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Wyoming Experiment Station. 



It occurs in all of our mountain ranges from the foothills 

 up to about 8,OOO feet. The wood of this pine is heavy 

 and resinous, with a handsome grain. It is used to a con- 

 siderable extent for domestic and commercial purposes. 

 The tree may always be known by its stout, usually erect 



VI. LIMBER PINE. The Pine of the wind-swept slopes and hilltops. 



habit; well formed trunk; the long needles (leaves) which 

 grow brush-like on the ends of the stems, and by the 

 thickened, spine-tipped scales of the heavy cones. The 

 names we often hear, Pitch Pine and Yellow Pine, fail to 

 distinguish it, for there are some others bearing these 

 names. 



