DISTEIEUTION OF AMEEICAJSr FOEESTS 



Then, lastly, there lies beyond this 

 region the vast territory of the EocMes 

 and the ranges of the Pacific coast. 

 Extending over so great a part of 

 our country, the forests of this region 

 exhibit many transitions that reveal 

 the intimate relations between trees 

 and their natural environment; yet 

 here we cannot but notice the enor- 

 mous preponderance of the coniferous 

 over the broadleaf trees. Indeed, it 

 amounts almost to an exclusion of the 

 latter; for, while some of the poplars 

 and willows and several species of 

 oaks and a few maples are indigenous 

 to this part of the country, the last 

 two in particular to portions of Cali- 

 fornia, other broadleaf trees are mere 

 stragglers in the land. 



The forests of the West retain much 

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