. North American trees : being descriptions and illustrations of the trees growing independently of cultivation in North America, north of Mexico and the West Indies . Trees. Fig. 79. — White Cedar. 2. SITKA CYPRESS — Chamaecyparis nootkatensis (Lambert) Spach Cupressus nootkatensis Lambert A tall slender tree occurring from Alaska southward through British Co- lumbia and Washington to Oregon. At the north it occurs at sea level, southward it is found at higher elevations up to 1200 meters, where it is of ten,reduced to shrub- by forms. Its maximum height is 36 meters, with a trunk diameter of


. North American trees : being descriptions and illustrations of the trees growing independently of cultivation in North America, north of Mexico and the West Indies . Trees. Fig. 79. — White Cedar. 2. SITKA CYPRESS — Chamaecyparis nootkatensis (Lambert) Spach Cupressus nootkatensis Lambert A tall slender tree occurring from Alaska southward through British Co- lumbia and Washington to Oregon. At the north it occurs at sea level, southward it is found at higher elevations up to 1200 meters, where it is of ten,reduced to shrub- by forms. Its maximum height is 36 meters, with a trunk diameter of m. The trunk is taU and straight, its branches spreading, forming a narrowly conic tree. The bark is 12 to 18 mm. thick, irregularly fur- rowed into brownish. Fig. 80. — Sitka Cypress. gray ridges, their surface separating into thin scales, and exposing a bright brown-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Britton, Nathaniel Lord, 1859-1934; Shafer, John Adolph. New York : H. Holt and Co.


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