FORESTS OF MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK. 9 



WESTERN RED CEDAR (THUJA PLICATA.) 1 



The western red cedar (title page and fig. 5) ranges from south- 

 eastern Alaska to northern California. It is a common tree in the 

 park. It occurs in patches along the river bottoms where the flat 



FIG. 4. Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga taxi folia). 



scalelike foliage is conspicuous among the needle-shaped leaves of 

 the hemlock and fir. The bark is fibrous in appearance and may be 

 readily separated into long strips. The trunks of the older trees are 

 swelled and irregularly fluted at the base. The leaves are fragrant 



1 This species is known as arbor vitse in Glacier Park. 



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