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Ecological site EX043B23A120

Limy Upland (LiU) Absaroka Lower Foothills

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T1-2 - Severe and frequent grazing (continuous season-long or year-long) with drought encourages the sod-forming species to establish and then out-compete the more desirable mid-stature cool-season bunchgrasses.
T1-3 - Grazing impacts to the herbaceous cover weakens and eventually removes the grasses from the community leaving a mixed shrub community.
T1-4 - Disturbances such as season-long continuous grazing, drought, or fire with a seed source present provides invasive species the opportunity to establish in the Reference State.
T2-4 - Drought or surface impact will provide the niche for invasive species to establish and transition the sod-former community to an Invaded State.
R3-1 - Long-term grazing management with incorporation of rest to allow recovery with assistance with seeding of desirable species are needed to restore this community.
T3-4 - Drought and canopy disturbance with seed sources present encourages the transition to the Invaded State.
R4-5 - Integrated pest management, long-term grazing management with seeding is required to reclaim or restore to a non-invaded state.
T5-4 - The lack of management or seeding failure allow the re-invasion of this site.
CP1.1-1.2 - Frequent and severe grazing and drought will drive this community to a short-stature grass dominated community.
CP1.2-1.1 - Prescribed grazing with rest allows recovery of the desired herbaceous cover returning this community to reference, with time.

State 2 submodel, plant communities

State 3 submodel, plant communities

CP4.1-4.2 - Drought, frequent and severe use, or fire can remove the desired natives and leave an invader dominated community.
CP5.1-5.2 - Seeding, integrated pest management, and prescribed grazing with time improves degraded lands to a reclaimed community.
CP5.2-5.1 - Lack of management, seeding failure or further disturbance will revert this site to a degraded community phase.