Platte River Ecology Study
Appendices
Appendix P. The relationship between vegetation and soils at selected sites along the North Platte and Platte Rivers. The dominant vegetation, soil type, pH, and the surface and subsurface soil texture are presented for each location.
Location Vegetation Surface Surface Subsoil Soil
pH texture texture type
Keystone 404-02 Cottonwood/ 7.6 Silty loam Sand/ Platte
Red cedar Gravel
Boyle 337-01 Russian olive/ 8.2 Loam/Sandy Sandy McGrew
Cottonwood loam loam
Boyle 337-1A Bulrush/ 7.5 Loam Sand/ Platte
Spikerush Gravel
Boyle 337-03 Russian olive/ 7.6 Sandy loam Loam/ LAS
Cottonwood Clay
loam
Applegate 320-04 Cottonwood/ 8.0 Loam Sand/ Platte
Sedge Gravel
Applegate 320-06 Cattail/ 5.5 Loam Sand/ Platte
Bulrush Gravel
Maxwell 280-00 Bromegrass/ 6.6 Loam Sand/ Platte
Bluegrass Gravel
Maxwell 280-00 Red cedar/ 7.1 Silty loam Very Haverson
Cottonwood fine
sandy
loam
Cozad 219-08 Cottonwood/ 7.5 Silty loam Silty Leshara
Red cedar loam
Cozad 219-10 Cottonwood 7.1 Sandy loam Sandy Cass
(Dead) loam
Cozad 219-14 Diamond 7.7 Loamy sand Fine Boel/
willow sand/ River
Loam overwash
Lexington 188-01 Cottonwood 7.4 Loamy sand Loamy Inavale
(Open) (lt. color) sand
Jeffrey 172-07 Cottonwood 6.9 Sand Coarse River
(Open) sand overwash
Jeffrey 165-00 Cottonwood/ 5.8 Sandy loam Silt Darr
Dogwood loam/
Sandy
loam
Overton 163-00 Bluestem 7.5 Silt loam Silt Leshara
(Hayfield) loam
Overton 163-00 Best grasses 7.7 Silty clay Silty Lamo
Russian olive loam clay
loam
Odessa 122-05 Cottonwood 5.8 Sandy loam Find Boel
(Open) sand
Odessa 122-11 Cottonwood/ 5.5 Sandy loam Sandy Darr
Red cedar loam
Camp 106-06 Bromegrass/ 6.4 Sandy loam Sand/ Platte
Bluegrass Gravel
Camp 106-06 Red cedar/ 7.0 Silt loam Silt Leshara
Cottonwood loam
Bassway 97-02 Cottonwood/ 6.6 Silt loam Silty Grigston
Red cedar clay
loam
Audubon 92-01 Russian olive/ 8.0 Silty clay Silty Lamo
Bluegrass loam clay
loam
Audubon 92-1A Sedge (Marsh) 6.0 Silty clay Silty Lamo
loam clay
loam
Audubon 91-01 Cottonwood/ 7.3 Loam Coarse Platte
Dogwood Gravel/
Sand
Audubon 91-03 Sandbar 6.4 Sandy loam Fine Boel
willow sand
Audubon 91-06 Cocklebur 7.3 Sand Sand/ Sandy
(Sandflat) Gravel Alluvial
Audubon 90-05 Bluestem 6.9 Silt loam Silt Hobbs
(Prairie) loam
Gibbon 89-00 Russian olive/ 6.9 Silty clay Sandy Lamo
Bluegrass loam silt
clay
loam
Woodman 75-02 Cottonwood/ 7.3 Silt loam Silt Leshara
Dogwood loam
Woodman 75-15 Cottonwood 5.9 Sandy loam Fine Boel
(Young) sand
Shoemaker 54-00 Bluestem 8.1 Silt loam Silt Grigston
(Hayfield) loam
Shoemaker 50-00 Redtop 7.1 Silt loam Silt
(Grazed) loam Leshara
Mormon 41-01 Bromegrass 7.9 Silt loam Silt
(Hayfield) loam Leshara
Mormon 41-02 Redtop 6.6 Sandy loam Sandy Wann
(Grazed) loam
Chapman 1-00 Sandbar 7.6 Loamy sand Loamy Inavale
willow (lt. color) sand
Chapman 1-03 Diamond 7.0 Sandy loam Sandy Alda
willow loam
Chapman 1-04 Cottonwood/ 5.5 Sandy loam Sandy Cass
Red cedar loam
