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ABSAROKA DIVISION OF YELLOWSTONE FOREST RESERVE. 



Litter.— Abunda.nt except in the subalpine areas. It consists of dead and down 

 timber, in part the unconsumed debris remaining after iirea and in part trees killed 

 by crowding in the close-set lodgepole pine stands. 



Ilwrmos.—^one, or at the most a thin topping of moss and pine needles in the 

 older forest. 



Snow and rock sZi'^es.— Frequent throughout all of the higher areas of the 

 township, as shown by the accumulations of debris in the bottom of the canyons. 



Classification of lands in T. S S., R. 10 E 



Acres. , 



Forested 6, 560 



Nonforested -. 8, 800 



Badly burned -. 3,800 



Logged (culled) 250 



Agricultural None. 



Grazing 1,000 



•^Bare rocka - 4,000 



Composition of forest in T. 3 S., R. 10 E., inoluding trees of all spedes with basal diameters of S inches and 



upward. 

 \ Per cent. 

 Lodgepole pine : 60 



White-bark pine 2 



Red fir 28 



Subalpine fir 5 



Engelmann spruce 5 



Township 3 South, Range 11 East. 

 Topography.— All of the township with the exception of the northeast quarter 

 and a portion of the southeast quarter consists of a rough,. deeply sculptured mass 

 of mountains, which in the most elevated portions attains altitudes of nearly 10 000 

 feet. The ridges and spurs are narrow, rocky, steep, and precipitous, crowned 

 with serrated and pinnacled crests. The canyons, generally contracted and cliff- 

 bound, are littered with great accumulations of bowlders. The northeast quarter 

 of the township comprises a rolling foothill region, in which narrow creek val- 



