18th man 1959 177 1 Apr. Hwy #89, Shasta to Calif. to Burney 56, 592 This is again transition but with the addition of a deciduous oak = ? Quercus kelloggii 594 oak, Cercocarpus (?) [appears gray with tiny leaves on upright thin shoot leader stems] same ponderosa - libocedrus photos: juniper, log fence, clumps of oak Clayton Creek some sage here - a wide grassy meadow and lava. 95 photo #15 (R26) have to ridge across the meadows. down side of canyon to a Canyon & down - some lagging Redbud in bloom. Mixture of ponderosa brush and oak thickets into canyon: hillsides of oak and brush, 597 Lake Britton = Pit River = 2,800' an N facing slope of this canyon with unlaywer signs of an old fire. Pine snags standing & burnt logs strum along the steep hill side. A thick growth of young oak has taken over and presents a dull gray Tan surface. Thus here at least Q.kelloggii : has succeeded the pine forest. 6 00 a lava ridge N.E. & a large dry meadow of short grass. Solid ponderosa; pools, little brush. 602 more young oaks, open and low manzanita 603 50% cover of young Oak 604 Three deer ran across the road - no antlus a little deadwood, few full grown oaks. OH. 9 onto 299 from Hwy #89, to west