Journal, v4151
Page 477
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Wm B. Richardson 1936 General Account and thus fixed against cattle grazing. The vegetation on the western side of the meadow is principally fir with a few yellow pine scattered through. The eastern portion of the meadow is composed mainly of dry-pine pines. I have considered this the Canadian life-zone although it is close to the Transition. and I should properly consider it lower Canadian. Yesterday evening I saw two elk deer feeding at the edge of the meadow. This as the only evidence of other animals in this area that I have not collected. Late this afternoon I packed and drove to Long Meadow 5.4 mi. north- east of Parker Meadow, by road. The Canadian life-zone appears to be only a small strip about 2 mi wide at the point where I crossed. It evidently follows the crest south from the great western divide. Long Meadow is just one, a little longer, of a number of meadows that are to be found along the streams of this area. This area is typically Transition life-zone with its yellow pine timber. Mixed in this yellow pine forest are a number of cedar, a few