FORESTS OF MOUXT RAINIER XATIOXAL PARK. 



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tain kinds of finish. It is also an excellent material for the tops of 

 violins and other stringed instruments. The Engelmann spruce is, 

 however, of little importance as a timber tree on account of its 



FIG. 16. A group of yellow cypresses (Chamaecyparis nootJcatensis) on the 



high slopes of Mount Rainier National Park, altitude about 6,000 feet. 



Photograph by A. II. Barnes. 



scarcity and the scattered stands in which it grows. It is a long- 

 lived tree unless attacked by fire, to which it is very vulnerable. 



YELLOW CYPRESS ( CHAMAECYPARIS XOOTKATEXSIS) . 



Yellow cypress (fig. 16) ranges from the seacoast of southern 

 Alaska south to the mountains of Washington and Oregon. It occurs 



