116 ABSAROKA DIVISION OF YELLOWSTONE FOKEST EESEKVE. 



Undergrowth. — Underbrush is light at the higher elevations. In the bottoms 

 and along the lower slopes it is abundant. 



Litter. — The forest in all directions is littered with large quantities of dead and 

 fallen timber. The timber has been killed in part by overcrowding and in part by 

 fires dating back fifty years or more. 



Humus. — ^Generally thin in all parts of the township, and composed mostly of 

 a light laver of moss and pine needles. 



Classificalion of lands in T. 9 S., R. 13 -B.« 



Acres. 

 Forested .•. 11,320 



Nonforested 4, 040 



Badly burned 40 



Logged . .,. : 1 None. 



Agricultural None. 



Grazing 3, 100 



Bare rocks 900 



Total gland of timber in T. 9 S., R. IS E. 



Species. 



Mill timber. 



Pole and fuel 

 timber. 



Total volume of 

 all timber. 



Lodgepole pine 



White-bark pine . . . 



Subalpine fir 



Engelmann spruce . 



Total 



Feet B. M. 

 32, 000, 000 

 1, 000, 000 



24, 000, 000 



57, 000, 000 



Oubic/eet. 



34, 000, 000 

 1,000,000 

 5, 000, 000 

 5, 000, 000 



45, 000, 000 



CiMcfeet. 



39, 760, 000 

 1, 180, 000 

 5, 000, 000 

 9, 320, 000 



55, 260, 000 



Composition of fored in T. 9 S., R. 13 E., including trees of all species with basal diameters of 3 inches 



and upward. 



Per cent. 



Lodgepole pine 60 



White-bark pine 3 



Eedflr 2 



Subalpine fir 7 



Engelmann spruce c.29. 8 



Township 9 South, Range 14 East. 



Topography. — Of this township only 15,360 acres are in the area discussed, the 

 two southern tiers of sections, or 7,680 acres, being in Yellowstone National 

 Park. The western, southern, and eastern portions of the township consist of steep, 

 rough mountains from 8,000 to 10,000 feet in altitude, abounding in precipitous 



a Twelve sections of this township, or 7,680 acres, are in ihe Yellowstone National Park, and are not included in the 

 land classification or the timber estimates. 



