Soil as a Factor Influencing Plant Distribution on Salt‐Deserts of Utah

Gaseous nitrogen losses from15N‐ammonium and plant material amended great basin desert surface soils

“…The purpose of this study was to describe transwas available on the physical and chemical properties of the soil (Gates et al, 1956;Mitchell et al, 1966), on the climate and the plant growth characteristics (Love and West, 1972), and on the cryptogamic crust composition (Klubek and Skujins 1980 ined soils is shown in Table 1 (Klubek and Skujins, 1980). The average annual precipitation is 24 cm, with snow providing about half of the total annual moisture.…”

Classification of Vegetation on the Nevada Test Site

“…Because soils persist in areas for very long periods of time ranging from thousands to millions of years, natural selection favors the growth of plants that are best adapted to the physical and chemical conditions peculiar to that soil. Therefore, soil surveys are also useful in identifying associated native vegetation (Gates et al, 1956).…”

Journal of Range Management, Volume 55, Number 3 (May 2002)

“…Winterfat is a component species of many plant communities in the salt deserts (Billings 1945). It is best known for the extensive, near mono-specific plant communities it forms on certain soils in the deserts (Gates et al 1956). These expanses of nearly pure winterfat constituted excellent winter ranges.…”