Closed Depression
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Mechanism
Heavy continuous grazing without adequate recovery opportunity between grazing events will move this plant community across an ecological threshold to the Foxtail Barley/Inland Saltgrass Plant Community.
Mechanism
Encroachment of non-native invasive/noxious species, abandonment of cropping with continuous grazing, or excessive defoliation may lead this plant community phase over a threshold to the Go-back, Excessive Disturbance.
Mechanism
Encroachment of non-native invasive/noxious species, abandonment of cropping with continuous grazing, or excessive defoliation may lead this plant community phase over a threshold to the Go-back, Excessive Disturbance.
Mechanism
Under long-term prescribed grazing, including adequate recovery periods, this plant community will move through the successional stages, and may eventually lead to the Western Wheatgrass/Inland Saltgrass Plant Community. This process will take a long period of time (25+ years).
Relevant conservation practices
Practice | External resources |
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Prescribed Grazing |
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