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PLANT <br />SYMBOL <br />* * * * ** <br />page 2 #326 <br />d. Winter and spring winds cause this site to be even more <br />droughty than the precipitation alone indicates. A <br />fair amount of the snow sublimates eliminating its <br />effectiveness. <br />3. Potential Plant Community (Climax Vegetation) <br />a. The plant community is about 55 percent grass, 10 <br />percent forbs, and 35 percent shrubs (air -dry weight of <br />current season's growth). Dominant grasses are <br />needleandthread, streambank wheatgrass,salina wildrye, <br />Indian ricegrass, galleta and blue grama.Less abundant <br />grasses include Sandberg bluegrass, and red threeawn, <br />sand dropseed and bottlebrush squirreltail. <br />GRASS AND GRASSLIKE PLANTS <br />STCO4 NEEDLEANDTHREAD <br />ORHY INDIAN RICEGRASS <br />AGDAR STREAMBANK WHEATGRASS <br />Forbs present in the plant community include scarlet <br />globemallow, wormwood, Hoods phlox, yellow cryptantha <br />and littleleaf pussytoes. Shrubs and half - shrubs that <br />occur on this site are Wyoming big sagebrush, small low <br />rabbitbrush, broom snakeweed, fourwing saltbush, <br />shadscale, and winterfat. <br />b. .Relative percentage of total plant community by weight. <br />air -dry: <br />COMMON NAME <br />* * * * * * * * * ** <br />ELSA SALINA WILDRYE <br />BOGR2 BLUE GRAMA <br />HIJA GALLETA <br />SIHY BOTTLEBRUSH SQUIRRELTAIL <br />SPCR SAND DROPSEED <br />POSAl2 SANDBERG BLUEGRASS <br />ARLO3 RED THREEAWN <br />VUOC SIXWEEKS FESCUE <br />COMP. <br />SCIENTIFIC NAME 1/ PERCENT <br />* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ** * * * * * ** <br />STIPA COMATA <br />ORYZOPSIS HYMENOIDES <br />AGROPYRON DASYSTACHYUM <br />RIPARIUM <br />ELYMUS SALINA <br />BOUTELOUA GRACILIS <br />HILARIA JAMESII <br />SITANION HYSTRIX <br />SPOROBOLUS CRYPTANDRUS <br />POA SANDBERGII <br />ARISTIDA LONGISETA <br />VULPIA OCTOFLORA <br />10 - 25 <br />5 - 10 <br />5 - 10 <br />5 - 10 <br />5 - 10 <br />5 - 10 <br />3 - 5 <br />2 - 5 <br />2 - 5 <br />2 - 5 <br />0 - 1 <br />