Table 10. Stipa comata - Agropyron sun thi i / Coute1oua qracil is Community Type Site Description 



Mean : 



Standard deviation: 



Range: 



Sites having: 



Positive slope-slope aspect values: 

 Slope-slope aspect values of 0: 



The obvious phytosociological interpretation for the Stco-Agsm/Bogr c.t. 

 is that it is part of a continuum between the Stco/Bogr-Caf i and Agsm/Bogr 

 c.t.'s. This hypothesis is supported by a comparison of sites. Soil textures 

 are intermediate between the Stco/Bogr-Cafi and Agsm/Bogr c.t.'s with a good 

 deal of overlap. 



Slope-slope aspect values are intermediate and are not significantly 

 different from Stco/Bogr-Cafi site values and are significantly cooler from 

 the Agsm/Bogr c.t. site values only at the 0.2 probability level. There is 

 plenty of overlap. Somewhat suprisingly, slopes for this type are significantly 

 less than slopes for both other types at the 0.05 probability level. 



Horizontal configuration for this type is not much different than for 

 the Stco/Bogr-Cafi c.t. or Agsm/Bogr c.t. Slope position is generally slightly 

 higher than the Agsm/Bogr c.t.'s slightly lower than Stco/Bogr-Cafi c.t.'s. 

 Differences in livestock use are not significant. 



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