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All parts of Vancouver Island are heavily 

 forested except the southeastern peninsula and 

 the higher mountain summits of the interior. 

 The densest forests arc to be found in the vicin- 

 ity of the west coast, where the climatic con- 

 ditions arc particularly favorable to the growth 

 of trees. 



Only thirteen species of conifers are known 

 to occur spontaneously on the island, viz,:- 



TAXACE.E 



Tax us bi'cviiolia 



PINACE.^ 



' Abietine^ 



P'niiis monticola 



Pinus coiitoiid 



Abies (Picea) sitchensis 



Abies {Hespero pence) Mertensiana 



Abies {Tsiiga) heterophylla 



Abies {Pseudotsiiga) taxijoUa 



Abies grand is 



Abies amabilis 



CUPRESSINE^ 



Thuja plicata 



