grass cover, Total affected <br />acreage for this type is 13.6 (Table 5). <br />12) Structure and Co~osition: <br />Mean ground cover values for the affected juniper sagebrush communities <br />are bryophytes - 1X, rock - 9X, soil - 66X and woody species 4X IFigure 4, <br />• Table 6). Major differences between ground cover characteristics in the <br />woodlands and juniper-sagebrush communities are greater litter cover in <br />the woodlards, with a corresponding greater soil cover in the <br />juniper-sagebrush type. <br />• <br />The herbaceous layer in the juniper-sagebrush type is comparable in <br />development to that of the woodlands. Mean herb cover for this vegetation <br />type averages 2z, as compared with 3X in the woodland type. Important <br />grass species present in juniper-sagebrush stands include cheatgrass, <br />Colorado wildrye, beardless bluebunch wheatgrass 1~{groppyron inarme), <br />western wheatgrass, needle-and-thread grass, sixweeks fescue IyylRia <br />octoflora) and Sandberg bluegrass (~ sandberoii), Important fortis <br />commonly found in these communities are fleabane daisy, cryptanthe <br />ICryptantha flavoculata), umbrella plant IErioeorum co~~osum), Utah <br />sweetvetch fH9dv^6arum boreale), globemalloM, cushion phlox and 5nakeweed <br />(Figure 4, Table 6). <br />II.F-29 <br />