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Socorro County, with 6,626 square miles, ranks third in size among the state's
counties. A variety of vegetative types are found in the county, such as
ponderosa pine and Douglas fir in the west, piņon-juniper in the
northwest and east, and mesquite and creosote bush following the Rio Grande Valley. Irrigated
lands are found in the Rio Grande Valley and some grassland appears among the
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