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#325 Semidesert Loam MLRA 35 <br />10. Vegetation Palatability by Animal Class 3/ <br />a. Grasses and Grass -like Plants <br />Common Name <br />blue grama <br />bottlebrush squirreltail <br />Fendler threeawn <br />galleta <br />Indian ricegrass <br />New Mexico feathergrass <br />sand dropseed <br />western wheatgrass <br />b. Forbs <br />Crandall penstemon <br />variable senecio <br />scarlet globemallow <br />sego (mariposa) lily <br />silvery lupine <br />specklepod locoweed <br />trailing fleabane <br />c. Shrubs <br />Wyoming big sagebrush <br />broom snakeweed <br />stickyleaf low <br />rabbitbrush <br />fourwing saltbush <br />green ephedra <br />plains prickly pear <br />toadflax penstemon <br />winterfat <br />H - Horses <br />E - Elk <br />D - Deer <br />A - Antelope <br />Scientific Name <br />Bouteloua gracilis <br />Sitanion hystrix <br />Aristida fendleriana <br />Hilaria jamesii <br />Oryzopsis hymenoides <br />Stipa neomexicana <br />Sporobolus crytandrus <br />Agropyron smith ii <br />Penstemon crandallii <br />Senecio mutabilis <br />Sphaeralcea coccinea <br />Calochortus nuttallii <br />Lupinus argenteus <br />Astragalus lentiginous <br />Erigeron flagellaris <br />Artemisia tridentata <br />wyomingens is <br />Xanthocephalum sarothrae <br />Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus <br />Atriplex canescens <br />Ephedra viridis <br />Opuntia polyacantha <br />Penstemon linarioides <br />Ceratoides lanata <br />S <br />B - - Songbirds <br />S <br />• L;11 H. <br />Animal Classes 4/ <br />G S S <br />CS H E D A B B M <br />Animal Preference 5/ <br />H HH MMM MHM <br />M M M M M M M M M <br />L L M L L L L M M <br />M M H M L L L L M <br />H H H H M M M H H <br />M L M L L L L L M <br />M M M L L L H H H <br />H MH MMM LMM <br />LML LMM MMM <br />L M L L M M L L L <br />MMM HHH MHH <br />MHM MMM MMM <br />L M L H H M H H H <br />L LL LLL MMM <br />L M L L M M L L L <br />L H L M H H H M H <br />L L L L L M L L L <br />L M L L M M M M M <br />H H M H H H H H H <br />L L L L L L L L L <br />L L L LLM MMH <br />L ML MMM MMM,y <br />H H H H H M MMH` <br />3/ Vegetative palatability per animal class is based on the attractiveness of <br />the plant to animals as forage. Grazing preference changes from time to time <br />and place to place depending on the animal class, plant palatability and <br />nutritive value, stage of growth and season of use. <br />4/ Animal class symbols: 5/ Animal prrf� :rtnce symbols: <br />C - Cow G H - H i_s;h <br />S - Sheep B - - Upland Gamehirds M - Medium <br />L - Low <br />