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Hoffmeister
1942
Itinerary
5 mi. E & 1 mi. S Mono Milla, 8300 ft., Mono Co., Calif.
yellow pine predominating. The pines are rather widely spaced,
the area
are not large in diameter or height, and has not been
logged. To the west is a small, unnamed creek which flows
towards Mono Lake (in that general direction).
This part of the Glass Mountain Range is unique in
that yellow pines come down to the Artemisia
association, and there is no or little pison between.
Along the road to Johnny Meadow there are no pisions
between the yellow pines and Artemisia and this is
almost universally true west of Dexter and Wet
creek canyons. In the cooler canyon bottoms and on the
protected higher slopes, there are in the vicinity of our
camp, large aspen thickets. Also in these situations
there is Pinus flexilis.
As we made camp, we saw a small group (4+) of
Odacoileas hemiconus.
June 19
Set out 25 mouse traps late last evening in the
Artemisia beneath the yellow pines. Caught 6 Peromyscus
maniculatus. Pitelka caught 1 young Peromyscus truei in
traps set in similar situations beneath young yellow
pines and Artemisia. It is noteworthy that this young
P. truei was taken in this nearly pure stand of
yellow pines, with no pisions for miles as far as I
can ascertain. Shot 2 different species of Eutamias.
The larger one (no. 853) was on a limb of a yellow pine
12 feet above the ground. It ran here it taking
refuge upon my approach. The other (no. 854) was shot