are: (1) sagebrush, (2) grass, (3) semimeadow areas, and (4) typical 

 weed ranges where the vegetation consists largely of showy flowering 

 plants. They do not grow in the shade under standing timber. They 

 are found on practically all of the mountain foot-hills, the high open 

 mountain park areas, and in the sagebrush country of northern and 

 western Nevada. 



The Time of Year When Growth Begins. 



The time when death camas starts to grow in the spring varies with 

 the season and also with different exposures and different soils; the 

 green shoots are sometimes found as early as the middle of March. 



Figure 3. Foot-Hill Death Camas. Plants in various stages of growth, 

 from seedlings to mature plant in bloom. 



The plants make their appearance first on sandy soils and on southern 

 exposures. On the dark loamy and clay soils their growth is much 

 retarded; probably because these soils are moist and consequently 

 warm up less readily. If the weather is fairly warm the death camas 

 will begin to grow from ten days to two weeks after the snow melts 

 out in the spring; and the leaves are soon high enough to cause loss. 

 By the latter part of June on the lower ranges, the plant has usually 

 died down. 



How the Flavor of Death Camas Affects the Probability of Poisoning. 



All species of death camas which grow in Nevada have a bitter flavor 

 and are extremely distasteful to cattle and sheep. In all our feeding 



