THESE ARE JUNIPER TREES --ROOTS HOLD THE SOIL AND SHEET EROSION REMOVES THE INTERMOUNDS OVER TIME CREATING THE MOUND APPEARANCE. THE DEVILS GARDEN HAS VERY CLAYEY SOILS WATER RUNS ARCOSS THERE IN THE SPRING WITH LITTLE PERCOLATING DOWN. PAST GRAZING PERMITTES AND USFS FOLS DAMED SWALES AND FLATS TO CAPTURE WATER FOR LIVESTOCK AND WATERFOWL HABITAT