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Goldstream. Oct [October] 14/38 [1938].
abundant, bracken up to 18' in
average height a dominant, Gaultheria
also a dominant + up to 2 ft [feet] high
generally shorter in the open.
Utilization of plants by deer.
Spring? Douglas fir tips of
trees up to 4' high. In most cases
only the leader had been tipped.
Broom bushes had almost all of them
been browsed down until killed.
Summer usage. + Fall-usage.
Skunk cabbage 100% browsed,
V. [Vaccinium] parvifolium 100% browsed, 1 Ribes
lacustre [underlined] 100% browsed but only the leaves,
generally so that the bushes are not
distorted - spines may be of survival
advantage. Rosa gymnocarpa [underlined] 75% leaf
browed + fruits. Salmonberry moderately browsed
Bracken growing in areas sufficiently
moist to let it reach a height of
3-4 feet or over heavily browsed,
less than 3 ft [feet] not touched. Alnus
rubra, [underlined] Salix [illegible word crossed out] Scouleriana [underlined] + S. [Salix]
lasiandra [underlined] utilized moderately at
this date. One or two sword
ferns had been tipped + some
low cedars, sprouting from cut
stumps heavily cropped probably
in the late spring. Flower heads
of Gnaphalium microcephalum [underlined] eaten
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