IOWA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE 



s 1907-08 as 49.05 3; ] "the pre- 



cipitation was 100.47 inches. Blue canyon is in the Yellow pine 

 belt and sonth of the Feather river canyon. 



The mountains of south California, such as the San Bernar- 

 dino, blend with t' - st ranges The mountains about 

 San Bernardino contain the yellow pine, sugar pine and large 

 fruited fir Pst lacrocar the map> 

 •ophyUum), alder Al >■ rhc . sycamore {Flat 



ilifornia black c. Kelloggii and maul 



oak (Q. chryscilei 



PIKACEJE I 



The following conifers of the genus g rved. 



Sugar ] Doug This is 1 rgesi 



and finest of the white pines, with pendulou- les 12 1 

 inches long. It - n the high points about Belden and 



la. The wril some fine specimens in the mountains 



San Bernard:: r the s - 



Western White Pine or Silver 

 is common in some p ts the Sierras Jeps - s the alti- 

 tude from to 8 feet - ind near the 

 rn Pacific- Railroad Station of Belden. which 3 less than 

 4.000 feet above sea. It is. howeve - "ered through the for- 

 th only a 1 g in a plae< I I - int. 



Yellow Pine Pinus pc a - - : the 



st important of the pines of California. It is abundant in 

 the vicinity of Portola. Quiney and Belden. also abundant in 

 southern California in the San Bernardino mountains 

 land and occurs in the S ruz mountains. 



Jeffrey Pine Pinus ponderosa var. Jeffr - ommonly 



g Larger cones, [tis mmon near Portola ass th the 



species. 



Big Cone Pine Pi - Cc Iteri Don was not collected, but 



was observed in the San Bernardino Mountains along ti 

 Fe railroad. 



Digger Pine Pinus > ,: ■ lana Dougl.) was observed in the 

 foothills of the Sierra mountains at altitudes of a few hundred 

 feet in the Feather river canon near Oroville. 



