PLATE XXI 



Fig. I. — Quadrat i, as it appeared on July i6, igog. Soft cheat occupies four- 

 fifths of the quadrat, the balance being composed mainly of mountain June-grass, 

 geranium, and yarrow. 



Fig. 2. — Area of mountain bunch-grass closed to grazing animals on July 8, 1907. 

 Photographed July 7, 1909. Stanley Range, elevation approximately 7,400 feet. 



Fig. 3. — View of open range contiguous to area shown in figure 2. Photographed 

 on July 7, igog. 



62697°— 14 5 



