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Author(s): J. C. Blumer
Source: The Plant World, Vol. 13, No. 6 (JUNE, 1910), pp. 134-140
Published by: Wiley on behalf of the Ecological Society of America
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134 The Plant World.
By J. C. Blumer.
During a reconnaissance of the Rincon Mountains of south
ern Arizona in the summer and autumn of 1909, it early bec
apparent that a considerable difference in the plant cover
existed between the two sides of the range. A similar differe
has been detected in the Baboquivari and the Santa Catalin
mountains. The Rinons are covered with a forest which at
this altitude of 7,000-8,000 feet (2,100-2,400 m.) is composed in
the main of Pinus arizonica and several evergreen oaks, with
ceanothus underbrush and perennial and annual herbs and
grasses, the perennials being dominant. To state briefly some
of the points in categorical form, it was found that the east side
differed from the west side in the following particulars:
1. The timberline, by which term the lower limit of ever-
green tree growth is here known, is found at a lower altitude,
and the different zones of vegetation range lower.
2. The trees and tall shrubs are larger, taller, straighter,
more thrifty and cleaner of limb.
3. A number of additional species of trees and shrubs
are present occasionally on open slopes, on the west side rarely
or never seen except in gulches% Among these are Arbutus
arizonica , Viti s arizonica , Rhamnus calif or nica, Sambucus glauca ,
Robinia neo-mexicana , Parthenocissus quinqu folius, Rhus glabray
Prunus salicifolia acutifolia.
4. An aspen grove is present on a somewhat open slope,
at an elevation of only 7,400 feet (2,250 m.), under which twines
not a little Humulus lupulus,axid whose floor is covered with
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136 The Plant World.
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138 The Plant World,
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140 The Plant World.
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