Table ,25. Artemisia tridenUta Badland Site Description 



SOIL texture: 



SLOPE-SLOPE ASPECT 



Mean: 



Standard deviation: 



Range: 



Sites having: 



Positive slope-slope aspect values: 

 Slope-slope aspect values of 0: 

 negative slope-slope aspect values: 



SLOPE 



(•lean: 



Standard deviation: 



HnRI70NTAL CGNFIGURATIOM: 



SLOPE POSITION: 



GRAZING PRESSURE: 



DISTANCE TO STOCK WATER 



;iean : 



Standard deviation: 



IV;; loams; IVI. silt loams; 22',; silty clay loams; IZZ clay loams; 

 \\t clay 



X ' n.n4 



S = 0.57 



-0.65-0.81 



44% 



44% 



11% 



X = 19.9° 



S = 13.6° 



22" straight; 44"' undulating; 33/^ concave 



IX bottom; 22% low; 44;^ mid; 22°;. upper. 



43% light; 43% moderate; 14% high 



X = 0.7 mi (1.1 km) 



S = 0.3 mi (0.5 km) 



Soil (often parent material) texture is the major site factor that deter- 

 mines the distribution of the Artr Badland. Sometimes this type occurs as a 

 band along a particular soil strata. Other site factors are decidedly subor- 

 dinate in accounting for this type. 



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