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abandoned railroad grade

imageID: 24656
Description: abandoned railroad grade
Keywords: grasses
reproduction
Photographer: J.F. Arnold
Original collection id: 472111
Media: black and white print
Collection: Fort Valley Experimental Forest historical photographs
Quality: 3
Location: Coconino National Forest; AZ; USA
Date(mm/dd/yyyy): 10/28/1949
Comments: Old abandoned railroad grade. Date of abandonment not certain - possibly in early 20s. Note area of disturbance where material was scraped up for railroad fill. Note good grass beyond disturbance area. Note general absence of reproduction in disturbed area. Characteristic vegetation of disturbed area consists of half-shrbus and annuals.
Citation: Use of this image is governed by Creative Commons CC BY. If you use the image, please include the following citation:

Olberding, Susan D.; Huebner, Daniel P.; Edminster, Carleton B. 2007. Fort Valley Experimental Forest historical photographs. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2007-0005


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