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percent for the southern pine región. In the last few years the 

 southern pineries have been declining in lumber production, while 

 the Pacific coast has been gaining. 



Figure 11. — A forest of Douglas fir. 



Douglas fir reaches its greatest importance in the Pacific northwest, although it 

 is found to a large extent also in the Rocky Mountain región. 



Two outstanding commercial species of the Pacific coast are 

 Douglas fir and ponderosa pine, and the bulk of the lumber pro- 

 duced from these species comes from this región. In the amount of 



