Western white pine 



Western white pine is found mostly in the 

 far northwestern corner of Montana, 

 sharing with western larch the distinction 

 of being the tallest tree in our forests— 

 from 90 to 180 feet tall. It grows very 

 straight, with wood that is soft, light, and 

 easily worked, so white pine is valuable as 

 timber. 



Redcedar and western hemlock forests 

 occur in moist areas in the mountainous 

 northwest corner of Montana, and extend 

 along the river valleys at lower altitudes. 

 Larch, lodgepole pine, and Douglas fir, as 

 well as spruce, are often part of the mixed 

 forests in these places. Redcedar and 

 hemlock can grow in dense shade, and of- 

 ten outlive other trees; redcedar may reach 

 an age of 600 to 1,000 years. Hemlock 

 rarely lives to be over 500 years old. 



Western redcedar 



Grand fir 



Grand fir grows in northwest Montana at 

 lower and middle elevations (2,400 to 

 5,000 feet), where the climate is like that of 

 the cool, moist Pacific Northwest, and in 

 the river valleys of west central Montana. 

 Undergrowth is usually beargrass, twin- 

 flower, and wild sarsaparilla. 



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