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restwan
1959
Journal
178,
Apr. Nyo 299 to Burney, Shasta Co., Calif.
ponderosa pine forest (Pseudotsuga menziesii) - on this huge plateau
08 pure ponderosa & all second growth, short grass under it - little brush, only few oaks
09 Burney, a small lumber town. characters
612 end of roll 4, changed film - W. of Burney.
(6)
photos of Mt. Burney (?) across meadow
615.7 on hill W. of Burney where a new highway is being carved into the hillside. A good mesic transition forest of many species - a dense undergrowth of reproduction & brush in open areas
-47
photos E. across & Mt. Burney & plateau
617 Hatchet Mountain Summit = 4,368 ft
much slash on ground - old; dense regrowth
619 4,000 ft again more old slash
621 an oak flat but not all oaks
624
oaks are greening up = 3,500 ft +/-
626 3,000 ft
forest not as dense - more oaks
50% cover
628 settlement - fruit groves - apples - ?
first P. saliniana at Montgomery Creek
629 Oaks, conifers, manzanita, red haw - except on hills - pines are p. sab.; after ponderosa
-5 > 30 photos
-6 > 31 *4 photos
Lithocarpus D. kelloegii
a valley & an old saw mill
631 ponderosa grove
32 around mountain
33 first live oaks appears