FOREST RESOURCES II 



extending southward from southern Oregon to San Luis Obispo 

 County in Cahfornia. It is associated with Douglas lir, tanbark 

 oak (Quercus densifiora) , western red cedar and western hemlock. 

 The chief commercial stands are in Humboldt and Del Nort' 

 counties in the northern part of Cahfornia. 



The average yield per acre is from 60,000 to 75,000 fe- 

 although 100,000 feet per acre is not uncommon. Single af 

 are said to have yielded 1,500,000 feet of sawed lumber, ai^ 

 individual trees have contained 480,000 feet log scale of mer- 

 chantable timber. The highest stand so far reported is 2,500,000 

 feet per acre, but the yield in merchantable material was re- 

 duced 40 per cent through breakage and other losses. The 

 waste in logging redwood is enormous, because of the massive 

 size of the trees and the brittle character of the timber. 



The trees average 6 or 7 feet in diameter, although from 10 

 to 14 feet is not uncommon, with a maximum of about 20 feet. 

 The clear length ranges from 100 to 200 feet. 



The lumber is manufactured in mills located near the forest, 

 hauled by rail to the coast, and shipped by water to distributing 

 points or to market. It is sold along the Pacific Coast, in the 

 Far East, and some high grade lumber is marketed in the central 

 and eastern part of the United States. It furnishes wide boards 

 of excellent quahty for panels and interior finish. In the West 

 it is used extensively for tanks, flume boxes, house construction, 

 fence posts, shingles and shakes. 



The lumber cut^ in 19 10 was approximately 543,493,000 feet. 



There is very little redwood stumpage on the market, because 

 the greater part of the timber is held by companies which are 

 now exploiting it. The stumpage in 1890 was held at about 

 80 cents per thousand feet but is now valued at from $2.50 to 

 $3 50, with a maximum of $5 per thousand feet. 



Cypress. — The commercial range of cypress {Taxodium 

 distichiim) is confined to a narrow strip of swampy land extend- 

 ing along the Atlantic seaboard from North Carolina to Florida, 

 along the Gulf Coast in Florida, Louisiana and western Missis- 

 sippi, and up the Mississippi River to southern Arkansas. 



^ This includes the cut of the bigtree {Sequoia Washingtonia). 



