The guardians of the Columbia, Mount Hood, Mount Adams and Mount St Helens . Firs and Hemlocks, in Clarke County, Washington. THE FORESTS 131. Deschutes, this species formsa great forest bounded on theeast by rolHng sage-brushplains that stretch south-ward to the Nevada the Deschutes drain-age, where spurs of the Bluemountains rise to the levelsof clouds and moisture, theforest again covers the hills,spreading far to the eastuntil it disappears again inthe broad, treeless valley ofSn^ke river. North of theColumbia the story is thesame. From the lower slopesof Mt. Adams great rol
The guardians of the Columbia, Mount Hood, Mount Adams and Mount St Helens . Firs and Hemlocks, in Clarke County, Washington. THE FORESTS 131. Deschutes, this species formsa great forest bounded on theeast by rolHng sage-brushplains that stretch south-ward to the Nevada the Deschutes drain-age, where spurs of the Bluemountains rise to the levelsof clouds and moisture, theforest again covers the hills,spreading far to the eastuntil it disappears again inthe broad, treeless valley ofSn^ke river. North of theColumbia the story is thesame. From the lower slopesof Mt. Adams great rollingbunch-grass downs and prai-ries reach far eastward. Hereand there, over these drierstretches, stand single treesor clusters of western juni-per (Juniperus occidentalis).But on the west slope ofthe Cascades, and over the Coast range, the great forests spread in unbrokenarray, save where wide valleys have been cleared by man or hillsides strip-ped by fire. Here, in the land of warm seawinds and abundant moisture,the famousDouglas fir (Pseudotsuga taxifolia), Pacificred cedar {Thuja plicata) and tidelandspruce (Picea sitchensis) attain
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