Betenson Flat

1945

1999

Description:

Plate 142 BETENSON FLAT: 1945 - 1999 Plates 127-142 are all of the same general area on the west-central portion of Betenson Flat (a.k.a. Dry Flat). An experimental plot was established in the fall of 1942 on which half of the area was plowed and seeded to smooth brome (Bromus inermis), timothy (Phleum pratense), tall oats (Arrhenatherum elatius), and orchard grass (Dactylis glomerata), and the other half neither plowed nor seeded. The right foreground in the 1945 photo was plowed and seeded in 1942, but not the area behind the fence. The rest of the area was seeded later and the fence removed. A stock pond is in the flat and cattle continue to use the area. In 1999, timothy and smooth brome remain the most common species that were seeded.

Photo Information:

1945 photo #437975 taken Sept. 1 by the U.S. Forest Service; 1999 photo taken by Kay #4500-26 on Sept. 7. Forest Service photo held by the Beaver Ranger District, Fishlake National Forest, Beaver, UT

Vegetative Community:

Dry Meadow, Aspen, Conifer

Location:

South Central: Beaver Mountain, Fishlake National Forest, Beaver Ranger District; T30S, R5W, Sect. 1, UTM ~423170 N, ~380200 E; elevation 9,680 ft., viewed to southwest.

January 2018