THE RESEEDING OF DEPLETED GRAZING LANDS. 



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rostris). A number of inconspicuous annuals are scattered over 

 the entire area in more or less profusion. In a number of small 

 patches where moisture is abundant there is a dense growth of 

 alpine redtop (Agrostis rossce), slender hair grass (Desckampsia elon- 

 gata), a number of different species of sedges and rushes, and a small 

 amount of mountain timothy (Phleum alpinum). Subalpine fir, 

 Engelmann spruce, and whitebark pine occur in restricted clumps 

 over the area, occupying, as shown in figure 2, less than 5 per cent 

 of the land. 



7 80S' 



735 S- 



7310' 



7380' 



A Con/Serous Trees 

 / Logs 

 °°° Sca6 Land 



Fig. 2. — Chart of the largest area selected for reseeding experiments, main pasture, 



Stanley Range. 



Three other reseeding plots, one a fourth of an acre and the other 

 two a half acre each in size, were established on Stanley Range, the 

 same species being seeded as on the larger plot, and, in addition, 

 smooth brome grass and alsike and white clovers. The only differ- 

 ence in the physiography of these plots as compared with that of the 

 larger area is in the slope and exposure. The two half-acre areas 

 have a southeastern aspect, one with a gradient of 12° and the other 

 of 15°. The quarter-acre plot has a uniform eastern slope of 6°. 



