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Contributed by Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley.
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Transcription
General Account
This ill named meadow
covers about 40 acres of
land which constitutes
the valley at the head
of a small creek. At
the lower end of the
meadow where it breaks
into a rocky gorge there is
a spring which drains
westward toward the
South Fork of the Kern
River. The soil about
here as much the same
as in the previous
locality with the exception
of their lighter color.
The vegetation - Veg of meadow
has already been mentioned.
Bordering the meadow
is a thick growth of
this unknown composite bush (?)
which gives way in the
higher and drier sections
to sage. On the highly
slopes especially among where
there is broken granite there
are Pinon Pine forests
through which can be
found Sage brush patches.
Pinyon and other (well scattered)
thin or Sabin Pines.
On the North facing
slope of the small