Thin Claypan
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Management practices/drivers
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Description
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Submodel
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Submodel
Mechanism
With heavy continuous grazing this plant community will move towards the Sandberg Bluegrass/Cactus/Clubmoss/Big Sagebrush Plant Community.
Mechanism
Cropped go-back with continuous grazing; heavy continuous grazing, and excessive defoliation may lead this plant community over a threshold to the Annual, Pionner Perennial State.
Mechanism
Cropped go-back with continuous grazing; heavy continuous grazing, and excessive defoliation may lead this plant community over a threshold to the Annual, Pionner Perennial State.
Mechanism
Long-term prescribed grazing and favorable climatic conditions, which allow for adequate plant recovery periods, may cause a shift to the Blue Grama/Western Wheatgrass/Big Sagebrush/Cactus Plant Community.
Relevant conservation practices
Practice | External resources |
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Prescribed Grazing |
Mechanism
Heavy, continuous season-long grazing, or frequent and severe defoliation (e.g., rodents) will move this plant community to the Annual, Pioneer Perennial Plant Community.
Mechanism
Cropped go-back with continuous grazing; heavy continuous grazing, and excessive defoliation may lead this plant community over a threshold to the Annual, Pionner Perennial State.
Mechanism
Range seeding may shift this back a community resembling the Reference Plant Community.
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