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<br />REULTS <br />SHRUBS <br />The data from the fourth growing season (1979) indicates that <br />_ shrub survival in the individual species plots stabilized after <br />3 growing seasons (see Figure ). The number of shrubs after <br />apparent stabilization represents approximately thirty percent of <br />those living and counted in 1976. (Possibly relate this number <br />to other studies). <br />Fourwing saltbush is less vigorous in 1979 than in previous <br />• growing seasons. Where the fourwing has come up it has been in <br />fairly dense stands, and the loss in vigor is possibly due to <br />intraspecific competition. <br />Rose continues to demonstrate excellent vigor. In the unweeded <br />replications, however, actual numbers of rose plants are quite low - <br />(Table ) due to competition from herbaceous species. <br />The reseeded chokecherry showed moderate success after one <br />growing season. After two growing seasons, however, mortality <br />- has been quite high. The reseeded oak neve(did not establish <br />well. It was observed that the oak seedlings were pulled up <br />and eaten by rabbits in the spring of 1978 before modifications <br />on the rodent fence were completed. <br />