Show I Trees and Shrubs Along Hiway To Be Marked for Tourists I KAMAS KAMAs- Almost every known species of tree and shrub native to Utah is found in a eight mile stretch along a a. long highway out of Kamas This stretch falls tails within the Kamas District of ot Wasatch Na Forest according to Larry Colton Forest Ranger The Forest Service plan to I place tho the names of ot the trees and shrubs on signs or number the vegetation and supply Procures naming the tho species This ideal will make It possible to familiarize residents and tourists with the various species Every Type Typo Treo Tree The Beaver Deaver Creek nursery started tart start ed in lit 1912 and lasted until 1913 During these few tew years almost every type of ot tree was planted But Bit the tUe nursery was termed a failure and now in its it's place is a agreen agreen agreen green pasture But Dut one small email stand of ot pines remains as a a. reminder reminder re re- r minder of ot the nur nursery ery Today without the help of the nursery or plantation the tho forest grows all aU types naturally The predominant species is 5 the Lodge Pole Pine then the Engleman Engleman Engle- Engle man Spruce From these two sources 6 million board feet teet ot of I lumber lumbe to le cut iut each sch year I Some of or the tho other kinds of ot trees are Blue spruce aspen pinion pine two species Umber limber pine ponderosa white back pine alder yellow pine two maples cottonwoods Utah oak juniper three firs the white sub alpine alpino and douglas Colorado blue spruce Brush Bruth Specie Some of ot the brush species in elude mountain ash Mb service berry rose manzanita mountain laurel Oregon grape grapes two types of hue twin twinberry berry bearberry r rose o 0 s e a chokecherry mountain maple s a n now o w b e a r fry r y and In a soil management report completed in 1963 by the US U.S. Forest Service It U says this is- is the best example of ot jone zone jumbling in Utah t w This forest ia is one of ot the the most mast important h in the country Mr Colton said At the base lase of pt n Bald ld Mountain within this t reet the held of or tout tour major rivers In the state These Theae ar are the Weber Prove Provo Duchesne and Bear fly Riv ers era No Not only id le it U vItal for water but provides some lome ot of the tho boat best erasing and nd re recreational are ms ft yal eu 4 I |