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A Description Of Vascular Plant Species From An Area In The Central Sierra Nevada Foothills Of California, Thomas Carter Hensel
A Description Of Vascular Plant Species From An Area In The Central Sierra Nevada Foothills Of California, Thomas Carter Hensel
University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations
Much work has been done on the remarkably diverse flora of California but few specific studies of the foothills of the Central Sierra Nevada Range have been undertaken. One such area is Calaveras County, a region rich in the early history of California.
The site chosen for this study ranges from approximately 2350 to 2700 feet in elevation. It is well defined by survey and accessible at all times of the year. The primary objective of the study was to determine what vascular plant species occur naturally in the area. This was accomplished by extensive collections made from April 1970 …
A Study Of The Native Trees Of Amador County, Guy V. Towsley
A Study Of The Native Trees Of Amador County, Guy V. Towsley
University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations
The region covered by this study reaches from the valley floor of the San Joaquin-Sacramento Valley, with an altitude of about 150 feet, to the top of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, whose peaks, in Amador County, reach to more than 9000 feet. Mokelumne Peak has an altitude of 9371 feet. The north and south distance, across the county at Ione, is 22 miles, while at Cook's Station, it is barely 5 miles. Amador County has an area of about 600 square miles.
Thus, a study of trees in this county, gives a fairly representative cross-section picture of the Sierras at …