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Table 3.1. Hectares of vegetative/topographic types by survey addition.

Code Description Kin Klizhin Kin Bineola South Addition Chacra Mesa
Poor Agricultural Potential
UL Uplands
(Sporobolus airoides, S. cryptandrus, Oryzopsis hymenoides) 		232.7
43.1% 		141.0
26.1% 		- -
UL-L Upland loamy soils
(Stipa sp., Oryzopsis hymenoides, Artemisia bigelovii) 		- - - 162.6
7.0%
UL-L-OG Overgrazed upland loamy soils
(Gutierrezia sp., Bouteloua gracilis) 		- - - 123.3
5.3%
UL-D Upland-Duney sands
(Oryzopsis hymenoides, Eriogonum sp., Muhlenbergia pungens) 		- - - 14.3
0.6%
UL-RD Upland-Rough dune
(Oryzopsis hymenoides, Muhlenbergia pungens, Ephedra sp., Yucca sp.) 		- - - 246.3
10.7%
OC Sandstone or shale outcrop
(little or no vegetation) 		2.3
0.4% 		35.7
6.6% 		- -
B Bench, dissected with sandy soil outcrops
(Juniperus monosperma, Bouteloua gracilis, Oryzopsis hymenoides) 		- - - 864.9
37.5%
MOC-T Mesa outcrop-Talus
(Juniperus monosperma, Rhus trilobata, includes Pinus edulis on South Addition) 		- - 26.8
13.4% 		293.0
12.7%
CW-T Cliff wall-Talus
(Juniperus monosperma, Rhus trilobata, Pinus edulis) 		- - - 203.8
8.8%
BL Badlands, shale and clays
(little or no vegetation) 		- - 5.6
2.8% 		-
BL-DP Badlands - - 11.9
5.9% 		-
BL-OC Badland outcrop
(little or no vegetation) 		16.
9 3.1% 		6.3
1.2% 		- -
BL-RH Badlands and dissected hills with thin soils
(Bouteloua gracilis, Hilaria jamesii) 		- - 64.0
31.9% 		-
RH Rolling hills-clay soils
(Sporobolus airoides, Gutierrezia sarothrae, Hilaria jamesii, Atriplex canescens) 		- - 0.7
0.3% 		-
RH-S Rolling hills-sandy soils
(Oryzopsis hymenoides, Sporobolus cryptandrus, Chrysothamnus greenei) 		- - 25.7
12.8% 		-
S Slopes
(Eurotia lanata, Sporobolus cryptandrus, S. airoides, Chrysothamnus) 		- - - 52.3
2.3%
L Lowlands
(Sarcobatus vermiculatus, Sporobolus airoides, Atriplex canescens) 		- - - 3.0
0.1%
LUD Lowlands, undissected
(Atriplex obovata, A. confertifolia, Sporobolus airoides) 		6.3
1.2% 		- - -
ID-D Interdrainage-Duney
(Ephedra sp., Oryzopsis hymenoides) 		- - - 87.6
3.8%
D Drainage
(Atriplex canescens, Sarcobatus vermiculatus, Sporobolus airoides, annuals) 		18.0
3.3% 		36.1
6.7% 		2.6
1.3% 		46.4
2.0%
Total Poor Potential 276.2
51.1% 		219.1
40.6% 		137.3
68.4% 		2097.5
90.8%
Fair Agricultural Potential
UL-SS Upland-Sandy soil
(Oryzopsis sp., Stipa sp., Atriplex canescens) 		- - - 25.9
1.1%
L-2 Lowlands
(Atriplex canescens, Atriplex obovata, Sporobolus airoides) 		- - - 97.8
4.2%
(Atriplex canescens, Sporobolus airoides, Hilaria jamesii, Gutierrezia sarothrae) - - 22.6
11.3% 		-
SL-2 Slopes
(Gutierrezia microcephala, Chrysothamnus greenei, Sporobolus cryptandrus, Oryzopsis hymenoides) 		- 27.0
5.0% 		- -
LF Lowlands
(Atriplex canescens, Sporobolus airoides) 		30.8
5.7% 		- - -
LD-1 Lowlands Dissected
(Atriplex obovata/canescens and/or confertifolia; Sporobolus airoides) 		210.3
39.0% 		233.7
43.1% 		- -
LD-2 Lowlands, dissected
(Atriplex canescens, Sarcobatus vermiculatus, Sporobolus airoides) 		- 28.4
5.2% 		- -
LU-2 Lowlands, undissected
(Atriplex canescens, Sporobolus airoides) 		- 4.0
0.7% 		- -
MT-2 Mesa toes
(Gutierrezia microcephala, Chrysothamnus nauseosus, C. greenei, Sporobolus cryptandrus) 		- 21.5
4.0% 		- -
Total Fair Potential 241.1
44.7% 		314.6
58.0% 		22.6
11.3% 		123.7
5.3%
Good Agricultural Potential
L-1 Lowlands
(Atriplex canescens, A. obovata, Sporobolus airoides) 		- - - 29.2
1.3%
B-1 Bench, collecting runoff
(Artemisia bigelovii, Stipa sp.) 		- - - 5.7
0.2%
D-1 Drainage
(Atriplex canescens, Sarcobatus vermiculatus, Sporobolus airoides, annuals) 		- - 40.5
20.2% 		51.5
2.2%
LG Lowlands
(Atriplex canescens, Oryzopsis hymenoides) 		19.1
3.5% 		- - -
LU-1 Lowlands, undissected
(Atriplex canescens, Sporobolus airoides) 		- 7.4
1.4% 		- -
Total Good Potential 19.1
3.5% 		7.4
1.4% 		40.5
20.2% 		86.4
3.7%
Miscellaneous
Modern field, dam 3.5
0.7% 		- - -
TOTAL 539.9
100.0% 		541.1
100.0% 		200.4
99.9% 		2307.6
99.8%