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PLANT <br />SYMBOL COMMON NAME <br />* * * * * ** * * * * * * * * * ** <br />b. Relative percentage of total plant community by weight, <br />air -dry: <br />page 2 +327 <br />3. Potential Plant Community (Climax Vegetation) <br />a. The plant community is about 60 percent grass, 5 <br />percent forbs, and 35 percent shrubs (air -dry weight of <br />current season's growth). Dominant grasses are <br />galleta, Indian ricegrass, needleandthread and western <br />wheatgrass.Less abundant grasses are Nevada bluegrass, <br />Sandberg bluegrass, and thickspike wheatgrass. <br />Forbs present in the plant community include phlox, <br />sego lily and stemless spring parsley.Shrubs, half - <br />shrubs, and trees that occur on this site are Wyoming <br />big sage, shadscale and winterfat. <br />HIJA <br />ORHY <br />STC04 <br />AGSM <br />PONES <br />POSAl2 <br />AGDA <br />ELSA <br />SIHY <br />FORBS <br />PHHO <br />PHLO2 <br />CANU3 <br />CYAC <br />ALAC4 <br />d. Winter and Spring winds cause this site to be more <br />droughty than the precipitation alone indicate. Some <br />of the snow sublimates eliminating its effectiveness. <br />GRASS AND GRASSLIKE PLANTS <br />GALLETA <br />INDIAN RICEGRASS <br />NEEDLEANDTHREAD <br />WESTERN WHEATGRASS <br />NEVADA BLUEGRASS <br />SANDBERG BLUEGRASS <br />THICKSPIKE WHEATGRASS <br />SALINA WILDRYE <br />BOTTLEBRUSH SQUIRREL TAIL <br />HOODS PHLOX <br />LONGLEAF PHLOX <br />SEGO LILY <br />STEMLESS SPRING PARSLEY <br />TAPERTIP ONION <br />COMP. <br />SCIENTIFIC NAME 1/ PERCEN' <br />* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ** * * * * * *„ <br />HILARIA JAMESII <br />ORYZOPSIS HYMENOIDES <br />STIPA COMATA <br />AGROPYRON SMITHII <br />POA NEVADENSIS <br />POA SANDBERGII <br />AGROPYRON DASYSTACHYUM <br />ELYMUS SALINA <br />SITANION SYSTRIX <br />PHLOX HOODII <br />PHLOX LONGIFOLIA <br />CALOCHORTUS NUTTALLII <br />CYMOPTERUS ACAULIS <br />ALLIUM ACUMINATUM <br />10 - 15 <br />10 - 15 <br />10 - 15 <br />10 - 15 <br />5 - 10 <br />5 - 10 <br />5 - 10 <br />3 - 5 <br />2 - 5 <br />