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The next tree with long scant foliage along the path is 

 Pinus Sabiniana, the Digger Pine 



This pine is of almost no ornamental value here, for though odd 

 in its heavy trunk and sparse foliage, it is not sufficiently hardy. 



The Digger Pine is confined to the western part of California, 

 where it inhabits the foothills of the Coast Ranges and of the 

 Sierra Nevada, almost the entire length of the state. It ranges 

 between elevations of 250 and 4,000 feet. It attains a height of 

 50 and occasionally 80 feet and is characterized principally by 

 thin, pendulous foliage and crooked straggling branches, which set 

 it apart from all other accompanying coniferous vegetation. The 

 leaves are in groups of threes, 8 to 12 inches long. The young 

 shoots when cut have the same orange-like odor as the Western 

 Yellow and Jeffrey Pines. 



The wood of this tree is of little economic importance but the 

 edible seeds have served as food for the Digger Indians, whence 

 the common name of the tree. It is also known as Bull, Gray, 

 Gray-leaf, Nut, and Sabines' Pine. 



Directly west of the Digger Pine the three low bushy ever- 

 greens, somewhat isolated from the other pines about, are 



Pinus Murrayana, the Lodgepole Pine 



This pine, too, is of comparatively little ornamental value in 

 this part of the country for under cultivation it assumes a bushy 

 rather than tree-like habit. It also is a native western tree, but 

 differs from the Digger Pine in its very extensive range. It is 

 found from the valley of the Yukon, near the Alaskan boundary, 

 along the Pacific Coast to central California and eastward as far 

 as the Black Hills. It becomes common at an elevation of about 

 7,000 feet and in southern California it ascends the mountains to 

 11,000 feet. Great stands of Lodgepole cover the western states 

 in the northern Rockies, where they are the most common conifers, 

 attaining a height of 100 feet or more. 



The common name, Lodgepole, has arisen from the use made 

 by the Indians of these trees for the center pole in their lodges. 



