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bluegrass, and western wheatgrass. Species considered failures were <br />tall wheatgrass, still leaf wheatgrass, blue wildrye, and short -awned <br />barley. <br />Working on disturbed soils at Axial basin, Draves and Berg (1978) <br />evaluated the quantity of cover produced by 24 grass and 16 forb <br />species. Results from the grass species trials revealed that <br />intermediate wheatgrass ranked second, pubescent wheatgrass ranked <br />fourth, smooth brome ranked fifth, and desert wheatgrass ranked <br />fourteenth. Of the forbs, alfalfa produced the highest plant cover. <br />Cicer milkvetch also produced an abundance of cover. These two forbs <br />are included in the proposed seed mixture because native legumes <br />cannot be expected to provide adequate erosion control and forage <br />production. <br />After four growing seasons, Sims (1977) reported the results of 25 <br />grass and 19 forb species seeded on test plots in the Piceance Basin. <br />The most productive grass was pubescent wheatgrass, meadow brome <br />ranked third, intermediate wheatgrass was fourth best, desert <br />wheatgrass ranked seventh, ninth best was smooth brome and timothy <br />ranked 21st. Among the legumes, alfalfa ranked second, while cicer <br />milkvetch ranked fifth. <br />Merkel et. al., (1974) reported that of ten species planted at Meeker, <br />the best performing species were intermediate and pubescent <br />wheatgrasses. <br />Upon evaluating the establishment of various plants seeded on <br />unleveled spoils at the Seneca Mine, Berg (1975) found that of the <br />species planted, orchardgrass produced the highest frequency based <br />upon the amount of seed planted. Following orchardgrass, in <br />descending order, were desert wheatgrass, smooth brome, and alfalfa. <br />2.05 -41 <br />