The aforementioned mapping efforts attempted to characterize the vege- 

 tation of the area on a broad scale. They are not sufficiently well defined 

 (nor were they intended) for large scale vegetation study or mapping. Al- 

 though many of the community types of the area incorporate the species men- 

 tioned above, a number of less abundant and dramatically different communities 

 occur in the area. This called for a more intensive study of the vegetation 

 of the area. 



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