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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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branch. Califounia.—Lower mountain slopes throughout northern part, from seaward coastrange, eastward to Mount Shasta, and southward on l)oth slopes of coast ranges, andmainly on west slope of Sierras, to San .Jacinto Mountains ; generally at 3,000 to 6,000feet, in north, but at 8,000 to 10,000 feet in south. High ridges of Klamath and TrinityNational forests (as chaparral), but also below 3,500 feet and under Douglas flr, espe- « The shrubby form of eastern California has been described as C. sempervirens (Kell.)Dudley, and that of the southern coast ranges has been separated as C. chrysophyllaminor Benth. FOREST TREES OF THE PACIFIC SLOPE. 275 cially on South Fork of Trinity River ; locally noted on South Fork Mountain and ou Can-yon Creek. In yellow pine belt, at 3,000 to 6,000 feet in Mount Shasta National Forest,being locally noted west of McCloud. In Plumas, Diamond Mountain, and Lassen Peak,Yuba, Tahoe, and Stanislaus National forests, at from 2,000 to 6,000 and 6,500 feet;
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Fig. 122.—Castnnopsix chrysophijUa. in Stanislaus Forest, at 8,000 feet. Locally noted at Glacier Point, Yosemite Valley. InSierra National Forest, generally between 6,000 and 8,000 feet ; locally noted on SouthFork of Kings River from Millwood to Bubbs Creek, on Kaweah River and North Forkof Kern in .leffrey pine belt; detected on east slope of Sierras, at point opposite Reno, 276 FOREST TREES OF THE PACIFIC SLOPE. Nevada, in the yellow pine belt, at elevations of from G,000 to 7,500 feet, and also oppo-site Lone Pine, at 9,000 to 9,500 feet; probiibly occurs at many other points on thisslope. Abundant in northern coast ranges, especially near coast. Frequent about SanFrancisco Bay, as on Mount Tamalpais, Oakland Hills, and Mount St. Helena ; as alsoon seaward range south of San Francisco, in Santa Cruz Mountains, and at Montereyon north side of Huckleberry Hill. Probably also in Mount Hamilton Range. Uatherscarce in Santa Lucia, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and San Gabriel Nati

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