GRAZING AND FORAGE PRODUCTION ON NATIONAL FORESTS 15 



mining range readiness, the respective development of the following 

 plants of the Wasatch Mountains may, when the plants are taken 

 as a group, indicate sufficient growth for grazing in that region. 

 (Figs. 6 and 7.) Since individual species vary under different 

 conditions the majority of the important forage species should have 

 reached the stage shown. 



Bine stem (Agropyron Plant 6 to 8 inches high, no flower stalks showing. 



smithii)* 

 Violet wheat grass {Ag- Plant 6 to 10 inches high, no flower stalks showing, 



ropyron violaceum) 67 no boots in evidence. 

 Mountain brome Leaf blades 6 to 10 inches high, no flower stalks 



(Bromus poly- showing. 



anthus) 7 8 

 Downy brome About 6 inches in height, panicles conspicuous. 



Bromus tectorum) 6 

 June grass {Koeleria Leafage about 5 inches high, panicles conspicuous. 



cristata) 6 

 Fendler blue grass (Poa Nearly all in flower head, blossoms beginning to 



fendleriana) 6 appear. 



Letterman needle grass Plant 6 to 8 inches high, no flower stalks showing. 



(Stipa lettermani) 

 Yarrow {Achillea, lanu- Leafage 2 to 4 inches long, flower stalks beginning 



losa) to show. 



Wafer parsnip (Aulo- Through blossoming, seeds well developed. 



spermum longipes) 6 

 Balsam-root (Balsamor- Leafage about three-fourths developed beginning to 



rhiza sagittata) 6 blossom. 



Low larkspur (Delphi- Leafage conspicuous, commencing to blossom. 



nium menziesii) 

 Wild geranium (Gera- Leafage about 4 inches high, approximately one- 



nium viscosissimum) fourth developed. 

 Dandelion (Leontodon Leafage about one-half developed, blossoms begin- 



taraxacum) ning to appear. A few blossoms opened. 



Butterweed (Senecio co- Leafage mature, plants commencing to blossom. 



litmbianus) 67 

 Foothill death c a m a s Leafage mature, plants beginning to blossom. 



(Zygadenus panicula- 



tus) 6 

 Service berry (Amelan- Leaves one-half to 1 inch long and from three- 



chier alnifolia) 67 eighth to three-fourths inch wide, flower buds 



about to open. 

 Birch -leaf mahogany Leaves three-eighths to one-half inch wide and one- 



{Cercocarpus monta- half inch long, no flowers showing. 



nus) e 

 Squaw apple (Peraphyl- Leaves about one-half to 1 inch long and about one- 



lum ramosissimum) 6 fourth inch wide, flower buds beginning to open. 

 Bitter brush (Purshia Leaves one-fourth to one-half inch long and from 



tridentata) e one-eighth to one-fourth inch wide, flower buds 



conspicuously swollen. 

 Spine current (Ribes Leaves about three-eighths inch long, or one-fourth 



montigenum) 7S developed; commencing to blossom. 



Snowberry (Symphori- 6 to 14 leaves showing from each bud; no blossoms; 



carpos oreophilus) new growth of stem about iy 2 inches long. 



6 Common in the oak-brush type. 8 Common in the spruce-fir type. 



7 Common in the aspen-fir type. 



Plants not otherwise designated are common in the three major types. 



