THE TRAINING OF A FORESTER 



the oaks, hickories, and the cypress are char- 

 acteristic of this region. 



The Central Forest, lying mainly between 

 the Northern and the Southern Forests, but 

 extending in a narrow belt from Massachu- 

 setts along the eastern border of the Appa- 

 lachian Mountains to northern Georgia and 

 Alabama. Thence it spreads north and west 

 through the timbered bottoms of the Ohio 

 and the Mississippi, until it dies out along 

 the rivers of the great plains at about the 

 one-hundredth meridian. The chief trees of 

 this Central Forest are the oaks, hickories, 

 and the chestnut, walnut, yellow poplar, 

 cherry, and cottonwood. 



The Rocky Mountain Forest covers the 

 higher lands of the mountainous West from 

 Mexico to the Canadian line. Its charac- 

 teristic trees are the yellow pine, the Douglas 

 fir, with spruce, firs, and the aspen. 



The Pacific Coast Forest, except for an 



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