Cogswell 1949 Journal 52 Big Lagoon, Humboldt Co., Calif. Aug. 9 (cont.) logs a debris of logging. The vegetation of the "flat", which is about 1 mile wide here, is scattered (1) groups or larger "woods" with alnus rubra, Quercus sitchensis, and Salix sitchensis as the dominant trees, (2) many dense shrub thickets which are mostly Rhus spectabilis, R. parviflorus, R. vitifolius, and Cteris aquilina, and (3) open pasture land irrigated early interspersed, being now mostly well grown to thistles (2 species), but with tall dry grass in spots, some clover, buttercups, etc. also. The mountain slope NE of the valley is solid with coniferous forest and some of it extends onto the flat a way. Quercus sitchensis is more common near the edge of the flat than in the center. Other trees & shrubs identified were: (names from mexican or mexicana, mains) Sambucus racemosa var. callicarpa - frequent at border of alders and occasional elsewhere. Salix lasiandra - less common than S. sitchensis, but still common, especially near the stream Acer macrophyllum - 1 very large tree in pastured area saraguineum (spec. id. by UC Herbar) Deils fruticosa - few, among Rhus thickets. In the afternoon (about 1:30-5:00) I recovered part of the same area plus the northern end of the opening to a bit beyond Pitzer Creek (which runs into Maple Cr. from the East) where there is a solid, closed forest