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:trusutJ.p4.ftA_.; 'Waucoba GJVews Sponsored by The Bishop Museum & Historical Society, Bishop, Ca. 93514 VOLUME II I No. 1 Winter - - 1979 Founded and Edited by Enid A. Larson, Box 265, Big Pine, Ca. 93513 4 issues per year WAUCOBA: il. Paiute word for "pine tree ll - also, highest peak in Inyo Mts., 11,027 f t . WAUCOBA NEWS Subscription: Send 4 st amped, s elf -a ddr ess ed envelopes, Box 265, Big Pine. Ca. COYOTE RIDGE (between B shop & Baker creeks ) Photo by EAL Ze iss Con t j f I ex Subalpine association where albjcaulis is low-growing; from I t s mat either a white bark or a lodgepole has become the central tree WHITE-BARK and PINES Comments from Dr. Diana F. Tomback, Biology Dept. U.C. Riverside l'The Clark's Nutcracker i s t h e p r l - r Y { b e ~ r . s , l · .WClII .. . ~ . - s e e d s _ - - D 1 . nutcracker stores q ~ t h t . s .of • ..-dof slopes and throughout th e forest floor. During winter and spring t when little other natural food is available, the nutcracker lives o f f i t s seed stores. When th e bird breeds in February o r March, t he young a r e fed primarily on pine seed recovered from stores. Each year, a portion of these seed stores germinates in spri ng before the nutcracker can g et to I t • . A small percent o f th e germinated seed produces mature trees. Cons equentlYt the nurcracker Is a n extremely I . . ortant part o f sUbalpine ecology; i t l'plantsll both whltebark and I im be r pine seed In sites very favorable to germination and el iminates much o f t he "chance" Involved in wind-dispersal o f seeds. Dispersal by nutcrackers i s probably th e primary reason why both whiteback and limber . seeds "lost" their wings. Wings became unnecessary and were costly to produce by th e tree." * ~ . * t t t t t 1 ~ • • t t • • tttt •••• t t t ~ * t . * * * * * * * INTERIOR LIVE OAK in southern Inyo-Kern I N S E C T S The Interior Live Oak (Quercus Wislizenij) Research and field collections continue Is a zerophytic shrub which also tends to be throughout the Inyo-Mona-Great Basin with arboreal. I came upon this oak growing in emphasis on Sand Dune Habitats. Sand Canyon in Oct. 1977, and sent specimens DEEP SPRINGS.--The sandy area near the lake to th e Call f. Academy o f s.cSences. The many has proved to be the only place so fa r where 2 branched 14-15 f t tall shrubs tended to grow morphologically distinct popUlations o f one in groups o f 8 o r 10 strung o u t a t least 0.5 ml species-group o f CLICK BEETlE have been found parallel to and 60-80 f t above th e creek living in the same area; at th e 17 Great Basin (3600-4000 f t el). Digger Pine, Purshja and sand dunes where this species-group has been Artemisia ttjdentata grow in th e same sandy, found each has yielded but a single popUlation. rocky habitat o f Sand Canyon. The shrubby oaks P i t traps s e t and visited regularly have given In Sand Canyon grade into trees 30-50 f t high a wide variety o f Coleoptera. At Buckhorn in this steep canyon, their feet in th e water. Spring a t least 40 species o f Staphylinidae Sho rt C anyon, sou th of Sand Canyon also has have been collected and identified. These Interior Live Oak. One shrub was found and be3tles ar e in association with th e Black Toad collected In Sept. 1978 by this author. I I habitat where water remains a t constant tempera Mary Ann Henry, China Lake t Ca. ture even when the ground i s blanketed with snow. Ed. Note: We are grateful to Mary Ann for Dr. J . Powell, U.C. Berkeley, was in Deep calling attention to this location o f th e Springs recently and collected 2 more specimens
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'Waucoba GJVewsSponsored by The Bishop Museum & Historical Society, Bishop, Ca. 93514 VOLUME III No. 1
Winter -- 1979
Founded and Edited by Enid A. Larson, Box 265, Big Pine, Ca. 93513 4 issues per yearWAUCOBA: il. Paiute word for "pine tree ll
- also, highest peak in Inyo Mts., 11,027 ft.WAUCOBA NEWS Subscription: Send 4 stamped, self-addressed envelopes, Box 265, Big Pine. Ca.
