IMPORTANT WESTERN BROWSE PLANTS 99 
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FIGURE 26.—Four common western maples which furnish browse of poor to fair 
or sometimes good palatability: Southwestern maple (Acer brachypterum), vine 
maple (A. circinatum), Douglas maple (A. douglasii), and Rocky Mountain maple 
(A. glabrum) 
Douglas fir, larch, and aspen. It is most characteristic of porous, 
sandy, gravelly, rocky loams, but is also met with in rather dry 
brush sites, frequently associated with serviceberry, spirea, birch, and 
snowberry. Its forage value varies from poor to good. In west- 
