Vegetation And Soils Of Alkali Sagebrush And Adjacent Big Sagebrush Ranges In North Park, Colorado
Issue Date
1966-01-01Keywords
plant communitiesAlkali Sagebrush Range
Big Sagebrush Range
North Park
claypan soils
Loamy Soil
root penetration
soil surveys
Artemisia longiloba
Annual Yieldrange sitesplant compositionsoilsiteSoil CharacteristicssoilsvegetationdroughtArtemisia tridentataColorado
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Robertson, D. R., Nielsen, J. L., & Bare, N. H. (1966). Vegetation and soils of alkali sagebrush and adjacent big sagebrush ranges in North Park, Colorado. Journal of Range Management, 19(1), 17-20.Publisher
Society for Range ManagementJournal
Journal of Range ManagementDOI
10.2307/3895518Additional Links
https://rangelands.org/Abstract
Alkali sagebrush ranges were found to have a shallow, root restricting claypan soil. In contrast, the adjacent big sagebrush plant community occurred on loamy soils where roots penetrated freely. This direct relationship between range sites and soils shows how soil surveys can be used to determine range sites.Type
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