Vegetation description and analysis literature reviews for grassland aspect vegetative subtype in the Roswell District, Bureau of Land Management

Title Variants

Alternative: Grassland aspect vegetative subtype in the Roswell District, vegetation description and analysis literature reviews
Alternative: Vegetative description and analysis from literature reviews

By

Dawson, Marion.
Keller, Ray.
United States. Bureau of Land Management. Roswell District Office.

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

[Roswell, N.M.], United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Roswell District, ℗♭1977

Notes

The land east of the Pecos River in Chaves, Eddy and Lea Counties have been arbitrarily divided into six different vegetative subtypes: Riparian; Desert Shrub; Shin Oak; Mesquite; Creote; and, Grassland communities. This report focuses on Grasslands, with an emphasis on the three grass faciations in the Roswell District: Bouteloua-hilaria; Hilaria-bouteloua; and, Bouteloua-andropogan-trichachne.

Contents: Physical description : vegetation ; soil ; climate ; succession -- | Herbage production -- | Key species -- | Conversion treatment recommendations -- | Grazing effects : no grazing ; heavy grazing ; continuous grazing ; intensive concentration grazing ; rotational grazing -- | Grazing treatment considerations -- | Appendix : Map I: Vegetative faciations ; Table I: Desirable warm seasons ; Table II: Less desirable warm season grasses ; Table III: Cool season grasses ; Table IV: Shrubs and forbs ; Table V: Poisonous plants ; Chart I: Forage yields.

Cover title.

"1977."

Subjects

Chaves County , Chaves County (N.M.) , Eddy County , Eddy County (N.M.) , Forage plants , Grasses , Grassland ecology , Lea County , Lea County (N.M.) , Management , New Mexico , Public lands , Range management

Call Number

QH541.5.P7 V444 1977

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.153823
OCLC: 982960146