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page 2 #327 d. 3. Potential Plant Community (Climax Vegetation) a. The plant community is about 60 percent grass, 5 percent forbs, and 35 percent shrubs (air -dry weight of current season's growth). Dominant grasses are galieta, Indian ricegrass, needleandthread and western wheatgrass.Less abundant grasses are Nevada bluegrass, Sandberg bluegrass, and thickspike wheatgrass. Forbs present in the plant community include phlox, sego lily and stemless spring parsley.Shrubs, half - shrubs, and trees that occur on this site are Wyoming big sage, shadscale and winterfat. PLANT SYMBOL COMMON NAME * * * * * ** * * * * * * * ** ** GRASS AND GRASSLIKE PLANTS HIJA ORHY STC04 AGSM PONES POSAl2 AGDA ELSA SIHY FORBS PHHO PHL02 CANU3 CYAC ALAC4 Winter and Spring winds cause this site to be more droughty than the precipitation alone indicate. Some of the snow sublimates eliminating its effectiveness. b. Relative percentage of total plant community by weight, air -dry: GALLETA INDIAN RICEGRASS NEEDLEANDTHREAD WESTERN WHEATGRASS NEVADA BLUEGRASS SANDBERG BLUEGRASS THICKSPIKE WHEATGRASS SALINA WILDRYE BOTTLEBRUSH SQUIRRELTAIL HOODS PHLOX LONGLEAF PHLOX SEGO LILY STEMLESS SPRING PARSLEY TAPERTIP ONION SCIENTIFIC NAME 1/ * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ** HILARIA JAMESII ORYZOPSIS HYMENOIDES STIPA COMATA AGROPYRON SMITHII POA NEVADENSIS POA SANDBERGII AGROPYRON DASYSTACHYUM ELYMUS SALINA SITANION SYSTRIX PHLOX H00DII PHLOX LONGIFOLIA CALOCHORTUS NUTTALLII CYMOPTERUS ACAULIS ALLIUM ACUMINATUM COMP. PERCEN" * * * * * *„ 10 - 15 10 - 15 10 - 15 10 - 15 5 - 10 5 - 10 5 - 10 3 - 5 2 - 5