REVEGETATION OF LANDS 



practically identical in character, vigor, and density with that 

 on the adjacent outside portion. 



Comparative Density and Height of Vegetation on a Plot Protected 

 FROM Grazing for Five Successive Years and on an Unprotected 

 Adjacent Sheep and Cattle Range Gr.4zed Annually, Usually 

 Well Before Seed Maturity ^ 



° Indicates more individuals per square foot 

 portion. 



the unprotected area than on the protected 



The highly palatable perennial plants are appreciably more 

 abundant on the protected area than on the unprotected plot. 

 Sweet sage, for instance, shows a difference of 100 per cent in 

 favor of protection; small mountain porcupinegrass, 65 per cent; 



^ The figures here given were compiled from a bisect 16 feet long and i inch 

 wide inside and outside of the protection plot. Owing to the unwieldiness of a 

 sketch of such proportions, only a part of its length is shown in Figures 37A and 

 37B. 



