Conserve our Western Roots PosterREV5

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Linda Poole/Montana Stockgrowers Association Jeremy Maestas/NRCS Linda Poole/Montana Stockgrowers Association Rick McEwan Ron Francis/NRCS

Shallow-Rooted Perennial Bunchgrass

Sandberg BluegrassPoa secunda

BuckwheatEriogonum spp.

Perennial Forb

Perennial Forb (Nitrogen-fixing)

LupineLupinus spp.

Bluebunch WheatgrassPseudoroegneria spicata

Deep-Rooted Perennial Bunchgrass

SagebrushArtemisia spp.

Bottlebrush SquirreltailElymus elymoides

Mid-Rooted Perennial Bunchgrass

Bottlebrush Squirreltail

Elymus elymoides

BuckwheatEriogonum spp.

LupineLupinus spp.

SandbergBluegrassPoa secunda

BluebunchWheatgrass

Pseudoroegneria spicata

Thickspike WheatgrassElymus lanceolatus

Rhizomatous Perennial Grass

ThickspikeWheatgrass

Elymus lanceolatus

CheatgrassBromus tectorum

Jeremy Roberts/Conservation Media

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Artwork by Jeremy Maestas/NRCS and Maja Smith/MajaDesign, Inc.

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Conserve our western roots

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Annual Grass

CheatgrassBromus tectorum

(Exotic Invasive)

Invasive Weed

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