FOREST TEEES OF THE PACIFIC SLOPE. 



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conspicuously grooved, and marked at the base with a short, 2-parted scar 

 (hiluin). Number and character of seed leaves unknown. 



Wood, dull red. or. more often, rather bright, rose-red : line-grained, durable, 

 with a thick layer of white sapwood. It is suitable for the commercial uses to 

 which the eastern red cedar is put, but since the occurrence of the tree is some- 

 what rare and scattered, it is not likely to be of much economic importance. 

 Locally prized for posts on account of its durability. The tree deserves the for- 

 ester's attention for planting, since it thrives on dry soils and, especially, since 



Fig. CO. — Tuniperu8 scopulorum: a. seeds. 



tbe red wood is valuable for pencils, for which the eastern supply of cedar is 

 practically exhausted. 



Longevity. — Few records of its age are available. It appears to mow very 

 slowly and to be rather long-lived. Trees from 6 to 8 inches in diameter are 

 from 130 to 17."> years old. 



RANGE. 



Eastern foothills of Rocky Mountains in Alberta southward to western Texas, and 

 westward to coast of British Columbia and Washington, to eastern Oregon, Nevada, and 



