298 FOREST TREES OF THE PACIFIC SLOPE. 



of Coast Range and eastward to about longitude of Mount Shasta, but not on that 

 mountain. In Klamath National Forest, reaching yellow pine belt; in Trinity Mountains, 

 extending eastward nearly to Redding ; in Shasta National Forest, chiefly on canyon 

 slopes at 2,000 to 3,000 feet and in lower part of yellow pine belt up to about 5,000 feet ; 

 common among foothill trees in Lassen Peak and Plumas National forests. Abundant in 

 Sierras throughout higher foothills, generally to 6,000 feet, but very often ascending to 



Fig. 134. — Quercus chrysolcpis. 



S,000 or 9,000 feet. In west border canyons of Tahoe National Forest ; in all principal 

 canyons of Stanislaus National Forest, at 1,500 to 6,000 feet, occasionally spreading over 

 high "broad valleys, where large trees grow between about 3,000 to 8,000 feet elevation. 

 Abundant in valley bottoms of Sequoia and Yosemite National parks. In Sierra National 

 Forest it grows in canyons and gulches far below pine belt as well as up into it. 

 Locally noted in this region as follows : Merced River, south of Wawona ; Fresno River, 



