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

174 FOREST TREES OF THE PACIFIC SLOPE.
of streams and lakes. In mountains, best in narrow, damp, sunny ravines. Not exacting
in soil requirements, yet best in moist, well-drained soils, neither dry nor swampy. In
Oregon it thrives on sandy soils, growing even in dry soils of high ridges, while in north
FiG. 67.-Chain(rcyparis lancsoniana: a. fruiting branch; b., e, seed natural size and
enlarged
rest coast region of California it grows well in swampy places near the sea. In cultivation
it does well in almost any porous soil. except cold peat
In pure stands of limited extent oitly ; commonly scattered through forest singly or
in small groups Near Fort Orford (southwest Oregon) abundant in mixture with west-