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Title: The Yellowstone national park, historical and descriptive, illustrated with maps, views and portraits
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: Chittenden, Hiram Martin, 1858-1917
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Publisher: Cincinnati : The R. Clarke company
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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and deer browse the quaking aspen, and thebeaver cuts it down for his use; so that between the two ithas a hard struggle for existence in some localities.Whether from browsing or some other cause, many of thegroves in the northern part of the Park seem to be trimmedup exactly the same distance from the ground, as if all thelimbs had been carefully cut off at a fixed height. The species above described include all the larger treesof the Park. There are besides several smaller growths andnumerous low shrubs that are scarcely to be considered asforming a part of the forest. Willow thickets aboundon nearly all the streams, and in some places, as in WillowPark, are very beautiful either in early spring or lateautumn. The willows are naturally a great resource for thebeaver in his peculiar manner of life. Alder growthsabound on nearly all the streams. The dwarf maple isquite common around Mammoth Hot Springs, and is avery pretty tree. Considered in their broader bearing upon the welfare of
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CtROUP ok 1\\kk Hkidcjes. tORESTS OF THE YELLOWSTONE. 241 the Park, its forests are an element of great importance.Their value differs with the different species, and in someinstances is much overestimated. In the vast compactareas of lodge pole pine there is nothing of beauty andlittle of utility. The dense shade prevents the g^o^\ih ofgrass and underbrush, and the game find nothing tolive on among them. The spruce and fir are very differenttrees. They grow more in detached masses, interspersedwith pasturage which often invades their precincts with afine grassy turf, forming ideal grazing grounds for theherbivorous game. As seen in their native beauty on theslopes of Mt. Washburn they are one of the chief attrac-tions of the Park. As a source of timber supply the forests of the Parkand surrounding mountains are not of high rank. Onlyone of their trees )ields a good lumber, and that, unfortu-nately, is among the least abundant. Railroads are nowresorting to the lodge pole pine for tie

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