Sandstone Rockland 6-10" p.z.
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Description
This state has a variety of vegetation due to extra run-on moisture from adjacent rock outcrops, differences in aspect, temperature, and availability of seed sources. This site receives extra moisture in the form of runoff from the surrounding rock outcrop. This extra moisture results in variety of shrub and herbaceous species, and in some locations an occasional small tree. Plants commonly found on this site are blackbrush, Stanbury cliffrose, Bigelow sagebrush, Utah serviceberry, Indian ricegrass, black grama and galleta.
Sites with very shallow soils and depressions of deeper soils will be dominate by grasses, forbs and low growing shrubs with widely scattered large shrubs. On sites where deep fractures in the sandstone rock outcrop occur along with shallow soil depositions will have a mix of shrubs, grasses and forbs. These sites will also have scattered large shrubs and small trees where available moisture and deep fractures exist. These sites are relatively stable due to lack of fire and low potential from invasion of non-native species.
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This state has a variety of vegetation due to extra run-on moisture from adjacent rock outcrops, differences in aspect, temperature, and availability of seed sources. This site receives extra moisture in the form of runoff from the surrounding rock outcrop. This extra moisture results in variety of shrub and herbaceous species, and in some locations an occasional small tree. Plants commonly found on this site are blackbrush, Stanbury cliffrose, Bigelow sagebrush, Utah serviceberry, Indian ricegrass, black grama and galleta.
Sites with very shallow soils and depressions of deeper soils will be dominate by grasses, forbs and low growing shrubs with widely scattered large shrubs. On sites where deep fractures in the sandstone rock outcrop occur along with shallow soil depositions will have a mix of shrubs, grasses and forbs. These sites will also have scattered large shrubs and small trees where available moisture and deep fractures exist. These sites are relatively stable due to lack of fire. The plant communities in this state will have introduced annuals including cheatgrass, red brome and Russian thistle.
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