. A biological survey of Colorado. Natural history Colorado; Mammals Colorado; Trees Colorado. i?14 NOirnr aaikrtcax fauna. [No. nn. AVost of tho Coiitinontal Divido, scojiulorunt is lart^oly rostrictcd {o the ivi^ion south of tho Graiul ami Gunnison Kivcrs. Stately f<5resti5 of jxi-eat oxt<Mit occujn' tho souIIummi and western slopes of the San eTuan, La Plata, and San Miguel Mountains, and the eastern slopes of the Sal ;Mountains. ranging between 6,500 and 8,500 feet, and a moderatvdy heavy growth extends to the northwestern end of the l'nooni})ahgre Plateau. In the Gunnison eountr
. A biological survey of Colorado. Natural history Colorado; Mammals Colorado; Trees Colorado. i?14 NOirnr aaikrtcax fauna. [No. nn. AVost of tho Coiitinontal Divido, scojiulorunt is lart^oly rostrictcd {o the ivi^ion south of tho Graiul ami Gunnison Kivcrs. Stately f<5resti5 of jxi-eat oxt<Mit occujn' tho souIIummi and western slopes of the San eTuan, La Plata, and San Miguel Mountains, and the eastern slopes of the Sal ;Mountains. ranging between 6,500 and 8,500 feet, and a moderatvdy heavy growth extends to the northwestern end of the l'nooni})ahgre Plateau. In the Gunnison eountry yellow pines are very local and scattering, except in the valley of the Lake Fork, where they are tolerably common. In northwestern Colorado they are rarely seen, antl occur in widely separated areas of small extent as follows: ^ledicino Bow ^lountains, east of Gana(Uan Creek, Xorth. Fig. 30.—Distribution in Colorado of lodgepole pine (Pinus murrayana). Park, lowest outlying spurs, 8,800 feet; north slope of Elk Head Mountains, 20 miles southeast of Slater, rocky exposed ridges, 7,800 feet; Grand River Camion to 6 miles west of Glenwood Springs; southwest slope 8 miles north of McCoy, Eagle County, 7,800 feet; and on the summits and northern slopes of the Escalante Hills, in western Routt County, where there is a tolerably heavy growth between 6,400 and 7,500 feet. In the eastern and northern mountains the yellow pines seldom attain large size, and in rocky situations they are often quite scrubby. In the southwest, however, particularly in Archuleta County, there are as large trees and handsome forests as can be found in any of the Rocky Mountain States. Lumbermen have exhausted some of the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Cary, Merritt, 1880-1918; United States. Bureau of Biological Surv
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