Photo Point 044

Description: 
Five years after the Helen Burn of 2003, in former mixed conifer forest, north slope of the Rincons.
Photo: 
Photo date: 
September 1, 2008
Photo credit: 
Jim Malusa
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UTM Coordinate
Zone: 
12
E: 
542868
N: 
3565314
Height
Elevation: 
2530 m
In feet: 
8300 ft

Vegetation:

Life form: tree
Species Relative abundance Cover Mean height in meters and notes
Robinia neomexicana co-dominant 10-14%

Former doug fir/white fir/white pine forest - now mostly annuals, and locust

Quercus gambelii common 1-4%
Life form: forb
Species Relative abundance Cover Mean height in meters and notes
Laennecia schiedeana co-dominant 10-14%

0.7m

Pteridium aquilinum co-dominant 10-14%

Erigeron spp. and Geranium sp. also common

Life form: grass
Species Relative abundance Cover Mean height in meters and notes
Bromus ciliatus co-dominant 10-14%
Life form: shrub
Species Relative abundance Cover Mean height in meters and notes
Symphoricarpos oreophilus common 1-4%
Rubus neomexicanus common 1-4%