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Although the same tree species are found in both sections of the forest, the structure of the <br /> sections is distinctly different. Interior live oaks are similar in size in both section, although <br /> i <br /> they differ greatly in density (numbers per acre). In the eastern forest, there is an average <br /> of 23 interior live oaks per acre. The interior live oaks in the western forest are almost <br /> twice as dense at 48 trees per acre. <br /> The number of valley oaks were similar between the two forests but differed greatly in <br /> size. Valley oak were much larger, both in height and diameter,in the eastern forest. Not <br /> only were the valley oaks smaller in the western forest but several were dead or dying. <br /> Only a few small box elder were found on the plots, averaging seven stems per acre on the <br /> western forest and three per acre in the eastern forest. Several species of trees were <br /> observed in the forest but not found on the sample plots including ash, cottonwood, and <br /> walnut. Table 3 presents a comparison between the two forest sections. <br /> Buckeye Ranch Resource Plan (November, 1993) <br /> 46 <br />