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FOREST TREES OF THE PACIFIC SLOPE. 



next and begin to fall when the new leaves are being formed. It is not strictly 

 evergreen. Its general aspect is that of a white oak with deeply furrowed, 

 widely ridged, pale grayish-brown bark, and a big, irregular, dense, rounded 



Fig. 120. — Quercus engehnanni ; young shoot leaves. 



crown. It is from 40 to 50 feet high (occasionally somewhat taller), and from 

 20 to 30 inches in diameter. The large limbs stand out almost horizontally 

 above a short, clear trunk. Twigs of the first season are reddish-brown and 



