Vegetation of Sheslay Mountains. 
Balsam Fir: Commonest or rather only conifer about 
timberline where it becomes a ehrub. 
found in heavy forest pure. 
Seen just below timberline and in 
est everywhere on dry sandy soil. 
Juniper (flat leaves): Abundant at timberline and 
above as prostrate bushes. 
Salix: All at timberline is covered by scrub 
willow 6 feet high. 
Betula (dwarf): Abundant on dryer ground at timberline 
and above. 
Populus tremuloides: Found only in lower forest a 1,000 
feet below timberline. 
Found just at timberline and below 
on dry hillsides. Forms chief 
food of biack and grizzly bears in 
fall. 
Artostaphylos: widespread on dry hillsides but less 
abundant than last. 
Willow-leaved herb: Abundant above timberline in spots. 
Moss campion: Seen above timber on steep-sided mountains. 
Vacecimun (dwarf): Seen in small patches at timberline and 
Food of ptarimgans. 
Alder: Pound along all creeks as nigh as timberline. 
Veratrum; Seen in bogs above timber. 
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Vaccinium: Seen only in forest well above timberline. 
ry % 
c3 "pe Hg % C3 « = “ae vg oa oy A em ee oy + _ wavy 2 et 
Soap-berry (Salal): in forest openings at Snow-s.orm camp 

