. Results of a biological survey of mount Shasta, California. ted with red heatlier {Ih-yanthnsor rinjUodocc oiipctrifonnis) and a variety of small plains, the majorityof which arc inconspicuous except when in llower. Among the mostnoticeable of these, each contributing its mite to the general verdureof til* hrafln r Ixds, are the dwarf huckleberries, white aljnne anteu- OCT., 1899.] CAXYONS. 21 iiarias, sileiies aud ligusticuiiis, yellow monkey flowers, violets andhieracinms, blue veronicas and asters, cream-colored feathery lutkeasaud parnassias, pink epilobiiims, red alpine laurels, and sca
. Results of a biological survey of mount Shasta, California. ted with red heatlier {Ih-yanthnsor rinjUodocc oiipctrifonnis) and a variety of small plains, the majorityof which arc inconspicuous except when in llower. Among the mostnoticeable of these, each contributing its mite to the general verdureof til* hrafln r Ixds, are the dwarf huckleberries, white aljnne anteu- OCT., 1899.] CAXYONS. 21 iiarias, sileiies aud ligusticuiiis, yellow monkey flowers, violets andhieracinms, blue veronicas and asters, cream-colored feathery lutkeasaud parnassias, pink epilobiiims, red alpine laurels, and scarlet paintedcups. True grasses are scarce, but grass-like carices abound. The mammals inhabiting the heather meadows are the rare alpinephenaeomys (rhcn(«0)in/s orophilus], the white-footed mouse (Peronij/scKs(/ainbiJi)^ the long-tail mountain vole {Mirrofiis ), and the Sierrapocket gopher {TIkhhohii/s nunificoJiO. The gophers throw up theircharacteristic mounds about the edges of the heather beds but arecommoner on the a< pumice Fio y.—(ilacial inradow at licad of Squaw Cieek. CANYONS. All the cauyons of Shasta radiate from the ice-covered summit andtake remarkably straight courses down the steep sides of the moun-tain. Most of them are profound gorges cut by swift-flowing glacial The plants of the glacial basius in the timberliue region vary somewhat with themoLstiire of the soil. The commonest sjiecies in moist spots and along the Ijordersof the streamlets are: Arnica merriami, Castilleja miniata, EpUohimn vlavatum, Iliera-cinm (iracile, Hypericum anagalloides, Mimulus implexus (growing in the water), Mimu-his priniHloides, Mitella peidandra, Parnassia caJifornica, Veronica ciisicki. The com-monest species in the drier parts of the heather heds are : Anteiniaria media, Castillejaminiata, Hieracium (jracile, Kalmiu (jlauca microphijUa, Liitkea pecttnata, Ligusticumgrayi, Phiillodoce empetriformis, Sibbaldia procmnhens, Silene (jraiji, Taccinium
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