RANGE CONDITION 



Photograph No. 11 - Good range condition. 



Annual- type ranges in good condition show the following: 



Vegetation 



1. Plant cover is relatively thick and even. Soft chess, 

 filaree, bur- clover, and wild oat are abundant on the 

 more fertile areas. 



2. Vigorous forage growth. 



3. A thin layer of decaying vegetation and litter on 

 soil surface. 



Soil 



1. No gullies, or only a few with rounded banks, over- 

 grown with vegetation. 



2. No lighter colored subsoils showing through soil 

 surface . 



3. Surface soil showing darker color than subsoil. 



4. No evidence that wind or water is moving the soil. 



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