Forest trees of the Pacific slope . Camp Trail. California.—Crescent City Trail, Del Norte County, near Oregon line. OCCURRENCE. Mountain slopes in dry, rocky and gravelly soil. In extensive thickets of pure growth. Blue douglasii Hooker and CHARACTERISTICS. Appropriately called blue oak on account of the blue-green color of its foliage,but known locally also as white oak, from its light, ashy-gray bark. Trunksexposed to the sun are especially light colored, sometimes even whitish, but areconsiderably darker gray in sheltered situations. Usually small or mediu
Forest trees of the Pacific slope . Camp Trail. California.—Crescent City Trail, Del Norte County, near Oregon line. OCCURRENCE. Mountain slopes in dry, rocky and gravelly soil. In extensive thickets of pure growth. Blue douglasii Hooker and CHARACTERISTICS. Appropriately called blue oak on account of the blue-green color of its foliage,but known locally also as white oak, from its light, ashy-gray bark. Trunksexposed to the sun are especially light colored, sometimes even whitish, but areconsiderably darker gray in sheltered situations. Usually small or medium sized, from 30 to 40 feet high and from 10 to 15 inches in diameter; exceptionally, from 60 to 75 feet in height and 2 feet in diameter; larger trees occur, but very rarely. The rather thin, narrowly ridged bark flakes off easily. The smooth-looking trunks are short and clear of branches 15188—08 19 POBEST TBEES 0. THB * , • , nv bent and sive off short, oA .^^f thPV are iuvariably leaning oi oem, - dome-like. FIG. 126.—Owercus sadlerimia- .« . 1-n ]o,s). extremely variable. + 1,. iinivv Mature leaves (ni,^./-- ,.,31^^, ^yith minute, FOEEST TREES OP THE PACIFIC SLOPE. 287 , •I^ lare in autumn. Acorns Cfijr ioo\ ^ brown wben r,pe „„<, ex«e.,.„, ,n fo^^eStSMte/ear
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