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De I. VNER VEW D Forest Trees of the Pacific Slope

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FOREST TREES-OF T1lE PACIFIC SLOPE.<br />

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LONGEVITY.-Very little is known <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> age attnined by this tree. It may,<br />

however, be regardetd as very long-lived. Some <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> hlrgest trees are unquestionably<br />

frosl 700 to 80)0 years old. <strong>Trees</strong> fromn 24 to 40 inches in diamleter are<br />

from 200 to 510 years old.<br />

FiaC. 59. Tiamja plicati.<br />

RANGE.<br />

Sou<strong>the</strong>astern coast <strong>of</strong> Alaska and southward to nor<strong>the</strong>rn California; eastward, through<br />

sou<strong>the</strong>astern British Columbia, through nor<strong>the</strong>rn Washington to nor<strong>the</strong>rn Idaho and<br />

Montana, and to Cascades <strong>of</strong> Washington and Oregon.

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