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Hanken, James
1975
Journal
Sequoia's Lagoon Campground, No. Gravel Road
Albion R., Albion, Mendocino Co., Calif.
29 March and this site is one of a few visible shaded
relatively undisturbed (at least not recently) slopes.
The S-facing slope is densely forested with
Sequoia sempervirens, Douglas fir, mosses, currants
and ferns. Several fallen or cut decaying logs are
present. Walking this slope from 15:30-1730 hrs
produced 3 Ensatinas eschscholtzii eschscholtzii
and 4 B. attenuata, almost all being
found inside rotting logs. The Batrachoseps were
seemed to be especially hard to find; logs having
to be lifted open in order to reveal them. Might
the ground already be drying out after the rains
of a few days ago? Hyla regilla were heard
calling from the gully alongside the road, fed by
a small stream running down the slope; one
adult ♂ and two juveniles were taken.
Returning to Hwy 101 S we drove to Humboldt
Redwoods State Park where we spent the night in
a park campground. Continuing S yesterday morning (28 March) we drove to near Garberville,
Locality 17 Humboldt Co, to a site along Brice land Rd,
0.5 mi. W of the junction with Sproul Crk Rd
(Garberville Airport). Here a N-facing slope
with Douglas fir is covered with Douglas
fir in the steeper areas, with madrone and