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Difference in soil and vegetation on the border of ponderosa pine forest and a natural opening.

imageID: 9219
Description: Difference in soil and vegetation on the border of ponderosa pine forest and a natural opening.
Keywords: natural opening
grasses
wildlife ecology and conservation
soil
Organisms: ponderosa pine
Photographer: H.G. Reynolds
Original collection id: 1.4-23
Media: 35mm slide
Collection: RMRS Archive Images
Quality: 3
Location: Apache N.F.; United States
Date(mm/yyyy): 10/1961
Comments: Arizona fescue grows in the open and lighter soils. Kentucky bluegrass and spike muhly occupy the heavier, denser soils.
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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