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Cogswell
1949
Journal
Red Mtn., 14 mi. S Hayfork, 5300 ft., Trinity Co., Calif.
Sep. 5 (cont.) The vegetation changes gradually - first by more manzanita & ceanothus underbrush appearing under the yellow pines; then with much black oak (Quercus kelloggii) evident mixed in the forest. On the south-facing slopes are some patches of Garry oak (Q. garryana).
Just before reaching the main ridge, at about 5000 ft., white fir (Abies concolor) becomes prominent as a dominant tree in the protected draws on N.-facing slopes; above this the uppermost ridge is open Jeffrey Pine - Douglas Cedar - Garry oak forest or simply shrub areas with Brewer oak (Q. garryana var. breweri), manzanita, & gentla sp.
The vegetation about our camp is of two major types: white fir-Jeffrey pine-Douglas cedar forests and the Garry oak-manzanita-ceanothus shrubland.
The camp is located by a small spring, with water piped into a galvanized iron tank about 6 ft. in diameter and 3 1/2 ft. high. This is in a small draw on the NE facing slope of the upper Dubabella Creek drainage about midway between D. Dubabella Mtn and Red Mtn.
I set out 40 small mammal traps at the border of the forest and shrubland, went out to listen for owls, but wind is strong from the North. Heard only 1 Boon-will, which Gullion collected soon thereafter.