Loamy Terrace
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Mechanism
Heavy continuous grazing for extended periods will shift this plant community across a threshold to the Blue Grama/Western Wheatgrass/Sagewort Plant Community.
Mechanism
Encroachment of non-native invasive/noxious species, abandonment of cropping with continuous grazing,excessive defoliation or seeding of introduced and/or native improved varieties of forage species may lead this plant community phase over a threshold to the Go-back, Introduced, Invaded State.
Mechanism
Encroachment of non-native invasive/noxious species, abandonment of cropping with continuous grazing,excessive defoliation or seeding of introduced and/or native improved varieties of forage species may lead this plant community phase over a threshold to the Go-back, Introduced, Invaded State.
Mechanism
Encroachment of non-native invasive/noxious species, abandonment of cropping with continuous grazing,excessive defoliation or seeding of introduced and/or native improved varieties of forage species may lead this plant community phase over a threshold to the Go-back, Introduced, Invaded State.
Mechanism
Long-term prescribed grazing with adequate recovery periods following each grazing event and proper stocking over long periods of time can move this plant community toward the Western Wheatgrass/Green Needlegrass/Shrub Plant Community. It may eventually return to this plant community or associated plant community stages assuming an adequate seed/vegetative source is available.
Relevant conservation practices
Practice | External resources |
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Prescribed Grazing |
Mechanism
Encroachment of non-native invasive/noxious species, abandonment of cropping with continuous grazing,excessive defoliation or seeding of introduced and/or native improved varieties of forage species may lead this plant community phase over a threshold to the Go-back, Introduced, Invaded State.
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