Field notes, v1502
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Murray 1949 22 Journal Aug 19 French Camp, 3105 ft., Humboldt Co., Calif. Headed up the mountain out of Orick on a dirt road to this locality, arriving in the evening. We are primarily in Douglas fir forest, much of it with incense cedar mixed in. There are burns to varying degrees. Some is burned out with grass and broken fern, or thick growth of shrubby tan oak and chinquapin. Most of the ground under standing timber is fairly open, with varying amounts of Physocarpus capitatus, Holodiscus discolor, Tan Oak, Rhododendron occidentale, and a number of other shrubs. More open spaces have Arctostaphylos glandulosa and another low manzanita. In some parts tree size chinquapin and madrone are mixed in with the fir. Down the road to the NE is a stand of thick dry brush, mostly chinquapin. There are areas which are grassy with or without broken fern. A very small, short stream runs nearby, but disappears. There are occasional rocky out crops of loose rocks of serpentine, slate, and others. A few plants link the area with the coastal belt. Salal is scattered about, and is thick in some spots. There is much broken fern m us. spec. Set out 35 traps, starting where the stream goes under but is moist. Ran through fir and