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Strawberry Valley 



We had two base camps at this point, the first, about half a 

 mile above the "Bungalow" and at the edge of the cluster of 

 buildings forming the Idyllwild summer resort, the second at some 

 abandoned ranch buildings about a mile farther up the valley. 

 The floor of the valley, at about 5500 feet elevation, a broad, 

 gently sloping expanse, is covered with a scattering growth of 

 pines, cedars, and black and golden oaks, lumbering operations 

 of former years having removed a large portion of the forest, 

 The park-like center of the valley is covered almost everywhere 

 with a dense growth of brakes, with occasional meadows inter- 

 spersed; along the two streams are many alders and some wil- 

 lows, with a dense tangle of gooseberry, rose, and rhododendron 

 bushes beneath; and the more broken ground ;it the base of the 

 surrounding slopes is covered with large tracts of chaparral, 

 clumps of manzanita and ceanothus, interspersed with open 

 spaces dotted with golden oaks and occasional yellow and sugar 

 pines (see pi. 8, fig. 2). 



We were in Strawberry Valley from -Inly 3 to 19. 



Tahquitz Valley 



( omposed of several rather extensive meadows, a1 about 8000 

 feet elevation. In tin 1 bottom of the valley are the boggy 

 meadows drained by numerous small streams, grass-covered, with 

 borders of brakes, and in places with large tracts of skunk cab- 

 bage (Veratrum). Along the streams and in places along the 

 margins of the meadows, are thick clumps of willows and many 

 gooseberry bushes. Above the meadow land, on the drier sur- 

 rounding slopes, and on the several low ridges intersecting the 

 valley, are extensively timbered areas. The prevailing trees are 

 Jeffrey pine and silver fir, with some lodge-pole pine in places 

 and with much chaparral, mostly chinquapin and buckthorn. 

 On the higher, exposed rocky ridges leading up to Tahquitz Peak 

 the brush is much more dense, and the timber is stunted and 

 scattering, while on the north side of Tahquitz Peak there are a 

 good many limber pines (see pi. 8, fig. 1 ; pi. 9, fig. 1). 



The valley as a whole is high Transition, with a decided tinge 

 of Canadian in the meadows. Birds were abundant here, both as 



