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

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162 FOREST TREES OF THE PACTIFIC SLOPE.<br />

commercial value, but <strong>the</strong> tree is very important if) forming a cover for barren,<br />

sandy, anldi rocky slopes too unuch exposed for most o<strong>the</strong>r trees. Its lowv growth<br />

subjects it to destructive tires, but it persistently reconquers areas oIn which its<br />

ranks have been severely thinned.<br />

FIG. 62-Cxupress as gor tlanlia: a, seed.<br />

LoNEVITY.-Little is known <strong>of</strong> its age, bult it is believed to be fairly longlived.<br />

<strong>Trees</strong> front S to 14 inches in diameter arc front 55 to 97 years old. The<br />

age <strong>of</strong> larger trunks is probably 150 or 200 years, or even more.

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