Photo Point 285

Description: 
A young aspen aside a boulder in the Wilderness of Rocks, Catalinas.
Photo: 

See photo point 286 for the view from the ponderosa forest in the background, looking back toward this photo point.

Photo date: 
September 6, 2009
Photo credit: 
Jim Malusa
View looking: 
W
UTM Coordinate
Zone: 
12
E: 
519660
N: 
3587053
Height
Elevation: 
2219 m
In feet: 
7281 ft

Vegetation:

Life form: tree
Species Relative abundance Cover Mean height in meters and notes
Pinus ponderosa dominant 60-79%

20 note:typical dbh of 20cm, of trees in 50x50 area west of this Photo Point, reaching to PP 286.

Pinus strobiformis uncommon <1%
Quercus hypoleucoides common 1-4%

1.5

Quercus reticulata common 1-4%

1.5

Pseudotsuga menziesii uncommon <1%
Juniperus deppeana rare <1%

0.5 single recruit

Life form: shrub
Species Relative abundance Cover Mean height in meters and notes
Rhamnus californica common 1-4%

1

Life form: forb
Species Relative abundance Cover Mean height in meters and notes
Pteridium aquilinum common 15-24%

0.5