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FOREST TREES OF THE PACIFIC SLOPE. 



The crown form varies from a low, open, bushy, broad, round-topped tree under 

 10 feet in height to one with a conical crown 20 or 25 or, sometimes, 30 feet 

 high. The short, clear part of the trunk is rarely more than from 10 to 20 

 inches in diameter. The branches often become large and greatly distorted 

 in old trees, much as in the western juniper. The bark, outwardly weathered 

 to a gray color and red-brown beneath, is in contrast with the clear, light 



Fig. 74. — Juniperus calif ornica : a, seed, twice natural size. 



cinnamon-brown bark of its relative. Branchlets, after losing their leaves, 

 have thin, scaly bark of pale ashy-brown color; those of the western juniper 

 are reddish brown. 



The pale yellowish green color of the foliage is fairly distinct from the 

 pale ashy-green foliage of western juniper. The light, red-brown " berries " 

 (fig. 74), one-fourth to nearly one-half inch in length, and maturing by about 



