14 LIFE ZONES 



Poppy {Papavcr coloradense), various Saxifrages and Gen- 

 tians, with several species of Carex, Jiincus and Juncoides. 

 There are no accurate data as to the temperatures or precip- 

 itations of the high mountain tops which constitute this zone 

 in New Mexico, but the maximum temperature is never high, 

 it probably, freezes most of the nights in the year at such 

 elevations and such peaks are certainly snow covered a laro^e 

 part of the time. 



