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Koford
Cynomy5 lodonicus
August 21, 1955
Nr. Ft. Collins, Colo.
estimated 80% bare (Shea & green 8" tall barley dominant).
Also T. of 50L, Polygonum, Chenopodium. ||At upslope edge of this
field a rocky mottled slope about 30 yds. wide + 30% grade.
dogs not
C.L. burrows at base, but have ascended into milo field at top
of slope (a fur possible old mda. there). Slope has Bout. Surt,
Andropogon, Styria, but. ear, Aristida, Asclep. sum.; simi-
ilar to unimproved slopes in Black Hills. ||Western part of
barley field ploughed up in summer & planted to milo. Now
milo 3' high but not done stand. Much cut by C.L. (to
3/8" drain., green) at 3-8" height. Seeds present, soft, but no
crustace eating. Apparently do eat tips leaves milo. Forbs
in milo field: Amm. blat., retrofl., & grace., Shea. Fred. cut-
ting Shea same site. Oecas. milo stelle, tall, left next to bur-
row. ||Unploughed bottom still has many Saga; 4 to 8/A
on some areas. Much Shea thin & much cut. Much tall Ceph.
mary., rarely cut by C.L. the 2' tall on edges some mda.
at least 50% bare grounds. Also present: Arm, Amm. gr.,
Rosa, purple 50L, Chenop. (same as milo, too), Astrog.,
Argemone, Sphaeralcea (mda.), Polygon. (mda.), Applee., Sol.
trifl., Dys. pap., Ceph. (geyri?), Am. blat., Verb. bract,
Am. retrof. One mda. has Rosa, Dpa, Ceph. marg. No grey
vig the area now (or this year). Much cutting nearly all
Shea to about 8" in. some burrows. Some burrows (new?) in
cores dirt accumulated at base Chrysoth. bushes. Some
Chryso. cut. ||5- facing slope that was ploughed summer now
also has milo 2-3' tall & rather thin. Also in field: Amm.,
Shea, All., Shea, yellow 50L; 90% bare. Little jinovian