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FOREST DISTRIBUTION 



southward to include the southern arm of Lake Tend d'Oreille. 

 It indude.x some < f the most mesophytic conditions of the region. 

 A survey of the forest of this section gives the following data: 



Tal.le !i. Forests of the Priest Lake Section. 



The forests of this section vary from open stands of yellow 

 pine and Douglas spruce in some localities, or in others of typ- 

 ic;i! forests of lodirepole, to the heavy forests of white pine, 

 hemlock HIM] oi-and fir. such as may be found alon.u 1 the bot- 

 toms of Priest River. In this stand is a copious undergrowth of 

 yon HIT hemlo-k and arborvitae, but in many places the forest 

 i> to., dense to support more than a. li.u'ht undergrowth of broad- 



i shrubs. 



The second section, here designated as the Coeur d'Alene, 



of the first. It extends for about 130 miles in 



h and from :>n t,, 7.") in breadth. It lies about e<|ii;dly in 



Montana and Idaho, across the Coenr d'Alene Iirinue. It includes 



on the western side the drainage of the Coeiir d'Alene nnd St. 



loe i-ivei-s iii Idaho, and on the .Montana side the lower valley 



of the ('birk's Fork and reaeliiiiL- 1 to the summits of the Cabinet 



Mountains and Fvaro Pass. Its Mini heasl ern corner lies m-ar 



da at the junction of the P.itin- i;,,,,! ; ,nd the Clark's Fork 



I above, is notable for the richness 



of its fli.ra. It im-liidcs the only stations thus f;ir reported for 

 M< !! n*'i,nni in this region, and in shrubby and herbaceous 



