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Table 3. Comparison Between the Eastern and Western Forest Plots. <br /> Forest Eastern Forest Western Forest <br /> Characteristic Preserve Plots Fairway Plots <br /> Estimated acres 38 52 <br /> Number of plots 4 6 <br /> Cover(percent): <br /> Tree 83 92 <br /> Shrub 32 7 <br /> Grasses & Forbs 61 53 <br /> Stem Density/Acre: <br /> Interior live oak 23 48 <br /> Valley oak 7 11 <br /> Box elder 7 3 <br /> Vines 22 33 <br /> Information from Historic Aerial Photography <br /> Air photo evidence indicates that the western oak forest is rather recent in origin. In the <br /> 1940 air photo,only a few large trees are visible in a matrix of either low trees or shrubs. <br /> Over the past forty years, the western section of the forest has grown from a rather open <br /> forest, into a dense, heavily canopied forest. Few shrubs, but many vines are found within <br /> this forest today. Although the eastern forest has also become more dense since 1940, the <br /> change does not appear to be as extreme. <br /> Between 1940 and today, at least three major floods of the Mokelumne River have <br /> inundated Buckeye Ranch. All of these floods swamped both the eastern and western <br /> forests. Based on elevation data, we surmise that the western forest receives more water <br /> Buckeye Ranch Resource Plan (November, 1993) <br /> 47 <br />