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| Fern Canyon Fern Canyon is a tributary to the San Dimas Canyon
drainage and consists of an undisturbed watershed typical of the mountains of
Southern California. There are both north and south facing slopes. Higher elevation north slopes are covered with an
oak-conifer woodland; canyon live oak, Quercus chrysolepis, and big-cone Douglas
fir, Pseudotsuga macrocarpa, are the predominant trees.
The south-facing slopes are chaparral covered, including California scrub
oak, Quercus berberidifolia, buckthorn, Ceanothus sp., toyon, Heteromeles
arbutifolia,
Arctostaphylos sp., and chamise, Adenostoma fasciculatum. There is a small grassy meadow, atypical of the rest of
the canyon, at about 1,310 meters (4,300 feet), lying in a basin formed by an
ancient landslide. It has very deep
soil and drains by internal seepage. A small, isolated stand of ponderosa pine,
Pinus ponderosa, grows here. At
least three species of native grasses grow on the flat:
blue grass, Poa secunda ssp. secunda, giant wild-rye, Leymus
condensatus, and
foxtail fescue, Vulpia myuros var. hirsuta. Integrity: Save
for a fire in the lower portion in 1960, most of the area is unburned in this
century. Use: Research, educational. December 1975
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