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B-58138. B-58133 



Figure 6. — Meadow A in 1932, gopher free: A, Ungrazed plot; B, grazed plot. The 

 vegetation on both plots was sparse; it was composed principally of perennial forbs. 



perennial forbs and grasses, was in a grass-weed stage of meadow suc- 

 cession, a stage that is considered to be fair range condition. 



The vegetation on the plot grazed by sheep and deer on gopher-free 

 meadow A was very similar to that on the ungrazed plot. Average density 

 of the vegetation had also increased until it was 26.32 percent, about the 

 same as the 25.00 percent density on the ungrazed plot. Perennial forbs 



