. 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. 104 The Ground Cypresses usually bearing 2 oNOiles. The cones are globose, S to 7 mm. in diameter, sessile or nearly so, bluish purple and very glaucous when young, turning red-brown; the scales are flattish or somewhat sunken at the top and bear a short conic tip. Seeds i or 2 under each fertile scale, ovate, pointed at the apex, obtuse at the base, about 2 ram. long, compressed, their wings as broad as the seed- body or
. 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. 104 The Ground Cypresses usually bearing 2 oNOiles. The cones are globose, S to 7 mm. in diameter, sessile or nearly so, bluish purple and very glaucous when young, turning red-brown; the scales are flattish or somewhat sunken at the top and bear a short conic tip. Seeds i or 2 under each fertile scale, ovate, pointed at the apex, obtuse at the base, about 2 ram. long, compressed, their wings as broad as the seed- body or narrower. The wood is soft, rather weak, close- grained, light reddish brown, becoming darker with age; its specific gravity is about It is very durable, easily worked, and is much used in cooperage and general carpentry, for boats, shingles, posts and railroad ties. This durable and valuable wood is dug out of swamps, especially in southern New 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. 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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