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COMPOSITE TYPE OX THE APACHE NATIONAL FOEEST. 



percentage of loss in each age class for both the open and brush- 

 covered areas. The figures for the total area correspond closely 

 to those in Table 11 for Reproduction Plot 1. For all three species 

 the loss on the brush-covered area is not so great as that in the open. 



Table 12. — Seedling counts on Reproduction Plot 2. 



OPEN. 



Age.i 





Number of living 



seedling 









Western yellow pine. 



Douglas fir. 



Blue spruce. 



First 

 count 

 (1910). 



Second 

 count Loss. 

 (1911). 



Eirst 



count 

 (1910). 



Second 

 count 

 (1911). 



Loss. 



First 

 count 

 (1910). 



Second 

 count 

 (1911). 



Loss. 



Years. 

 1 



165 



Per ct. 

 3 1 98. 2 



54 

 3 

 9 

 2 



1 



3 



"■4 

 1 

 1 



Per ct. 

 94.4 



100.0 

 55.0 

 50.0 



49 

 6 

 5 

 2 



1 

 1 

 2 

 2 



Per ct. 

 97.9 

 S3. 3 

 60.0 



2 



3 



2 



1 | 50. 



4 





















BRUSH COVERED. 



9 



90 



5 



94.4 



IS 



2 



88.8 



14 

 1 



1 



92. S 

 100.0 



s::::::::::::::::: 















4 











3 





100.0 

 



2 



2 





























TOTAL AREA. 



1 



•> 



255 



S 



96. S 



72 

 3 

 9 

 2 

 1 



15 



5 



"i " 



i 

 i 



15 



93.0 

 100.0 

 55.5 

 50.0 



63 



57 



25 



2 



2 



1 

 2 

 2 



95.2 

 85.5 

 60.0 



3 



2 



1 



50.0 



4 









1 inch high and 1 









18 



17 



5. 5 



Total loss in seed- 

 lings 1 to 5 years 

 old 













96.4 







v-. x 







92.1 















i Refers to age at time of first count. 

 REPRODUCTION PLOT 3. 



Cutting Plot 3, within which is Reproduction Plot 3, is situated 

 on a pronounced southwest slope at an altitude of 9.100 feet. In 

 spite of the fact that the exposure is unfavorable, this slope is covered 

 with an exceptionally dense stand of timber in which Douglas fir 

 predominates. Before cutting there were several western yellow 

 pines of all sizes and a few spruce, none of the latter over 18 inches in 

 diameter. The reproduction plot on this subtype has an area of 

 5,950 square feet. The soil is largely clay, and is covered with a 

 scant stand of grass. A small proportion of the area would be classi- 

 fied as rocky. There is some humus and litter. The average light 

 intensity at the five stations marked on this plot is 0.439. 



