The effect of grazing on the shoot mortality and shoot population response of beaked sedge (Carex rostrata) was measured in on the Agriculture Experiment Station’s Red Bluff Research Ranch in southwestern Montana for 2 years. Cattle were grazed from June to September of 1989 and 1990 with each treatment paddock grazed for only 1-3 days by 12 cow/calf pairs. Shoot density, mortality and emergence measurements were taken monthly (except when plots were covered by snow) over the duration of the study. Additional vegetative measurements were taken before and after grazing.
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