36 



FOEEST TREES OF THE PACIFIC SLOPE. 



it descends to 4.300 feet: while at Cottonwood Creek (tributary west side Owens Lake) 

 it occurs at 7,500 to 9.500 feet. On west slopes of Sierras, limited to following places 

 near divide : Loyalton ; north slopes of Kings River, at 5.500 feet ; Middle Fork of Kings 

 River at Tehipiti Valley and above Simpsons Meadow ; at head of South Fork of Kings 

 River in main canyon, and on Bubbs and Copper creeks ; Kern River from mouth of 

 Jordan Creek (extending upstream) to Rock Creek, at about 8,400 to 0,000 feet; South 



Fig. 9. — I'inus monophylla: a, open cone; b, cone scale and seed; c, seed. 



Fork of Kern River, south of Monache Valley, occurs over whole basin to below Walker 

 Pass and to mouth of Cottonwood Creek ; also on Erskine Creek (branch of Kern River 

 near junction with its South Fork) ; west slope of Piute Mountains; east slope of Green- 

 born Mountains. Mono County: (East side of Sierras) most of hills in north part from 

 Nevada boundary on both sides of Antelope Valley southward ; West Walker River from 



