Sitka spruce: its uses, growth and management . s generally abundant southward, on the islands andmainland near the coast of southeastern Alaska. In British Colum-bia it is found chiefly along the shore line and on the lowlands ofthe large rivers like the Fraser. In the United States it is found in the western part of the Stateof Washington on the lower benches and bottomlands of the riversalong the Pacific coast, and less commonly about Puget Sound, oc-curring sporadically in the foothills of the Cascade Range. it is found under similar conditions but almost exclusivelywest of the c
Sitka spruce: its uses, growth and management . s generally abundant southward, on the islands andmainland near the coast of southeastern Alaska. In British Colum-bia it is found chiefly along the shore line and on the lowlands ofthe large rivers like the Fraser. In the United States it is found in the western part of the Stateof Washington on the lower benches and bottomlands of the riversalong the Pacific coast, and less commonly about Puget Sound, oc-curring sporadically in the foothills of the Cascade Range. it is found under similar conditions but almost exclusivelywest of the crest of the Coast Range; it extends up the ColumbiaRiver only 50 miles from its mouth, and farther south not more than History of Spruce Production Division, United States Army, issued by the Unitedstates Spruce Production Corporation. SITKA spruce: uses, growth, management. 20 miles inland. In California it jjrows close to the shore line andalong the Smith and Klamath Rivers; the southern limit of itsrange is near Casper, in Mendocino Fig. 1.—Botanical distribution of Sitka spruce, sliown by sliaded areas. Heavy commercial stands of this species are found all the wayfrom southeastern Alaska to Coos Bay, Oreg., though by no meansdoes this tree preponderate in the forest growth throughout this stripnor is it even present everywhere. The heaviest stands of Sitkaspruce, in its entire range, occur in the northwestern part of the 4 BULLETIN 1060, V. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRK^ULTURE. Olympic Peninsula (Washington) along the Solecliick. Dickey, andHoko Rivers at elevations between 400 and 600 feet. The upper altitudinal limit has been noted by many observers asbeing higher in the northern part of its range than farther south;it is seldom, however, more than 3,000 feet above sea level. In theStates it is doubtful whether it grows at that elevation; actuallyit has been found at feet on the west side of the OlympicMountains, at 2,100 feet near Bandera in the Cascade Range of
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