Index to this volume
Jepson Field Book Transcriptions · Jepson Herbarium
Index to all books
|
16_98 Ashland Butte alt. [altitude] of summit = 7662 same height with their tops loaded with their golden burden of cones. The cones of last year's crop are now falling; they are open, having lost their seed. The new cones are full grown nearly, being now almost as long as the old ones. Mr. E. Carter, Forest Inspector in Division of Management, Bureau of Forestry, whose field is Oregon and Washington, climbed a tree for a stock of cone-bearing branchlets for herbarium specimens. He is very athletic, very good companion in the forest, understands his business and knows how to encourage men to work. It was hard long climb |
16_99 August 2, 1906. but he got a fine stock of spms. [specimens] This spruce is confined to the bed or bottom of the canon. We found it at 5800 ft. (it doubtless ranges higher) and we traced it down stream as low as 5000 ft. where it disappears. There is some reproduction. Scattered young seedling trees are found wherever there is an open space for them. It was a hard long tramp: over fallen logs and down tops, thickets, wet springy holes, manzanita, steep and difficult we were at last glad to strike the trail on the outward "hike." Carter set an example to Kopke by making it a point to clear |
ms. | Copyright © 2007 Regents of the University of California | Credits: |
ms.