Field notes, v567
Page 121
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Cogswell 1949 Journal 92 3 mi. N Willow Creek, 700 ft., Humboldt Co., Calif. Aug. 26 (cont.) associations & their gradual change as one drops from 3000 ft to 300 ft. ele- vation is very noteworthy: 1 on flat top - chinquapin brush (old burn?) 2 on gradual slope & NE of flat top - Douglas fir forest with tan oak & chinquapin. 3 more & more madrone & some maple & Calif. Laurel, mixed with Douglas fir & others 4 Broad Sclerophyll forest - dominated by madrone, Tan oak, (? Chinquapin) with some Laurel & Lev's oak (sp.?), Maple. 5 Same as 4 + more maple & some alder. Continuing, we drove 5 mi beyond Weitchpec along the Klamath and Trinity Rivers, through the Hoopa Valley [Indian Reservation] with its scattered Digger Pines and back into a Douglas fir - sclerophyll forest mixture. Arriving at Willow Creek we noted yellow Pines scattered about the valley & up on the W facing slope. After inquiry at the Salper Ranger Station, about 5 mi. S. of Willow Creek in the 6 Rivers Nat'l Forest, we came to this locality to camp. We are situated on "Coon Creek" (Balcon Creek of some maps), a tributary of the Trinity River flowing westward toward it. I set & traps, & helped get 1 bat. 26