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Title: Forest trees of the Pacific slope
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: United States. Forest Service Sudworth, George Bishop, 1862-1927
Subjects: Trees Forests and forestry
Publisher: Washington Govt. Print. Off
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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Fig. 129.—Qucrcun rnyehnanni; young shoot leaves. crown. It is from 40 to HO feet high (occasionally somewhat taller), and from20 to 30 inches in diameter. The large limbs stand out almost horizontallyabove u short, clear trunk. Twigs of the first season are reddish-brown and FOREST TEEES OP THE PACIFIC SLOPE. 291 coated with very minute, short hairs, which later disappear. Mature leaves(fig. 130), very distinctive, are thick, very deep blue-green, and either smoothor with a few star-shaped hairs on their top sides; under surfaces and leaf
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I Pig. 1.30.—Quercus engelmanni. Stems light yellowish-green, and more or less coated with tawny minute hairs(which are sometimes practically absent, however) ; exceedingly variable inform and size, larger leaves occurring on vigorous shoots (fig. 129). Acorns 292 FOREST TREES OF THE PACIFIC SLOPE. are matured in one season, and when ripe are dark to lliilit chestnut-brown;cups externally clear red-brown and minutely hairy; their scales, especiallythose at the bottom, having a thick, ridge-like projection on the back and sharp,hairy points. Wood Aery dark brown, exceedingly heavy, dense, stiff, and brittle; greenwood checks and warps badly when exposed. It has nothing to recommend itfor commercial purposes, but locally it is likely to be of some importance forfuel, of which it furnishes a good quality. It is a useful desert species, andowing to the limited number of trees and their restricted range, attention shouldbe given to its reproduction and extension. Longevity.—Not fully d

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