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Biogeography Field Guide To Cascade Mountains : Transect Along U.S. Highway 26 In Oregon, Larry W. Price

Occasional Papers in Geography

Occasional Papers in Geography Publication No. 1

This guide is an outgrowth of field trips I have made with students in biogeography classes at Portland State University. When I first began these field trips I was surprised that such a guide was not available. It seemed such a natural thing to have, given the spectacular laboratory of the Cascades where is displayed one of the most dramatic sequences of contrasting environments on earth. Within less than 100 miles you pass from a cloudy marine climate to a semi-arid continental climate, from a lush green land with towering trees to desert …