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Circle-spoke model
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State 1
Grassland State
Description
Mixed-bunchgrass Grassland Community (1.1) is considered to be the reference plant community. The community is dominated by a diverse mix of bunch, stoloniferous, and rhizomatous grasses. Common grasses include blue grama, vine mesquite, cane bluestem, sacaton, and in some locations finestem needlegrass.
Blue grama/Annual forbs Community (1.2) is composed of palatable grasses such as western wheatgrass and vine mesquite have been reduced. Blue grama has transitioned to a sod-bound turfgrass and dominated the grass component. Many annual and perennial forbs have increased.
Oneseed Juniper/Pinyon Pine Woodland Community (1.3) is thought to have occurred due to past disturbances or they if the community was a part of the natural variability of the site.
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