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Two oustanding 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 region. In the amount of 

 lumber produced Douglas fir ranks second only to southern yellow 

 pine, and ponderosa pine ranks third (fig. 10). Western hemlock, 

 sugar pine, and western white pine also are valuable timber trees 

 of this region. 



In California grow the celebrated bigtrees and redwoods. The 

 redwoods are found in a strip 20 to 30 miles wide along the coast, 

 extending from the southern borders of Oregon into Monterey 

 County, Calif. The bigtrees grow farther inland on the western 

 slope of the Sierra Nevada. Because of the comparatively small 



The forests of this region play an important part in watershed protection. 



number remaining, the big trees are no longer cut commercially, but 

 redwood is still lumbered and has a variety of uses. 



Other species found in the Pacific coast region are western and 

 mountain hemlocks; noble, silver, lowland white, white, and Shasta 

 red firs ; western red, incense, Port Orf ord, and Alaska cedars ; Sitka, 

 Engelmann, and bigcone spruces; western and Lyall larches; lodge- 

 pole, knobcone, and digger pines; Monterey and Gowan cypresses; 

 western and California junipers; single-leaf pinon; oaks; ash; 

 maples; birches; alders; cottonwood; buckeye; laurel; and madrona. 



HOW OUR FORESTS SERVE US 



FOREST PRODUCTS 



For many of us the forest is no longer close at hand. Neverthe- 

 less, it has continued to contribute more and more to our needs until 

 today the uses to which its resources and products are put are legion. 



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