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View showing elk exclosure, cattle exclosure and land open to grazing by both classes

imageID: 11697
Description: View showing elk exclosure, cattle exclosure and land open to grazing by both classes
Keywords: grazing
livestock
exclosures
wildlife ecology and conservation
Organisms: elk
Photographer: H.G. Reynolds
Original collection id: 6.1-11
Media: 35mm slide
Collection: RMRS Archive Images
Quality: 3
Location: Double Cienega, Apache N.F.; AZ; United States
Date(mm/yyyy): 09/1962
Comments: Note the utilization of orange sneezeweed by elk. Both elk and cattle seem to select flower heads of this species which is purported to be poisonous to sheep
Citation: Use of this image is governed by Creative Commons CC BY. If you use the image, please include the following citation:

USDA Forest Service. 2007. Forest Service Research Image Library. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://www.fs.usda.gov/rds/imagedb


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