Forest trees of the Pacific slope . y. Midveins and theirbranches, as well as the slender, round leaf-stems, sometimes very minutelyhairy. In dying, the leaves become a dull yellowish-brown. Wood. soft,straight-grained, fine-grained in dense stands; dull grayish-brown. Large logsobtainable from the best grown trees give clear, wide lumber and other mate-rials which are extensively used in the range of the species, especially for coop-erage stock. It is likely to be even a much more important soft wood in thenorthwest Pacific region than it is now, owing to the scarcity of other broad-leaf timb
Forest trees of the Pacific slope . y. Midveins and theirbranches, as well as the slender, round leaf-stems, sometimes very minutelyhairy. In dying, the leaves become a dull yellowish-brown. Wood. soft,straight-grained, fine-grained in dense stands; dull grayish-brown. Large logsobtainable from the best grown trees give clear, wide lumber and other mate-rials which are extensively used in the range of the species, especially for coop-erage stock. It is likely to be even a much more important soft wood in thenorthwest Pacific region than it is now, owing to the scarcity of other broad-leaf timber trees suitable for the special purposes to which this wood canbe put. Longevity.—Not fully determined. Probably attains the greatest age of anyof our native species. Trunks from 2 to 3 feet in diameter are from 85 to 110 248 rOREST TREES OF THE PACIFIC SLOPE. years old; oue tree 4^^ iiubes iu diameter showed an a«e of 112 years Themueh lai-ger trees-uow very hirgely cut for himber-would doubtless showages of 150 or 175 Fir,. lOS.—PoiJiilus tricliocarpa. RANGE. n ^°5/!^*^ ^ southern Alaska and southward through Interior Yukon TerritorvBntish Columbia. Washington, and Oregon, to southern California rSanTdJrCn FOREST TREES OF THE PACIFIC SLOPE. 249 AT ASKA-Probably on coast from nortb end of Kodiak Island, Iliamna Bay Cook Inlet,PeaJ a»a ;rl!p H^i .M-ougl,;,,. oa». o, c„a,. rang,, a. .» )„de. On
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