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EREF SPREADING BUCHW: -EAT ARTRW8 WYOMING BIG SAGEBRUSB OPPO PLAINS PRICKLYPEAR CHLE2 - DWARF PABBITERUSH CEINS LITTLELEAF MOUNTAIN MAHAGONY TREES DUOS UTP= JUNIPER U U U D D U D P D PIED PINYON PINE U U U U 7 P P P 1/ Vegetation palatability by animal class is based on the attractiveness of the plant to animals as forage. Grazing preference changes from time to time and place to place dependinc on the animal class, plant palatability and nutrient value, stage of growth and season of use. C - Cows • - Elk G Upland_ E Gaebir-da PLANT NAME desert crince solume Utah juniper per Animal Class Symbols: Animal Preference Symbols horses sheep cattle broom cattle sn_akeweed sheer thrcadleai cattle groundsel horses cattle Wood Products: S - Sheep H - Horses D - Deer P - Pronghorn S Songbirds S Small. E N — Mammals 3. Major Poisonous Plants to Livestock: LIVESTOCK AFFECTED TYPE OF POISONING animals walk into objects, blind staggers, hoofs grow abnormally, hair falls out poisoning not common but will occur on overgrazed rangeland, causes abortions and weak underweight calves degeneration of the liver, depression, weakness, diarrhea, darkly stained urine poisoned if large guantaties of berries are eaten U U U U U 0 U U U U P U D P p D P U U U 0 U D D D P U D D D D D U D D U P U D P P _ D D P P - Preferred D - Desirable • - Undesirable_ N - Not DeteLLuP SEASON SERIOUS early sari ng when ether feed is scarce when forage is scarce early spring when forage is snort or on over grazed ranges when animals lack desirable forage The site does produce scattered Utah juniper trees. The trees grow very slowly and scrubby however, so are of very low value for fence roosts and firewood. Semidesert Juniper Loams #113 Page E of 8