Field Notes From Plant Explorations: Devil's Punchbowl

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Michael Kauffmann
Author ~ Photographer ~ Plant Explorer
Exploring and understanding wilderness brings me extreme joy. This blog is intended to compliment the website and book -- with the ultimate goal of fostering a greater understanding and stewardship for the place that is the Earth. One means to that end is understanding the native biota that have always lived in the regions we choose to visit. Our visits should ultimately be about them -- the other biota -- not us.
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Field Notes From Plant Explorations: Devil's Punchbowl | Siskiyou Wilderness

Devil's Punchbowl | Siskiyou Wilderness

On a day hike to the Devil's Punchbowl I collected some video and still images. I have visited this Botanical Area quite often, and on each visit have learned something new. On this particular trip, I collected some common juniper (Juniperus communis var. jackii) and sent it to Baylor University for testing—thinking it might be var. saxatilis (it was not). I also collected some of the unusual ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa) near the lakes for testing, the results of those specimens are still unknown—though David Charlet believes theme to be var. ponderosa.

A montage of music and media followed me home—inspired by the botanical wonders as well as a message of overuse. Visit this wonderful place, but DO NOT camp here and DO NOT have a fire. Tread Lightly...

Video: The Punchbowl