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Peteika
1943
June 20 Zuni & Hayfork, 2400 ft. Trinity Co., Calif.
a mixture of yellow pine, digger pine, black and
garry oaks with an underbrush of manzanita
and Ceanothus (cuneatus). On the lower
east facing slope, the trees are more densely
placed, the pines are all ponderosa, and the
underbrush is a low, more or less spreading
shrub of the genus Ceanothus, (species yet
determined). Higher on the west-facing
slope, digger pines are more numerous,
the under thins out generally, and indivi-
dual trees (chiefly oaks and digger pines) are
scattered over slopes covered mainly with
Ceanothus. Yellow pine occurs mainly
along the draws. On the higher parts of the
west-facing ridge, there are large areas of
chaparral dominated by Ceanothus and
Adenostoma. The shrubs of the latter genus
are dead, however. It is possible that
here this chaparral species occurs along the
periphery of its range and may develop
as a constituent of the local chaparral only
intermittently, i.e., over a number of years
during which climatic conditions may be
favorable.
June 21 Hunted again in Duncan Creek with a
view to going further north than yesterday.
I probably went up about a mile. No