MOUNTAIN TREES 



The Wislizenus Oak invades our 

 mountains and composes a considerable 

 portion of the upper chaparral growth 

 (5000-7000 feet). Its leaves are all 

 plane; lustrous green above, pale- or 

 yellowish-green below, entire or toothed. 

 The acorns are narrow, long and deep- 

 cupped. 



The best field marks of the Golden 

 oak are the golden yellow powder which 

 covers the underside of the young 

 leaves, and the golden fuzz-covered 

 cups of the acorns, hence the specific 

 term chrysolepis. "It is the only one 

 of our trees which possesses immunity 

 from wanton attack. Save for a definite 

 purpose no one meddles with it, its local 

 name, iron oak, being well merited." 



The California oak grows at an eleva- 

 tion of about 5000 feet and is a promi- 

 nent tree of the yellow pine belt. The 

 general, graceful, aspiring form of the 

 tree, and the deeply cleft leaves at once 

 distinguish it from the other three oaks. 



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