FOEESTS OF MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK. 



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of canyons and in stream valleys. At its upper limits it is common 

 on flats and depressions and about lakes on level summits. It avoids 

 steep mountain sides and exposed situations. 



FIG. 14. Grand fir (Abies grandis). 



The Engelmann spruce is easily distinguished from its associates 

 by its stiff, bluish-green pointed leaves, which prick the hand when 



