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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

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