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Title: Forest trees of the Pacific slope
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: United States. Forest Service Sudworth, George Bishop, 1862-1927
Subjects: Trees Forests and forestry
Publisher: Washington Govt. Print. Off
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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umbia.—Sea side of Coast Range, probably from Alaska southward, butrecorded only from Queen Charlotte Islands and a point opposite north end of VancouverIsland southward, at 4,000 to 5,000 feet, on Dean or Salmon River, mountains of FraserRiver Valley (belovi^ Yale) ; also in Vancouver Island, on Mount Monk, Mount Benson,and Mount Arrowsmith, and on southwest side, from sea level to about 3,000 feet. Washixgtox.—Both sides of Cascades, generally at 1,000 to 6,000 feet; in Olympics,at 1,200 to 4,500 feet, and down nearly to soa level on the west side, but not in lowlandsabout Puget Sound. Locally noted in Olympics on headwaters of Queniult River.Washington National Forest, west section, at 500 to G,500 feet; east section, only alongStehekin River, Bridge, Early Winter, and Rattlesnake creeks, at 1,800 to 6,500 feet ;southern section, at 900 to 6,.500 in Skykomish, Tolt, Snoqiialmie, (ednr, (3reen,White, Yakima, and Wenache river valleys. Mount Rainier National Forest, both sides of
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Pig. 49.—Ahics amabiUs, upper branch: a, seed. Cascades, at SOO to 5,500 feet; Mount Rainier, at 2,500 to 5,000 feet; Eagle Mountain,between 5,000 and (),000 feet ; Mount .Vdams. Oregon.—Both sides of Cascades and northern coast range. In Cascades, at 2,000to 5,400 feet and mainly on west side, but at higher elevations on east side; south-ward to extreme southern headwaters of Willamette River and Old Bailey Mountain(west side of Crater Lake). North side of Mount Hood, at 3.700 feet to timber line;southwest side, from a little below Government Camp to timber line. Coast Rangesouthward to Saddle Mountain (25 miles south of Columbia River). OCCURRENCE. On well-drained, lower slopes of canyons, benches, and Hats. Shows some preferencegenerally for north exposures, but in Olympics and Cascades more abundant and at lower 128 FOREST TREES OF THE PACIFIC SLOPE. levels on west than on east slope. Grows in well-drained, shallow, gravelly sand tomoist, sandy loam, oi- in porous rocky soils

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