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pushing out from the mountains seek more moist situations, but a little further south the pine Pinuss mingle with the oak Quercuss in dryer situations and also appear on rocky ridges, as at Boulder Boulder, Colorado. The oak Quercus line is sharply drawn. They do not encroach at all upon the lower part of the valleys, which are open, brushless meadows, with occasional sharply defined patches of oak Quercus brush.
A few miles before reaching Palmer Lake Palmer Lake, Colorado trees disappear to some extent from the valleys. The rocks to NW of R.R. are abrupt and carved into turrets and monuments. Do not recognize the formation. Palmer Lake Palmer Lake, Colorado is right up against the foothills, but does not seem an attractive place. The foothills appear to be Dakota sandstone. Only birds recognized to Colo. Springs Colorado Springs, Colorado