Santa Rita Experimental Range
Repeat Photography

Photo Station #053

Photo Archive No. 53.1.1936.06

Perm. No. 329081. Temp. No. 2359. Photo Station #53. 75 feet west of Ruelas Road and approximately 200 feet north of north line fence of protected Plot #38. Looking south and showing heavy stand of burroweed on the left of small wash with practically no burroweed on the right. To be checked in later years for possible spread of burroweeds in area now free. 2-32-8"-G-CP. Photo by Cribbs, 6/30/36. 400-B.

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Photo Archive No. 53.1.1951.07

July 1951. R-269. Santa Rita Experimental Range. Repeat of photopoint 53. H.G. Reynolds. 10H3b.

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Photo Archive No. 53.1.1985.09

PS 53. Azimuth 165. Sept, 6. 1985. RFB. Canon AE-1 camera (35mm). 35mm WA lens. Robert F. Buttery.

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Photo Archive No. 53.1.2000.04

PS 53. April 21, 2000, 10:00 a.m., somewhat overcast. Facing south. Azimuth 165. Pasture 6A. Plus X, ASA 125 film. 35mm lens focal length. About 500' south of PS 249. Witness present, marked, about 100' west of road, but difficult to see from road due to dense vegetation. Large plants are all mesquite. Acacia greggii in center foreground. Ferocactus wislizenii in mid-ground. Slope in midground dominated by Bouteloua eriopoda. Eragrostis lehmanniana at top of slope. Bouteloua curtipendula in drainage. M. McClaran.

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