LIST OF TABLES 



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1. Relation of temperature and precipitation to some 



prevailing types of southwestern desert vegetation -- 9 



2. Meteorological data at Santa Ana station, Santa Ana, 



Calif., 1929-32 40 



3. Consumptive use of water by saltgrass in tanks at Santa 



Ana, Calif., 1929-32 kk 



U. Consumptive use of water by wire rush in tank at Santa 



Ana, Calif., 1930-32 45 



5. Consiimptive use of water by willows in tank at Santa 



Ana, Calif., 1930-31 46 



6. Meteorological data at San Bernardino station, San Ber- 



nardino, Calif., 1929-32 49 



7. Consumptive use of water by Bermuda grass in tanks at 



San Bernardino, Calif., 1929-31 50 



8. Consumptive use of water by tules and cattails in tanks 



in southern California, 1929-32 52 



9. Consumptive use of water by native brush in southern 



California, 1927-30 57 



10. Consumptive use of water by native grass and weeds in 



southern California, 1927-30 58 



11. Consumptive use of water by tules in tanks, evaporation, 



and meteorological data at Victorville, Calif., 1931 



and 1932 61 



12. Estimated consumptive use of water by tules in swamps 



in southern California, based on tank experiments 63 



13. Estimated annual consumptive use of water by native 



vegetation under field conditions in southern 



California 65 



14. Consumptive use of water by moist-land vegetation as 



indicated by stream losses in Temescal Creek, Calif., 

 1929 68 



15. Consumptive use of water by swamp vegetation in tanks 



at Temescal Creek and at Ontario, Calif., 1929-30 70 



16. Vegetative classification in Coldwater Canyon near 



San Bernardino, Calif. 76 



17. Consumptive use of water by canyon-bottom vegetation as 



indicated by stream losses in Coldwater Canyon near 



San Bernardino, Calif., 1931-32 81 



18. Consumptive use of water by canyon-bottom vegetation as 



indicated by stream losses in Coldwater Canyon near 



San Bernardino, Calif., 1932 82 



19. Consumptive use of water by cattails and tules in ex- 



posed tanks at Clarksburg, Calif., 1929-30 84 



20. Consumptive use of water by cattails and tules in tanks 



set in swamp on King Island, Sacramento -San Joaquin 

 Delta, Calif., 1930-32 86 



21. Consumptive use of water by weeds grown in tanks at 



King Island, Calif., 1932-33 87 



22. Consumptive use of water by grasses, aquatic plants, 



and weeds at Fort Collins, Colo., 1929-32 88 



