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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