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Most of the natural vegetation of the State is desert shrub 
composed of sagebrush, or northern-desert shrub, and greasewood, or 
salt-desert shrub. 
The collections contained 2,040 specimens, representing 23 
species taken in about 8 environments. The dominant species was 
Melar.oplus moxicanus with M. femur- rub rum a close second in numbers, 
and Trimerotropis vinculata third. The worst inf est' t ions were in 
the north- central part, and there were light infestations throughout 
the farming district. 
