Quillen 1949 Journal 138 Aug 8-18 Big Lagoon, Humboldt Co., Calif. Red elder, with ground cover of Redge Carex obnupta, shanks cabbage Lychnites tenstocktense, sword fern Polystichum omatum, lady wood fern Athyrium filix-femina, deer fern Polystic [illegible] Lomaria spicant, and thickets of salmon berry Rubus spectabilis and occasionally, blue huckleberry Vaccinium ovatum. 6. Redwood-Douglas fir forest - visited briefly on top of the ridge of camp. Dominant trees 50-50 Douglas fir Pseudotsuga douglasii and redwood Sequoia sempervirens. Under- story of Chinquapin Castanopsis chrysophylla and hemlock Tsuga heterophylla, with Rhododendron Salal Gaultheria shallon and red huckle- berry forming the ground cover. 7. Emergent Marsh Vegetation - dense stands of Scripus, Carex, Eleocharis, both in and out of water, each species pretty much in pure stands. 8. Mud-flats - at the south end of the lagoon, almost completely covered with Potamogeton, either dry or under-water up to 6 inches that is.