Show I FOREST SOREST SERVICE STUDYING STUDYING F PLANTS FOUND ON RANGES r As Result of Investigations Ne w Varieties Have Been Discovered Discovered ered in Humboldt and Payette National Forest and Are Being Classified by Washington Experts Ogden n. n Jul July e. e Through G. Through the local of of- flee Ice of the forest service Utah Nevada Ne No- vada lada and Idaho arc furnishing the national national na na- na- na 1 of ot Washington lon man many plants have e been found to bo be bot t absolutely new to science Under the direction of the different forest furest supervisors super of oC district 4 i. 4 forest forest for tor- est cst rangers ranKers have for tor the past year eu been Leen making extensive collections colle of or plants herbs herb and I shrubs found In the national forests These collections are arc assorted And ai arnn ranged arranged ed In the forest supervisors supervisor's offices cel and when put In proper shape for identification mo are ton forwarded for to lot the e I bureau of plant Industry department I o of agriculture at Washington D D. CI C C. I for tor identification md description Probably Probably- one of ot the richest small collections col col- o of plants was wis as recently transmitted trans trans- from the Humboldt national forest fori for tor- IJ i est st to the bureau of ot plant Industry Upon Uon Its receipt the collection raised a great reat deal of or excitement among tho the botanists of the department The forester forester for tor- ester was as immediately called up over o if the telephone and advised ad of oC the rIchI rich I 1 find fine ma made e to science The little collection colt colI col col- t I lection contained only twenty nine forage forage for for- age De plants Not ot less than ten of ot tho the sp specimens ns transmitted have hn proven to tobe tobe i be unknown to science I Dr DI E. E L. L Green the well weB known botanist botI botanist bot bot- I anist who Is consulting chemist t of the forest service In m matters of oC plant Identification Identification Iden Iden- has made mado the following comment comment com cont- ment rc regarding this collection Tho The Humboldt forest collection Is rich In I plants giants ll not yet known to botan botany In a 1 locality thus new nC and unknown bolanI botanI botan- botan I t I orally I rally It would be well weB to make full J I 1 collections or of carefully selected an ani and d. d 1 t i well ell preserved ened sp specimens during thel tho the coming season e l The Tho ten new plants which have thus I been added to the flora of oC America save zaye been retained by the bureau o of 1 Mant lant Industry for the tho purpose of ot nam- nam 1 and description a and will l bo ho o in- in In-I In t in a me tIe nu nei G n. n um It Oth Other r New cw Specimen Ik 5 In It a recent letter leUr from hom the forester foresters s the district forester h has s Just been advised sd- sd d- d that among tho the four ninety specimens spec spec- linens o oo forage plants Il which ha have o 4 been transmitted tr from m the national na- na na na- l forest to the bureau of oC plant in industry industry In- In for tor identification b by the experts o of that section four tout ether plants plant have been heen found to be ab absolutely abs new to science These will also be named b by Dr Green and will wUl be added to the nat na- na herbarium t It Is believed O by District Forester Sherman that the work which Is now being carried on b by the forest ran rangers ent entIn In the collection of ot forn forage c plants and their identification and finel description InI in I r operation co-operation with the bureau of ot plant r In industry Is laying the foundation for tor i plans which will eventually e rc result In to I Incalculable benefit to tho the ranges of ot tho the west j Regarding ma many of or the plants and amI shrubs found upon our mountain ranges range even oven experts are arc not fuH fully agreed as t to their habits characteristics tics and rora forage e value For example In speaking o of the heart lear arnica arnica ar ar- nica hook Dr Green says say This species ranges es Irom we western tern Nebraska Nebraska Ne Ne- le braska to the northwest north t territory In California With Ith certain forage combinations com com- this plant is eaten b by stock while in some localities no stock graze it IL There Thero is therefore much diversity of ot opinion as to its forage value alue and is isA isa A matter of local observation by forest j I officers Again aln in describing the showy milkweed milk milk- weed need Torr Dr t p Green speaks of or it as being ono one of or tho the I 1 J 1 e I 1 1 most typical and widely distributed milk weeds of the western range ranst Sheep should be watered before being driven over milk weed areas on hot days Again In fJ speaking o of labrador t tea Lerum Lorum um Nutt Null a low shrub found alon along creek bottoms bottom Dr Green states This plant Is vcr very rarely If It eVEr over supposed to be grazed It has the reputation of ot being poisonous to sheep as are arc its near neur relatives tho the rhododendrons and so far a as Is known no decisive o experiments have ha been conducted conducted conducted con con- ducted with this species to determine that point Grasses and shrubs which are found to bo of great grent value for forage purposes purposes purposes pur pur- poses are arc stron strongly h emphasized as to their importance Attention is Js called to tho those lt which have little or no value for forage and the men In tho the field are aro urged to observe e closely tho the habits of oC stock with reference to tho the species of oC plants whose whoso value for forage o is still un undetermined also plants which arc are suspected of ot being poisonous For example ox In referring to Hook Hookers Hooker's evening evening c primrose Di Dr Green states state q Vcr Very seldom grazed s b by sheep A statement made b by Charles W. W Fulton of the theono Mono ono forest that tho the plant Ilant is poisonous to stock when whon the fora forage e is s young has ha been recorded Tho R Wash Washington ash I ashington ington Inton office however has hils no other i Information relative to the toxicity of this species Forest officers are urged to secure further Information When the habits and values o of at tho the different forage plants are finally determined de determined determined de- de and experts have decided tho the species h best hest suited for each such locality it II Is IB expected that the spread of or themore tho the more desirable species to the more fa favorable ta- ta localities will viii bo be artificially encouraged I if necessary necessary- b by raising plants under more favorable conditions and gathering the seed for tor distrIbution distribution tion upon the sites favorable to their thet- I production D By careful selection o of I species and proper distribution tl tho to 1 carrying capacity of ot the national forest forest for for- J est cst ranges exclusively ely devoted to grazing grazing graz graz- I ing Ingo should be bo at least doubled within c the next twenty t years ear c t I |