Field notes, v4133
Page 191
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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