OUR FORESTS 7 
é percent for the southern pine region. In the last few years the 
southern pineries have been declining in lumber production, while 
the Pacific coast has been gaining. 
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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 region. 
e 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 region. In the amount of 
