TAMARACK OR LODGE-POLE PINE 



Pinus Murrayana MURR. 



BARK Light gray, but somewhat pinkish or brown- 

 ish in the open forest; very thin (*4 in) and cov- 

 ered with thin scales. 



LFAVES- In 2's, 1 to 2% inches long; stiff; yellowish 

 green. 



CONE Oblong when closed, globose when open, red- 

 dish brown; 1 to 2% inches long; scales with 

 blunt summits, and bearing a minute prickle; 

 seeds winged. 



The Murray pine grows only at high 

 altitudes in our southern mountains, be- 

 ing confined to the close vicinity of the 

 highest peaks San Gorgonio, San Ja- 

 cinto, San Antonio and Sugar Loaf, 

 where it is the dominant tree, though it 

 is noted as occurring locally at Big Bear 

 Lake (north and south sides at 6700 

 feet "A queer misplacement of the 

 species and apparently out of its 

 zone."), and at Bluff Lake. In com- 

 pany with the White Fir, the Tamarack 

 frequents the swampy flower-starred 

 meadows and moist mountain slopes, or 

 with Pinus flexilis climbs the rocky 

 steeps of the highest peaks, running out 

 along the north and east wind swept 



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