Foothills Fescue Range Plant Community Guide - Sustainable ...

Creeping Juniper - Parry Oatgrass - Western Porcupine Grass -
FFC4
(Juniperus horizontalis - Danthonia parryi - Stipa curtiseta) Shrub Herbaceous
n=1 This is a preliminary community that is likely the reference plant community on the steepest of
thin break range sites within the Foothills Fescue Natural Subregion. This community is common on steep
ridges and very strong slopes where juniper will form dense colonies through a strong spreading root
system.
Soil Exposure: 10% Moss/Lichen Cover:10% Total Vegetation:87%
PLANT COMPOSITION CANOPY COVER(%)
MEAN RANGE CONST
SHRUBS
CREEPING JUNIPER
(Juniperus horizontalis) 39
FORBS
CREEPING WHITE PRAIRIE ASTER
(Aster falcatus) 4
COMMON YARROW
(Achillea millefolium) 1
GRASSES
PARRY OAT GRASS
(Danthonia parryi) 23
WESTERN PORCUPINE GRASS
(Stipa curtiseta) 7
UNDIFFERENTIATED SEDGE
(Carex) 4
HOOKER’S OAT GRASS
(Helictotrichon hookeri) 4
FOOTHILLS ROUGH FESCUE
(Festuca campestris) 3
IDAHOE FESCUE
(Festuca idahoensis) 3
JUNE GRASS
(Koeleria macrantha) 2
NORTHERN WHEATGRASS
(Agropyron dasystachyum)2
ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES
RANGE SITE:
THIN BREAKS
SOILS:
ORTHIC EUTRIC BRUNISOL (NORTH FORK)
ORTHIC BLACK CHERNOZEM (OCKEY)
ELEVATION:
M
SOIL DRAINAGE:
WELL DRAINED
RAPIDLY DRAINED
SLOPE :
VERY STRONG
ASPECT:
SOUTHWEST
FORAGE PRODUCTION (LB/AC)
GRASS NOT AVAILABLE
FORB NOT AVAILABLE
SHRUB NOT AVAILABLE
LITTER NOT AVAILABLE
TOTAL NOT AVAILABLE
Ecologically Sustainable Stocking Rate
0.2 AUM/ac
60