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variety mollis (Dougl.) Brew. The foliage furnishes good browse for deer 

 and elk, especially towards the end of the season. The bright, coral-red 

 berries are juicy and luscious-looking, but are very sour and bitter to the 

 taste. They are not poisonous, however, and birds and small mammals relish 

 them for food. 



OccuTTence. — OLYMPIC, 580 to 3,000 feet: Lake Crescent; Elwha Valley; southwest 

 of Windfall Peak; Hurricane Ridge; Skokomish River; Duckabush River. MOUNT 

 RAINIER, 3,500 to 6,500 fett: Mount Wow; above Fallen Rock. CRATER LAKE, 5,350 

 to 6,250 feet: along Klamath road near south entrance. LASSEN, occasional: near Lava 

 Tube. YOSEMITE, abundant, 4,000 to 7,000 feet: Yosemite Valley; I mile above Chin- 

 quapin, on Glacier Point road; Glacier Point; Ledge trail; Merced Lake trail; Lyell 

 Fork, Tuolumne River; Tuolumne Grove of bigtrees ; Alder Creek; Wawona. KINGS 

 CANYON: Ouzel Basin; between East Lake and Junction Meadows. SEQUOIA, abundant 

 ?nd widely distributed, 6,000 to 10,000 feel: Lodgepole Camp; Alta Peak; Redwood 

 Meadow ranger station; Big Arroyo. GLACIER, occasional on the west side of the park 

 where it often becomes tree-like, 3,100 to 5,500 feet: Belton, along road near old Flat- 

 head River bridge; trail to Sperry Chalet. 



3. Manitoba Pin Cherry, 

 Rocky Mountain Red Cherry 

 (^Primus pennsylvanica L. var. 

 saximontana Rehd.). — Shrub 3 to 

 6 feet high; bark light red-brown; 

 leaves oblong, 1 to 3 inches long, 

 tapering to a point at the tip, the 

 margins finely toothed, smooth on 

 both sides; flowers small, white or 

 greenish-white, 3 to 7 on slender 

 stems, forming loose umbel-like 

 clusters in the leaf -axils; fruit 

 small, cherry-like, about L/3 inch 

 in diameter, light red, or yellow 

 with red cheeks, very sour and 

 bitter. (Syn. P. corymbulosa 

 Rydb.). 



Occurrence. — GLACIER, common en 

 the east side, 4,500 to 6,000 feet: 

 Many Glacier; Atlantic Creek valley 

 along trail to Triple Divide Pass: 

 Otokomi Lake tiail. rocky MOUNTAIN, 

 occasional: creek east of park head- 

 quarters, 4,100 feet. MESA VERDE. 



Fig. 63. Bitter cherry {Primus cmargmaia) . 



4. Klamath Plum (Prunus subcordata Benth.). — Shrub 4 to 8 feet 

 high or sometimes tree-like; branches usually crooked and some spine-tipped; 

 leaf-blades egg-shaped to elliptic or roundish, % to 2 inches long, finely 

 toothed; flowers white, becoming rose in age, about i/4 to % inch across, 

 borne on short stems in clusters of 2 to 4 in the leaf axils; fruit red, ellipsoid, 

 % to II/4 inches long. 



The fruits of Sierra plum are much larger than those of the wild cherries 



