Field notes, v1511
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Orr 1932 \n1/2 mi. e. Miramonte, Fresno Co., Calif. El. 3500 ft. Dec. 16, 1932 Miramonte is zonally between Upper Sonoran and Transition. One Incense Cedar is near our camp and there are some Yellow Pines, Arctostaphylos & Black Oak present. However, most of the slopes and ridges are brush covered with occasional A wislizenii. The main species forming this dense brush land are: Ceanothus cuneatus, Quercus dumosa Symphoricarpos albus & Chamace crocea. This afternoon I went up the ridge north of camp. This area has very little snow on it but the north side of the ridge has a solid coat of about 5 inches. Despite the fact that the store keeper at the camp in which we are staying asserted that brush rabbits were scarce I found innumerable tracks in the snow and barely obtained a glimpse of two individuals at dusk. The tracks for the most part follow definite track trails leading from the brush into small clearings. Deposits of feces are rather numerous in the trails, considering that the last snowfall occurred only three days ago. Leaves and pieces of leaves of Quercus dumosa indicate that the low shoots of this plant constitutes the main food in winter. The leaves seem to be only partly eaten or dropped on the ground. In addition to signs of brush rabbits I also noted coyote, fox (probably gray