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Santa Rita Experimental Range

Repeat Photography

  • Photo Station 270 location map

    Photo Station: 270

    See Time Series of Photos by Direction:

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  • Photo Archive No. 270.1.1948.09
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    Photo Archive No. 270.1.1948.09
    Date
    September 1948
    Direction
    1
    A48-214. Photo station 270, pasture 12B, looking east. Light stand perennial grasses, Tca, Adi. Good stand annual grasses and Eragrostis. Poor growth and all dried up now. 9/7. NOTE: This view was not retaken by R.F. Buttery in 1984 because it was blocked by mesquite.
  • Photo Archive No. 270.1.2000.04
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    Photo Archive No. 270.1.2000.04
    Date
    April 2000
    Direction
    1
    PS 270. April 10, 2000, 1:30 p.m. Facing east. Azimuth unknown. Pasture 12B. Plus X, 125 ASA film. 35mm lens focal length. Witness down; replaced with painted rebar; about 15' south of road. Mesquites alive; Eragrostis lehmanniana, snakeweed; Setaria macrostachya and Digitaria californica under trees. M. McClaran.
  • Photo Archive No. 270.1.2007.03
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    Photo Archive No. 270.1.2007.03
    Date
    March 2007
    Direction
    1
    PS. 270. 15 March 2007. Facing east, Azimuth 90. Pasture 12B. Elevation 1017 m. ISO 100, 35mm focal length, Canon 5D Digital Camera. Witness post replaced, camera above witness. Mesquite alive. Snakeweed common, some Calliandra scattered but no leaves yet. Lehmann lovegrass most common grass, some Bouteloua aristidoides. Cottontop and Setaria under larger mesquite. Compared to 2000, less grass now. M. McClaran photographer, M. McGregor assistant.
  • Photo Archive No. 270.1.2013.03
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    Photo Archive No. 270.1.2013.03
    Date
    March 2013
    Direction
    1
    PS. 270. 20 March 2013. 3:04 pm. Facing southeast, Azimuth 141. Pasture 12B. Elevation 1011 m. ISO 160, 35mm focal length, Canon 5D Mark II Digital Camera. Witness present, camera above witness. Mesquite alive. Snakeweed present, some Calliandra scattered and leaves just emerging. Lehmann lovegrass most common perennial grass, with cottontop under larger mesquite. Compared to 2007, less grass and snakeweed, no Setaria under mesquite; but prickly pear and cholla plants are larger M. McClaran photographer, K. Hawkes assistant.
  • Photo Archive No. 270.1.2019.03
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    Photo Archive No. 270.1.2019.03
    Date
    March 2019
    Direction
    1
    PS. 270. 06 March 2019. 2:19 pm. Facing southeast, Azimuth 141. Pasture 12B. Elevation 1011 m. ISO 160, 35mm focal length, Canon 5D Mark II Digital Camera. Witness present, camera above witness. Mesquite alive. Catclaw acacia, snakeweed, Zinnia, some Calliandra scattered and leaves just emerging. Lehmann lovegrass and threeawns present, with cottontop and Setaria under larger mesquite. Compared to 2013, much more snakeweed, Setaria present, under mesquite. M. McClaran photographer, A. Gorlier assistant.
  • Photo Archive No. 270.1.2024.08
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    Photo Archive No. 270.1.2024.08
    Date
    August 2024
    Direction
    1

    PS. 270. 20 August 2024 3:30 PM. Facing southeast, Azimuth 141. Pasture 12B. Elevation 1011 m. ISO 125, 35mm focal length, Canon 5D Mark IV Digital Camera. Witness present, camera above witness. Species census in 40 m2 plot, starting 2 m from camera ending 8 m from camera, right and left boundaries follow the right and left edges of the camera view. The 25 species found in the plot were: Calliandra eriophylla, Eragrostis lehmanniana, Machaeranthera tagetina, Solanum elaeagnifolium, Talinum aurantiacum, Chenopodium fremontii, Portulaca suffrutescens, Abutilon spp., Ambrosia artemisiifolia, Aristida spp., Ayenia filiformis, Boerhavia coccinea, Chamaesyce florida, Digitaria californica, Eriogonum abertianum, Eriogonum wrightii, Gutierrezia sarothrae, Heteropogon contortus, Haplopappus tenuisectus, Janusia gracilis, Panicum hirticaule, Prosopis velutina, Salsola tragus, Setaria macrostachya, and Sida abutifolia.  M. McClaran photographer, A. Gorlier assistant.

