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Figure 17. 1928. Looking toward the "ridge of the Black Forest" from the north. Whipple's reconnaissance party would have crossed left to right through this landscape on January 3, 1854, probably just behind the butte to the left. Whipple noted large "redcedars"inthisarea.Some largejunipersarestilpresentalongthedrainages,butayoungstandoftreesisdevelopingon the slopes. Photograph by Gus Pearson, USFS. Courtesy of Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station.
Figure 18. 1995 repeat of Figure 17. An exact repeat was not possible due to presence of freeway. The open area in the fore ground has grown up and been cleared since 1928. A stand of shrub oak has taken over much of the clearing. Juniper density has increased across the middle area. Photo by Harley Shaw.
hassincechangedlittleintermsofwoodyvegetation BetweenPicachoButteandWalnutCreek,thejour (fig. 5), but dense, mature junipers grow immediately nals provide only sparse information regarding the northandwestoftheplacewheretheGardnerphotowas woodyvegetation.Standsofjuniperoccurredalong taken.ThismayalsohavebeenthecasewhenGardner thewesterlyedgeofChinoValley,butseemedtogive took the 1867 picture. the wagons little difficulty in passing.
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