PS. 072. 08 March 2024, 1:40 PM. Facing northeast, Azimuth 34. Pasture 8. Elevation 1430 m. ISO 160, 35mm focal length, Canon 5D Mark II Digital Camera. Witness present, camera above.  Mesquite midground left, and Mexican blue oak background. Large oak in mid-distance center is alive now, was concerned that it was dead in 2018. Velvet pod mimosa, Calliandra, kidneywood (bottom right), desert spoon, prickly pear, ocotillo, goldeneye, and barrel cacti present., Lehmann lovegrass dominant grass; also sideoats grama and cane beardgrass. Compared to 2018, added cane beardgrass and ocotillo; plant size increased for prickly pear and Mexican oregano; oaks have more green leaves; kidneywood has fewer stems; fewer desert spoon plants on the slopes in the distance. M. McClaran photographer, A. Gorlier assistant.

PS. 072. 08 March 2024, 2:40 PM. Facing northwest, Azimuth 34. Pasture 8. Elevation 1430 m. ISO 200, 35mm focal length, Canon 5D Mark II Digital Camera. Witness present camera above. Mesquite, Mexican blue oak, ocotillo, prickly pear, cholla, desert spoon (with inflorescence form previous year), shrubby buckwheat, Calliandra, and mimosa are present. All oaks look to be alive. Sideoats grama, Lehmann lovegrass common, and other grasses are cottontop, cane beardgrass, and Boer’s lovegrass. Compared to 2018, added shrubby buckwheat, Calliandra, and Boer’s lovegrass; larger plants for prickly pear and Mexican oregano; more green leaves on Mexican White oak plants; the area that experienced the 2018 fire in midground-left appears to have less tree cover than in 2018, and the area that experienced the 2017 appears to have more grass cover and less shrub cover than in 2018 and compare these comments to 071.2.2024.03 because the view from 071 was compromised by shadows; agave is now dead after flowering; less goldeneye; fewer desert spoon and prickly pear plants on the distant slopes, and slightly less grass cover. M. McClaran photographer, A. Gorlier assistant.