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  • Photo Archive No. 270.2.1948.09
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    Photo Archive No. 270.2.1948.09
    Date
    September 1948
    Direction
    2
    A48-215. Photo station 270, pasture 12B, looking south. Light stand perennial grasses, Tca-Adi. Good stand annual grasses and Eragrostis. Poor growth and all dried up. 9/7.
  • Photo Archive No. 270.2.1960.04
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    Photo Archive No. 270.2.1960.04
    Date
    April 1960
    Direction
    2
    T-209. 6 Apr. 60. SRER, P.S. 270. 10H3b.
  • Photo Archive No. 270.2.1984.10
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    Photo Archive No. 270.2.1984.10
    Date
    October 1984
    Direction
    2
    PS 270. Azimuth 204. Oct. 31, 1984. RFB. Honeywell Pentax 35mm camera. 35mm WA lens. f:5.6-8 1/125 25'. 9:00 A.M. Robert F. Buttery.
  • Photo Archive No. 270.2.1988.01
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    Photo Archive No. 270.2.1988.01
    Date
    January 1988
    Direction
    2
    PS-270. Az 204. Jan. 26, 1988. RFB. Canon AE-1 35mm camera. 35mm WA lens. Robert F. Buttery.
  • Photo Archive No. 270.2.2000.04
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    Photo Archive No. 270.2.2000.04
    Date
    April 2000
    Direction
    2
    PS 270. April 10, 2000, 1:30 p.m. Facing southwest. Azimuth 204. Pasture 12B. Plus X, 125 ASA film. 35mm lens focal length. Witness down; replaced with painted rebar; about 15' south of road. Digitaria californica; Muhlenbergia porteri under trees. Grasses dominated by Eragrostis lehmanniana. Mesquites alive, calliandra, few Haplopappus tenuisectus. M. McClaran.
  • Photo Archive No. 270.2.2007.03
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    Photo Archive No. 270.2.2007.03
    Date
    March 2007
    Direction
    2
    PS. 270. 15 March 2007. Facing southwest, Azimuth 204. Pasture 12B. Elevation 1017 m. ISO 100, 35mm focal length, Canon 5D Digital Camera. Witness post replaced, camera above witness. Mesquite alive, small mesquite at bottom foreground. Cholla, hedgehog, and barrel cacti. Snakeweed and Calliandra common. Lehmann lovegrass and Bouteloua aristidoides common. Cottontop, bush muhly, and Setaria under larger mesquite. Acacia greggi and Zizyphus obtusifolia in right distant. Compared to 2000, less grass now. M. McClaran photographer, M. McGregor assistant.
  • Photo Archive No. 270.2.2013.03
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    Photo Archive No. 270.2.2013.03
    Date
    March 2013
    Direction
    2
    PS. 270. 20 March 2013. 3:10 pm. Facing south, Azimuth 195. Pasture 12B. Elevation 1011 m. ISO 160, 35mm focal length, Canon 5D Mark II Digital Camera. Witness present, camera above witness. Mesquite alive, small mesquite at bottom foreground. Cholla and prickly pear cacti. Snakeweed and Calliandra common. Lehmann lovegrass and Bouteloua aristidoides common. Cottontop, and bush muhly under larger mesquite. Acacia greggi and Zizyphus obtusifolia in right distant. Compared to 2007, less grass especially in background and no Setaria; barrel and hedgehog cacti dead. M. McClaran photographer, M. McGregor assistant.
  • Photo Archive No. 270.2.2019.03
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    Photo Archive No. 270.2.2019.03
    Date
    March 2019
    Direction
    2
    PS. 270. 06 March 2019 2:32 pm. Facing south, Azimuth 195. Pasture 12B. Elevation 1011 m. ISO 160, 35mm focal length, Canon 5D Mark II Digital Camera. Witness present, camera above witness. Mesquite alive, small mesquite at bottom foreground. Pima pineapple, barrel, cholla and prickly pear cacti. Snakewee, burroweed and Calliandra common. Lehmann lovegrass, Bouteloua aristidoides, and tanglehead present. Cottontop, and bush muhly under larger mesquite. Acacia greggi and Zizyphus obtusifolia in right distant. Compared to 2013, prickly pear larger, much more snakeweed and burrowed, slightly more grass, new Pima Pineapple, barrel and hedgehog cacti. M. McClaran photographer, A. Gorlier assistant.