5S BULLETIN 545; U. S. DEPABTMEXT OE AGRICITLTITRE. 
Table 2. — Soil moisture requirement* of native forage plants. 
Naj 
.ie 0: plant. 
Soil--vrater 
content at 
time of 
excessive 
^"ilting. 
Local. 
Scientific. 
Class. 
Percent. 
Mountain onion 
Slender reed-crass 
-i m ralidum 
Cinna latifolia 
.,. -16.0 
13. .5-16. 
12.0-14.5 
22. .5-24. I 
12. .5-14. 7 
11.0-14.5 
>. 2-11. 5 
,':-ii.y 
• A. 
Till 5— -:-.— ::< seire 
Oarex exsiccata 
Black ha^-cra-F 
Dcschampsia atropurpurea 
F : -e^eed 
Salix scouleriana 
Rush 
Bosh 
Juncus orthopkyUu* 
B 
Humus gliucus 
Deschampsia caespitosa 
7. "- 9. s 
11. .5-14. 5 
S.O- 9.5 
i ■::":- : :. ::-.: .— 
Wood ru^h 
Juncoides parciflorum 
1 -12. c 
11. -5-14. 
1ft 0-18. 5 
11.0-14.0 i 
14.0 
14.0 
5. -5- , . 5 
Rudbeckiaoccidentalis 
:: >: 
PI. leu m alpinum 
\ 
Marsh pine erass 
and 
B 
Elk crass ..." 
Caret geyeri . 
; . " 
P'oa sindbergii 
Stipa minor 
6. 5- 7. 8 
9.2-11.5 
9. 5 -7. ' 
8.0-10.0 
10.0-13.5 
6.0-7.5 
6. 3- S. 5 
5. 5- 8. 5 
Little needle era-s 
V. v.r.:::in ■■ uneh r: s- 
Festuca viridula 
A goseris glauca 
Agropuron violaceum 
C. 
Bush 
Ju neus confusus 
""o'.'d^-'i'.O 
5.5 
7. .5- 9. 5 
5. .5- S. 
Bush 
- >fl eheat 
1 ■-■■-.:■? ; . ■ :": : . :: ; 
Tri-irtu m spkatum 
Bromus marginatum 
S v [bed trisetum 
T all bln^rass 
6. 0- S. 5 
8.0-10.5 
10. 0-12. 3 
7.0- 8.5 
8. 0-10. 
7.0-1 
8.5-15.0 
8 9-10. D 
7.0- 8 " 
1 
Agrostis rossae 
y:mon procerus 
Pol* moniu m pulcherrim urn 
Flue . 
B 
and 
- . hi ler hair-grass 
DcscTiampsia elongaia 
C. 
Valerian. 
riama sitclunsis.. .'. 
