Davis 52 1946 2 mi. W. of Elk Grove, at sea level, Humboldt Co., Calif. June 11, 1946 road ringed with a dense growth of some type type of marsh grass. There are dunes and a similar but smaller lagoon to the south. To the east, the road leads through a small grove of dead [illegible] or poorly growing Sitka spruce. Thence into more densely growing spruce mixed with redwoods. The road then passes through an area of redwoods where there has been considerable logging, and only the smaller redwoods have been left. In this area there is a dense undercover of ferns, salal, and Vaccinium. This area extends to the top of the ridge about 1 mile east of camp. Beyond the ridge the virgin redwood timber starts. The trees are very large, but there are 2 sawmills in the area, and a gang of stake-splitters, and the larger redwoods are being felled. After lunch I went east along the road about 1 1/2 miles to the first sawmill, which is not yet in operation. On the way collected a Batra-Choseja alternativa from under a log by the side of the road. Set 30 traps along a creek behind the sawmill. The growth along the creek is exceedingly dense. Most of it is Sal-morberry and some type of saw-grass. The grass in some places entirely roofs the red