COYOTE RIDGE
(between B shop& Baker creeks )
Photo by EAL
Ze is s Con t j f I ex
Subalpine associationwhere albjcaulisis low-growing; fromIts mat either a whitebark or a lodgepole hasbecome the central tree
WHITE-BARK and LIMBER PINESComments from Dr. Diana F. Tomback, Biology Dept. U.C. Riverside
l'The Clark's Nutcracker is t h e p r l - r Y { b e ~ r . s , l · .WClII .. .~ . - s e e d s _ - - D 1 . nutcracker stores q ~ t h t . s .of •. . -dofslopes and throughout the forest floor. During winter and spring t when l i t t le other naturalfood is available, the nutcracker lives off its seed stores. When the bird breeds in Februaryor March, the young are fed primarily on pine seed recovered from stores. Each year, a portionof these seed stores germinates in spri ng before the nutcracker can get to It• . A small percentof the germinated seed produces mature trees. ConsequentlYt the nurcracker Is an extremelyI..ortant part of sUbalpine ecology; i t l'plantsll both whltebark and I imber pine seed In sitesvery favorable to germination and el iminates much of the "chance" Involved in wind-dispersal ofseeds. Dispersal by nutcrackers is probably the primary reason why both whiteback and limber .
seeds "lost" their wings. Wings became unnecessary and were costly to produce by the tree."* ~ . * t t t t t 1 ~ ••t t ••t t t t •••• t t t ~ * t . * * * * * * * INTERIOR LIVE OAK in southern Inyo-Kern INS E C T S
The Interior Live Oak (Quercus Wislizenij) Research and field collections continueIs a zerophytic shrub which also tends to be throughout the Inyo-Mona-Great Basin witharboreal. I came upon this oak growing in emphasis on Sand Dune Habitats.Sand Canyon in Oct. 1977, and sent specimens DEEP SPRINGS.--The sandy area near the laketo the Call f. Academy of s.cSences. The many has proved to be the only place so fa r where 2branched 14-15 f t tall shrubs tended to grow morphologically distinct popUlations of onein groups of 8 or 10 strung out at least 0.5 ml species-group of CLICK BEETlE have been foundparallel to and 60-80 f t above the creek living in the same area; at the 17 Great Basin(3600-4000 ft el). Digger Pine, Purshja and sand dunes where this species-group has beenArtemisia ttjdentata grow in the same sandy, found each has yielded but a single popUlation.rocky habitat of Sand Canyon. The shrubby oaks Pit traps set and visited regularly have givenIn Sand Canyon grade into trees 30-50 ft high a wide variety of Coleoptera. At Buckhornin this steep canyon, their feet in the water. Spring at least 40 species of StaphylinidaeShort Canyon, south of Sand Canyon also has have been collected and identified. TheseInterior Live Oak. One shrub was found and be3tles are in association with the Black Toadcollected In Sept. 1978 by this author. I I habitat where water remains at constant tempera
Mary Ann Henry, China Lake t Ca. ture even when the ground is blanketed with snow.Ed. Note: We are grateful to Mary Ann for Dr. J. Powell, U.C. Berkeley, was in Deep
calling attention to this location of the Springs recently and collected 2 more specimensInterior Live Oak. Few botanists have been of a highly modified moth. So fa r a total ofaware of the location of these oaks on the 3 wingless females of this new species haveeastern slope of the Sierra. Their location been located In the sandy area near the lake.
appears on the map of Griffen & Critchfield It s life history and morphology are being
in THE DISTRIBUTION OF FOREST TREES IN CALIF., studied. The males ar e thought to be wingless.USDA Forest Service Research Paper PSW - 82/1972 --Derham Giullani t Big Pine(p . 103).
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