TABLE OF CONTENTS 



Page 



Foreword... n 



Range plants 1 



Systematic botany (taxonomy) 3 



Terminology -- 4 



Nomenclature 5 



Individual plant descriptions and floras 



(general) 8 



Northern and central Great Plains 11 



Rocky Mountain 14 



Southwest - 17 



Intermountain 20 



Pacific 21 



Monographs and related material 26 



Collection, annotation, filing, and preser- 

 vation of specimens 38 



Economic (other than forage) value 39 



Forage value - 42 



Chemical analysis 52 



Poisonous plants 56 



Regional catalogs and treatises (distribu- 

 tion)... 66 



Chemistry of poisonous plants 68 



Cattle (plants poisonous to) 72 



Horses and mules (plants poisonous to) . . 75 



Sheep and goats (plants poisonous to) 76 



Ecology.. 80 



Habitat 84 



Climatic factors 85 



Physiographic factors.. 93 



Edaphic (soil) factors 93 



Soil physics 99 



Soil chemistry 102 



Topographic factors . 107 



Biotic factors 108 



Systems of classification 115 



Responses of plant groups 119 



Responses and stimuli (of individuals) ... 123 



Methods of study . 124 



Physiology and morphology 134 



Pathology 143 



Genetics 144 



Range management 146 



Range surveys and range-management plans. 150 



Range utilization and maintenance 150 



Adaptability of range to different classes 



of livestock ; 152 



Grazing capacity 153 



Systems of forage management 154 



Distribution and control of livestock 156 



Range development 157 



Improvement of forage resources 157 



Natural revegetation 159 



Artificial revegetation 160 



Control of range-destroying rodents 163 



Eradication of unpalatable and noxious ~""~ 



plants _ 174 



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 Range management— Continued. 

 Range development— Continued. 



Mechanical improvements 182 



Drift, division, and other fences 183 



Stock-watering places 185 



Stock trails and driveways 189 



Corrals, chutes, dipping vats, etc 189 



Range livestock 191 



Cattle and horses 193 



Sheep and goats 196 



Range livestock management 199 



Handling and raising of livestock 200 



Cattle 202 



Horses 205 



Sheep 206 



Goats 214 



Breeds and breeding 215 



Cattle 219 



Horses.... 224 



Sheep 225 



Goats 231 



Feeds and feeding 231 



Cattle 241 



Sheep 258 



Enemies of range livestock 269 



Diseases 270 



Cattle ______ 278 



Horses 296 



Sheep and goats 301 



Parasites and parasitic diseases 306 



Predatory animals 323, 



Range influences 329 



Forest growth and reproduction 329 



Fire 333 



Watershed protection 335 



Erosion 347 



Game J64. 



Recreational use 365 



Range and livestock economics 367 



Land utilization 373 



Land settlement 378 



Public land administration 381 



National-forest administration 385 



Cost of production 389 



Marketing 392 



Range livestock associations 400 



Coordination of range and ranch . __ 400 



Wildlife management 403 



Big game... 4 10 



Game birds 415 



Fur animals 421 



Protection 425 



Economic value.... 433 



Range research 434 



Range education 439 



Author index 443 



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