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ABSAEOKA DIVISION OF ^fELLOWSTONE FOREST KBSBBVE. 



Gutting. — None. 



Burns. — None. 



Reproduction. — There is sufficient young growth to maintain the present 

 stands. The more aged lodgepole pine is gradually giving way to spruce. 



Undergrowth. — The underbrush, composed of willows, huckleberry, Shep- 

 herdia, and serviceberry, is of moderate amount in the less closely stocked stands. 

 In the old and thickset lodgepole pine it is nearly lacking. 



Litter. — In the eastern areas the forest is littered ^ith great quantities of 

 dead and fallen timber, killed by overcrowding. The stands in' the western por- 

 tions of the township contain only small quantities. 



Humus. — The forest iloor in the eastern parts is covered with a layer of 

 moss and pine needles 3 to 4 inches in depth. In the western areas the humus 

 layer is thin or altogether lacking. 



Classification of lands in T. 9 S., B. IS E. 



-Forested ._ : 14,220 



Nonf orested : 1, 140 



Badly burned None. 



Logged None. 



Agricultural ^ None. 



Grazing L 500 



Bare rocks : 640 



Total stand of timber in T. 9 8., E. 12 E. 



Species. 



Mill timber. 



Pole and fuel 

 timber. 



Total voltune of 

 all timber. 



Lodgepole pine 



^ White-bark pine . . . 



Eedflr 



Subalpine fir 



Engelmann spruce . 



Total. 



FeelB.M.^ 

 25, 000, 000 



2, 000, 000 



1, 000. 000 



10, 000, 000 



38, 000, 000 



Cubic Jeet. 

 30, 000, 000 

 .1, 500, 000 

 500, 000 

 3, 500, 000 

 5, 000, 000 



40, 500, 000 



34, 500, 000 



1,500,000 



860, 000 



3,680,000 



6, 800, 000 



47, 340, 000 



Composition of forest in T. 9 S., R. 1^ E., including trees of all species vMh basal diameters of S inches 



and upward. 



Per cent. 

 Lodgepole pine g5 



White-bark pine 1 



Red fir i 



Subalpine fir 4 



Engelmann spruce 29 



