Cinders-Lava Flow Upland 17-22"
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Description
This state is characterized by ash and cinders with Ponderosa Pine and Apache Plume. There are scattered patterns of lava flow throughout the site. The lava flow is either non-vegetated or may have sparse vegetation of aspen in protected sites. Occasionally shrubs such as Wax Currant and Apache Plume occur in pockets of weathered herbaceous litter within the lava flows.
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This state occurs as a result of lava flow from the base of cinder cones. These areas have little to no vegetation, although may occasionally have aspen trees and other shrubs growing in cracks in which organic matter and litter has accumulated.
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