R. MOON 1987 Journal 53 5 May Two canyons west of Blind Spring, Providence mountains, San Bernardino co., CA. narrowed into a steep sided, rocky canyon, still with very dense vegetation. In this part of the canyon Desert Almond* became another shrub in the dense, shrubby jungle. There were also a few Pinar pines on the steep canyon walls. We didn't really know where we were going but our goal was to find a spring at the narrow bend in the reddish rocky canyon. We found one. Just above a small cliff in the canyon we found very dense willows, catclaws, mormon tea, and a few young cottonwood trees at the north end of the spring. There was no surface water there but there must be ground moisture or seasonal flow to support such a dense oasis. On a rocky hillside above the willows I found a large (n 1m-1'1/2m) Speckled rattlesnake that was greyish, speckled, and had approx. a 10 segment rattle (Species account: Speckled Rattlesnake). Bruce and I had brought with us cont'd.