Field notes, v644
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Davis 1949 Berkeley, Alameda to, Calif. to Medford, Jackson to, Oregon. Oct. 16, 1949 Left Berkeley 7 a. m. Arrived Medford 5 p. m. Country above Redding looks OK for Brown Towlees for most of the way to Dunsmuir. There is a curious mixture of yellow pine with bigger pine and chaparral. The yellow pine-black oak belt at times appeared of sufficient density to perhaps stop Carolae, but there was always a re-appearance of bigger pine-chaparral. It is almost impossible to state definitely whether or not Brown Towlees could go all the way from the Sacramento Valley into Southern Oregon, at least judging by the terrain traversed by the highway (94W). Certainly there is a change in habitat just outside Yreka, just about on a level with Mon- hague, from which Bullades has been reported & collected, the southernmost re- cord for this race. The hillsides are extensively clothed with Canothus, and there are many, though widely-spaced, junipers. Further north, near the Oregon line, there is extensive oak woodland and Canothus is widely distributed. There are occasional stands of yellow pine and Douglas fir interspersed with the