Forest trees of the Pacific slope . Pig. 69.—Juniperus scopulorum: a, seeds. the red wood is valuable for pencils, for which the eastern supply of cedar ispractically exhausted. Longevity.—Few records of its age are available. It appears to grow veryslowly and to be rather long-lived. Trees from 0 to 8 inches in diameter arefrom W) to 175 years old. RANGE. Eastern foothills of Rocky Mountains in Alberta southward to western Texas, andwestward to coast of British Columbia and Washington, to eastern Oregon, Nevada, and 180 POKEST TREES OP THE PACIPIC SLOPE. northern Arizona: probably also in Bla
Forest trees of the Pacific slope . Pig. 69.—Juniperus scopulorum: a, seeds. the red wood is valuable for pencils, for which the eastern supply of cedar ispractically exhausted. Longevity.—Few records of its age are available. It appears to grow veryslowly and to be rather long-lived. Trees from 0 to 8 inches in diameter arefrom W) to 175 years old. RANGE. Eastern foothills of Rocky Mountains in Alberta southward to western Texas, andwestward to coast of British Columbia and Washington, to eastern Oregon, Nevada, and 180 POKEST TREES OP THE PACIPIC SLOPE. northern Arizona: probably also in Black Hills (South Dakota) and Oklahoma; gen-erally above feet elevation, except near coast. Limits of raiiue still imperfectlyknown. British and Alberta.—Eastern foothills of liocky Mountains westwardthrough southern British Columbia (here in Columbia Kiver Valley, near Donald, shoresof Kamloops, Kran{.-ois, and other lakes), to Pacilic Ocean; here on heights near Van-couver (British Columbia!, and at Esquinalt
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