Forest trees of the Pacific slope . kreddish brown, and with thin, long, firmly attached scales. The dense foliagehas a somewhat bright but deep yellow-green hue. The leaves (fig. 31) are flat-fish and obscurely triangular, the sharpest angle on the lower side. Two resinducts are shown on cross-section of the leaf near its upper border. The cones(fig. 31) mature in one season, shedding their seed late in September or in Octo-ber. When full grown, and before opening, they are dark purplish green:after shedding their seed, they are dull russet-brown. They fall from the treesslowly, many adhering
Forest trees of the Pacific slope . kreddish brown, and with thin, long, firmly attached scales. The dense foliagehas a somewhat bright but deep yellow-green hue. The leaves (fig. 31) are flat-fish and obscurely triangular, the sharpest angle on the lower side. Two resinducts are shown on cross-section of the leaf near its upper border. The cones(fig. 31) mature in one season, shedding their seed late in September or in Octo-ber. When full grown, and before opening, they are dark purplish green:after shedding their seed, they are dull russet-brown. They fall from the treesslowly, many adhering until the end of the second autumn. The seeds are darkchocolate brown. Seed-leaves, as a rule, G. Wood, little known; pale yellowishto very light brown, rather heavy, and fine-grained. FOREST TEEES OF THE PACIFIC SLOPE. 85 LoN^,E^^TY.—Little is Iviiovvn of the longevity of this tree, concerning whichfuither study is required. Trees from IG to 17^ inches in diameter are from145 to 150 years old. Probably attains much greater Fig. 31.—Picca hretrcrUina. RANGE. Southwestern Oregon and northwestern California; locally distributed In detachedareas at elevations between 4,000 and 8,000 feet. Range still imperfectly known. Oregon.—Coast Mountains, on east end of Chetco Range in Josephine County, and 5,000 feet; divide between Canyon Creek and Fiddlers Gulcli. at head of aWest Fork of Illinois River, on north slope of Siskiyous (.Josephine County) ; SuckerCreek and high mountain tops south of Rogue River (north slope of Siskiyous). 86 FOREST TREES OF THE PACTFTC SLOPE. California.—Several hundred acres on north Rh)i)e of Siskiyous, at about 7,000feet, on head of small south fork of Illinois Uiver, just south of north boundary ofCalifornia and near Waldo, Greg. South slope of Siskiyous (few miles south of lastsrovet, on headwaters of small northern tributary of Klamath Uiver, at 7,500 feetelevation. About 000 acres at head of Elk Creek (tributary Klamath Rive
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