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Table 3. — Use by sheep and relative abundance of important forage 

 plants on experimental pastures, northern Great Plains range, by 

 species 



PRINCIPAL SPECIES 



Species 



Part of plant 

 grazed most 



Season of 

 greatest use 



Relative 

 abundance 



Rela- 

 tive 

 pala- 

 tabil- 

 itv l 



Grasses and grasslike 

 plants: 

 Bluegrass, Sandberg. 



Buffalograss 



Dropseed, sand 



Grama, blue 



Needle-and-thread . 



Sedge, threadleaf_. 



Leaves. 



do. 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 



.do. 



Wheatgrass, bluestem 



Leaves and seed 

 heads. 



Spring, early 



summer, and 



fall. 



Summer 



do 



Summer and fall. 

 Early summer 



and fall. 

 Spring, early 



summer, and 



fall. 

 Summer and fall. 



Common. 



do___ 



do___ 



Abundant. 

 do_._ 



.do_. 

 .do_. 



VG 



VG 

 G 



VG 

 G 



VG 



G 



SECONDARY SPECIES 



Grasses: 



Grama, side-oats _. 

 Muhly, stonyhills.. 

 Wheatgrass, 

 bearded blue- 

 bunch. 

 Forbs: 



Agoseris, pale 



Biscuitroot 



Gaura, scarlet. 



Globemallow, scar- 

 let. 



Goldaster, hairy 



Indian wheat, woolly. 

 Onion, textile 



Prairie clover, pur- 

 ple. 



Prairieclover, slen- 

 der white. 



Segolily 



Sunflower, prairie. . 

 Browse : 



Rose, Fendler 



Sagebrush, big 



Sagebrush, fringed. 

 Sagebrush, silver. _. 

 Saltbush, Gardner. . 

 Saltbush, shad- 

 scale. 

 Sumac, skunkbush. 

 Winterfat, common. 



Leaves. 

 do. 



Leaves and old 

 growth. 



Flowers and 



leaves. 

 Flowers, leaves, 



and fruit. 

 Flowers and 



leaves. 

 do 



do. 



Leaves and seed. 

 Flowers and 



leaves. 

 do 



do 



Flowers . 



Flowers and 



leaves. 

 do 



Leaves 



do 



Leaves and twigs. 



Leaves 



Leaves and seed. 



Fruit 



Leaves and 

 twigs. 



Early summer. _. 

 Summer and fall. 

 Spring 



Summer 



Early summer. 



Summer 



do 



Late summer. 



do 



Early summer. 



Summer 



.do. 



Spring and early 



summer. 

 Late summer 



Summer. 



Fall 



do__ 



Summer and fall. 

 do 



do 



Summer 



Summer and fall. 



Occasional. 



do___. 



do___. 



Common. 

 do___ 



.do. 



.do. 



___do_. 

 ___do_. 

 ___do_. 



...do.. 



do. 



do____ 



____do___. 



Common.. 

 Abundant . 

 Common.. 



do___. 



Occasional. 

 do.... 



Common. 

 do_. 



VG 



VG 



VG 



G 



G 



G 



VG 



G 



G 



G 



G 



F 

 F 

 F 

 G 

 G 

 G 



F 

 G 



1 During season of greatest use: VG — Very good; G- 



2 Includes several species in three genera, Cogswellia, 

 ous. 



-Good; F — Fair. 

 Musineon. and Cymopter- 



