FOREST TREES OF THE PACIFIC SLOPE. 



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1,000 feet and extending about 1 mile inland ; south of San Francisco Bay, on summit 

 and north side of Huckleberry Hill (near Monterey) at 500 to 800 feet elevation, and 

 extending along coast to San Luis Obispo County. 



Lower California. — Coast between Ensenada and San Quentin and on Cedros Island. 



Fig. 25. — Pinua murieata: a, seeds. 



OCCURRENCE. 



In swamps, sandy plains, or steep, dry, wind-swept sandy or gravelly bills near 

 sea; best in peat bogs (watersoaked, sandy plains with heath plants i in north part 

 of range. Very moderate in demands on moisture and quality of soil ; thrives iu poor, 



