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Often the trunk divides into two or three, all rising parallel 

 from the same base. 



The leaves are small, opposite and scalelike, lying close 

 to the branchlet. They are dark green or pale, and covered 

 with a bloom. The fruit is bright blue, 

 covered with a bloom, and matures at 

 the end of the second season. Its flesh 

 is sweet but resinous. 



The wood of the Rocky Mountain red 

 cedar is not as valuable as that of the 

 red cedar of the east. It is red, close- 

 grained and easily worked, and may be 

 used for furniture or pencil-making. 



The tree occurs scattered over dry 

 mountain ridges in the southern interior 

 of British Columbia. It grows singly or 



in small groups, and usually at considerable elevation. It has 

 never been grown in cultivation to any great extent, but the 

 success with which the northern red cedar, juniperus vir- 

 giniana, has been grown would indicate that this, too, might 

 be valuable for ornamental purposes. 



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