Photo Point 267

Description: 
Locust abundant along a 2003 burned area of the Butterfly Trail, near Novio Spring.
Photo: 

Dead conifers were Douglas fir, Ponderosa and SW white pine.

Photo date: 
June 20, 2009
Photo credit: 
Jim Malusa
View looking: 
NE
UTM Coordinate
Zone: 
12
E: 
526533
N: 
3587758
Height
Elevation: 
2092 m
In feet: 
6862 ft

Vegetation:

Life form: tree
Species Relative abundance Cover Mean height in meters and notes
Juglans major uncommon <1%
Pinus strobiformis uncommon <1%
Pinus arizonica common <1%

15

Pseudotsuga menziesii common 1-4%

15

Quercus gambelii common 1-4%

2.5 - some very large individuals, 15m, survived the burn

Acer negundo common 1-4%

4.5 - most are post-fire resprouts

Robinia neomexicana dominant 25-39%

3.5

Life form: shrub
Species Relative abundance Cover Mean height in meters and notes
Rubus neomexicanus common 5-9%

abundant but patchy; cover is just a guess