Misc. Publication 101, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture PLATE 2 
F157034 F19989A 
A, Oak browse (largely Quercus gambelii) above Fish Creek, Montezuma National Forest, Colo., with 
understory of weeds and grasses. Such browse isanimportant element (though sometimes difficult 
to estimate) in the carrying capacity of such a range; B, composite brush type under mixed conifer- | 
ous forest, Stanislaus National Forest, Calaveras County, Calif., 4,500 feet altitude. The most con- | 
spicuous shrub (with divaricate, thorny twigs) is whitethorn (Ceanothus cordulatus); between its | 
patches and interwoven with it are extensive masses of the lower, darker, and less conspicuous 
bearmat (Chamaebatia foliolosa) 
