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A tree of [[underlined]] Quercus lobata [[/underlined]] in the western part of Tehachapi Valley measured 19 ft in circumference at seven feet above the ground
The flora of Tehachapi Valley is an interior one, the foothills about the valley (seen only at a distance) being covered with [[underlined]] Pinus sabiniana [[/underlined]] and live oaks, [[underlined]] Pinus jeffreyi [[/underlined]] [[strikethrough]] asa [[/strikethrough]] ? occupying the higher points. The valley bottom (about 6 x 10 miles) is all under cultivation, but appears to have been a shrubless area characteristic of the flat dry lands of the interior. No desert forms appear until one enters the canon that connects the valley with the Mojave Desert at the extreme eastern end of the valley. The first desert plants that appear are about a mile west of Cameron, as follows
. [[underlined]] Atriplex canescens [/underlined]]
. [[underlined]] Ephedra nevadensis [/underlined]]
. [[underlined]] Juniperus californica [/underlined]]
. [[underlined]] Lepidium fremontii [/underlined]]
. [[underlined]] Lycium cooperi  [/underlined]]
Senecio-like shrub = [[underlined]] Aplopappus interior [/underlined]]
In the eastern end of the valley