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Show 40 land Map 6. on It has been estimated that most of the natural place areas man brought of the during of the vegetation the f.irst 20 to 30 years of settlement valley plain was depleted the domestic crops that are present valley plain the the overgrazing. Consequently, ubiquitous sagebrush In the today. has been original vegetation and in its unoccupied depleted through has increased at the expense of the succulent grasses. F oothUI Vegetation In the foothills surrounding Heber Valley been identified dominated In so reality the simple but by sagebrush, mountain brush, and Utah juniper. vegetational patterns expressed are rather three associations have complex, depending in the foothills upon the are elevation, not quite slope,and climate, Although sagebrush is quite prevelant throughout the foothills it appears to stand out more in the lower foothills to the east and south of the valley note to at an elevation of that in Captain "a scarcity of to be in 5, 600 -6, 300 feet (see Map 6). James H. sagebrush sufficient quantity . to Simpson's report . . by It is interesting to of 1859, he made reference the fact that be listed for fuel." management and overgrazing these foothills have sagebrush was not considered Apparently through come to mis be dominated by big sagebrush (see Figure 10). In addition to have been identified. big sagebrush, several species The most notable are . of grasses and browse spiked wheatgrass -Sandberg .. |
