. The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ... A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature . .lis. 7 o» .do It» k , FORESTS.] UNITED STATES 805 lowest slopes of the mountains, or farther south oftua cross thehigh valleys, and cover with open growth the murca hnvijiditi) upon the high Mojave plateau is acharacteristic and peculiar feature of the flora of this interiorregion. The red flr aud the yellow pine, widely distributedthroughout the Pacific regiou, do not occur upon the mouutaiuranges of the Great Basin. The heavy forests of the interior region, found along thewestern slopes of the C
. The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ... A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature . .lis. 7 o» .do It» k , FORESTS.] UNITED STATES 805 lowest slopes of the mountains, or farther south oftua cross thehigh valleys, and cover with open growth the murca hnvijiditi) upon the high Mojave plateau is acharacteristic and peculiar feature of the flora of this interiorregion. The red flr aud the yellow pine, widely distributedthroughout the Pacific regiou, do not occur upon the mouutaiuranges of the Great Basin. The heavy forests of the interior region, found along thewestern slopes of the California Sierras and upon the KociiyMountain system, are. for the most part, situated south of thetortv-second degree of latitude. The forests of the whole northerninterior portion of the continent, outside the regiou occupied inthe northern Rockv Mountains by the eastern development of theCoast Forest, feel the inllueuce of insufficient moisture; thenumlier of species of which they are composed is not large; theIn
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