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R. Zonfal
April 14, 1953
Journal
182
With Bill Brown, Kevin Jordan and the
Niemeth, left Berkeley at 8:40 AM and arrived
at Saratoga, Santa Clara County, at 9:25
(Travel via Bayshore highway).
2.6 mi. WSW Saratoga, Santa Clara Co., Calif.
Our first stop. Thick tordu-redwood forest.
Prominent trees in the forest are medium,
bay, big-leaf maple, tan oak, coast
live oak, Douglas-fir and redwood.
Pine oak is particularly abundant here.
Chaparral present includes Adenostoma
and Ceanothus.
The stream (alders & sycamores) is about
10-15 feet wide in most places with
some exposed rock & gravel banks and deep
pools. Water Temperature 9.4°C. A single
large adoret & Rana boylii was taken here.
Also present were Anaxyrus floridanticus,
Tririna torosa and Nerthrotius coomine.
East Waddell Creek 1 mi. SW Bug Basin
Park Headquarters, Santa Cruz Co., Calif
Working downstream from the park sewage
disposal plant. Stream 8.5°C. No frogs
seen. Triturus torosa and T. granulosa