IRRIGATED HAYFIELD (11202):

Vegetation in this land-use type includes either grasses or alfalfa which are cut and stored for forage for domestic livestock. The grasses may either be planted or be volunteers, but in all cases, some level of cultivation is undertaken. This type was mapped when it could be identified in the field. Otherwise, it was usually left in the more general Agricultural Land class (11200) or placed in the related row and field crops (11201).

DISTRIBUTION:

Hay is grown in nearly every county in the state on more acreage than any other crop.

SOURCE: Adapted by the California Gap Analysis Project from the California Wildlife Habitat Relationships system (Mayer and Laudenslayer, 1988).

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