Sequoias and Cypress 



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miles. Forty thousand feet of lumber are often obtained 

 from a single trunk. Probably you can get a sample 

 of the wood by going to a lumber yard or to a house 

 which is being covered with reddish-colored shingles. 



U. S. Forest Service 



FIG. 77. A group of redwoods. Some of the trees shown in the photograph are 

 more than 250 feet high. 



