Forest trees of the Pacific slope . uce flowers in the fall and small immature acorns whichdrop from the trees by spring. The cups of acorns are peculiar in having theirscaly edges turned in. Wood, brittle, hard, heavy, exceedingly fine-grained,reddish brown; sapwood very thick and darker than heart. It has economicvalue only for fuel, since the tree has a very poor timber form and the woodchecks and warps badly in seasoning. Bark of this species is extensively usedto adulterate the similar but much more valuable tanbark obtained from theCalifornia tanbark oak. Longevity.—Few records of the ag
Forest trees of the Pacific slope . uce flowers in the fall and small immature acorns whichdrop from the trees by spring. The cups of acorns are peculiar in having theirscaly edges turned in. Wood, brittle, hard, heavy, exceedingly fine-grained,reddish brown; sapwood very thick and darker than heart. It has economicvalue only for fuel, since the tree has a very poor timber form and the woodchecks and warps badly in seasoning. Bark of this species is extensively usedto adulterate the similar but much more valuable tanbark obtained from theCalifornia tanbark oak. Longevity.—Few records of the age attained are available. It is Judgedto be exceedingly long-lived. Trees from 12 to 25 inches througit ni-e from 20 toabout 05 years old. 304 FOREST TREES OF THE PACIFIC SLOPE. RANGE. California and Lower California. Valleys and lower foothills of California coastranges, inland through fog belt and southward from Mendocino, Mendocino County, toMount San Iedro Martir. Lower California. Xot in great interior valleys of California.—Not common north of San Francisco Bay. hut very almndaiil in valleysabout and south of the bay. Plentiful also in southern California between mountainsand sea, and also on coast islands. Going southward, it extends inland from sea to FOEEST TREES OF THE PACIFIC SLOPE. 305 Monte Diablo, Oakland hills, Santa Clara Valley, to east of Santa Lucia and SanLuis Obispo Mountains, to southern slopes of Santa Barbara, San Gabriel, eastern slopesof San Bernardino to San Gorgonio Pass, at 2,800 feet elevation, and to ranges in SanDiego County. Locally noted about Inverness and Nicasio (Marin County) and atBerkeley; Santa Clara Aalley and up western foothills; Big Basin (Santa Cruz County),on Flea Trotrero, at Monterey. Del Monte. Point Pinyos. and Carmel Bay. In SantaLucia Mountains of Monterey National Forest, an important tree in Sur, Carmelo, ArroyoSeco, San Antonio, and Xacimiento river watersheds, ranging throughout this Forest froms
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