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Saline Subirrigated Green River and Great Divide Basins (SS)
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Mechanism
Continuous Season-long Grazing will convert this plant community to the Alkali Muhly/Alkali Bluegrass State.
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Plowing & Cropping (haying) followed by abandonment will convert this plant community to the Foxtail Barley/Quackgrass State.
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Noxious Weed Invasion will convert this plant community to the Salt Cedar/Inland Saltgrass State.
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Prescribed Grazing will result in a plant community very similar to the Reference Plant Community (Alkali Sacaton/Basin Wildrye State).
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Noxious Weed Invasion will convert this plant community to the Salt Cedar/Inland Saltgrass State.
Mechanism
Seedbed Preparation and Re-seeding followed by 1 to 2 years deferment as part of a Prescribed Grazing plan over the long-term may return this state to near Reference Plant Community (Alkali Sacaton/Basin Wildrye State). However, introduced and noxious weeds such as foxtail barley and quackgrass will persist to some degree.
Mechanism
Noxious Weed Invasion will convert this plant community to the Salt Cedar/Inland Saltgrass State.
Mechanism
Chemical Seedbed Preparation and Re-seeding followed by deferment for 1 to 2 years as part of a Prescribed Grazing plan over the long-term may result in a plant community very similar to the Reference Plant Community (Alkali Sacaton/Basin Wildrye State), except that noxious weeds will persist to some degree. Additional deferment may be necessary and should be prescribed on an individual site basis.
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