Appendix C - Photographs of Representative Fuel Types in lincoln County Communities

Representative Fuel Types

Photo 1. Bottomland vegetation in Alamo, Hiko, and Ash Springs consists of greasewood, ephedra, shadscale, creosote bush, rabbitbrush, and littleleaf horsebrush. Willow and tamarisk trees line riparian areas.

Photo 2. Typical upland vegetation in Alamo, Hiko, and Ash Springs consists of the same salt desert shrub vegetation in the bottomlands, but at a lower density, and with no riparian component.

Photo 3. Very sparse salt desert shrub vegetation surrounding Rachel, estimated at less than one-half ton per acre.

Photo 4. Some areas in Caliente have steep slopes with dense fuel loading in areas of deeper soils. On the hills surrounding Caliente, the slopes are more sparsely vegetated with salt desert shrub vegetation.