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Figures
- Figure 1.
Crested wheatgrass 10-y post-planting.
- Figure 2.
Crested wheatgrass 20-y post-planting.
- Figure 3.
20-y post-treatment showing the site dominated by native plant diversity with a subordinate smooth brome component.
- Figure 4.
Smooth brome site 20-y post-planting. Bluebunch wheatgrass representing species that established in discreet patches.
- Figure 5.
Smooth brome site 20-y post-planting. Cinquefoil representing species that remained restricted to planting rows.
- Figure 6.
Native species dominating site with bare ground interspaces.
- Figure 7.
Original condition of the sod-forming smooth brome site with 100% cover (no bare ground).
- Figure 8.
Evidence of the intense grazing by wildlife and cattle outside the exclosure, a perturbation that favors smooth brome.
Tables
Shrub species Big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata Nutt. var. tridentata) Asteraceae Fourwing saltbush (Atriplex canescens (Pursh) Nutt.) Chenopodiaceae Rubber rabbitbrush (Ericameria nauseosa (Pall. ex Pursh) G.L. Nesom & Baird) Asteraceae Grass species Bluebunch wheatgrass (Pseudoroegneria spicata (Pursh) Á. Löve) Poaceae Galleta (Pleuraphis jamesii Torr.) Poaceae Needle and thread grass (Hesperostipa comata (Trin. & Rupr.) Barkworth) Poaceae Sandberg bluegrass (Poa secunda J. Presl) Poaceae Squirreltail (Elymus elymoides (Raf.) Swezey) Poaceae Shrub species Family Patches Rows Bitterbrush (Purshia tridentata (Pursh) DC.) Rosaceae X Silver sagebrush (Artemisia cana Pursh) Asteraceae X Vasey’s sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata Nutt. var. vaseyana (Rydb.) B. Boivin) Asteraceae X Grass species Alpine timothy (Phleum alpinum L.) Poaceae X Bluebunch wheatgrass (Pseudoroegneria spicata (Pursh) Á. Löve) Poaceae X Canada wildrye (Elymus canadensis L.) Poaceae X Slender wheatgrass (Elymus trachycaulus (Link) Gould) Poaceae X Western wheatgrass (Pascopyrum smithii (Rydb.) Barkworth & D.R. Dewey) Poaceae X Forbs American vetch (Vicia americana Muhl. ex Willd.) Fabaceae X Arrowleaf balsamroot (Balsamorhiza sagittata (Pursh) Nutt.) Asteraceae X Cinquefoil (Potentilla gracilis Douglas ex Hook.) Asteraceae (Rosaceae) X Horse-nettle (Agastache urticifolia (Benth.) Kuntze) Lamiaceae X Jacob’s ladder (Polemonium foliosissimum A. Gray) Polemoniaceae X Louisiana wormwood (Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt.) Asteraceae X Rocky Mountain penstemon (Penstemon strictus Benth.) Plantaginaceae (Scrophulariaceae) X Showy goldeneye (Heliomeris multiflora Nutt.) Asteraceae X Silver lupine (Lupinus argenteus Pursh) Fabaceae X Sticky geranium (Geranium viscosissimum Fisch. & C.A. Mey.) Geraniaceae X Western aster (Symphyotrichum ascendens (Lindl.) G.L. Nesom) Asteraceae X Western sweet-cicely (Osmorhiza occidentalis (Nutt. ex Torr. & A. Gray) Torr.) Apiaceae X Yarrow (Achillea millefolium L.) Asteraceae X
