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

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

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FOREST TREES OF THE PACIFIC SLOPE. 207 from 12 to 20 feet high. The clear trunk is short, giving off big branches which curve upward, then down, often drooping nearly to the ground and forming a handsome dome-like crown. The bark of young trees and portions of the large branches is smooth and ashy white, while that of older trunks is blackish FIG. 82.-Juglans californica: a, nut without hull. brown and rather deeply and sharply furrowed and ridged. The California species resembles the eastern black walnut sufficiently to suggest that tree to one familiar with it. The leaves (fig. 82), with from 9 to 17 leaflets, are light yellow-green and are smooth throughout when full grown; occasionally, how-

FOREST TREES OF THE PACIFIC SLOPE. 207<br />

from 12 to 20 feet high. The clear trunk is short, giving <strong>of</strong>f big branches which<br />

curve upward, <strong>the</strong>n down, <strong>of</strong>ten drooping nearly to <strong>the</strong> ground and forming a<br />

handsome dome-like crown. The bark <strong>of</strong> young trees and portions <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> large<br />

branches is smooth and ashy white, while that <strong>of</strong> older trunks is blackish<br />

FIG. 82.-Juglans californica: a, nut without hull.<br />

brown and ra<strong>the</strong>r deeply and sharply furrowed and ridged. The California<br />

species resembles <strong>the</strong> eastern black walnut sufficiently to suggest that tree to<br />

one familiar with it. The leaves (fig. 82), with from 9 to 17 leaflets, are light<br />

yellow-green and are smooth throughout when full grown; occasionally, how-

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