Let's Know Some Trees: Brief Descriptions of the Principal California Trees (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Charles Howard Shinn

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0282832564 ISBN 13: 9780282832568

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2019

Synopsis

Excerpt from Let's Know Some Trees: Brief Descriptions of the Principal California Trees

The SO called tamarack Of the California mountains, properly named lodgepole pine, sometimes forms rather large forests, as it once did on the mountain ridges between Lakes Tahoe and Carson, but most Often st1ao1011es along the edges of mountain meadows. The needles are in twos; bthe bark is gray or brownish, somewhat soft, and full of resin. Woe to the thoughtless boy who cuts his initials in that temptingly soft bark. In a short time the Incision is dripping pitch, which will get on his hands and clothes, on those Of his fellow campers, and Of anyone who follows his party. The cones are seldom over 2 inches lo.ng The tree is at its best from to feet above sea level.

The bushy little alpine pine known as Whitebark pine or dwaif 'which interests all who cross the high Sierra passes, has thin, silvery bark at first smooth and later fissured and checked, leaves in clusters Of five, and cones a deep purple when growing oii the tree, brown when dry, and fr om IV; to 3 inches long. While the trees are truly dwarfed into shapeless shrubs on the highest elevations where they occur, in more sheltered spots Of deep, rich soil they have been found 50 feet high and almost 2 feet In diameter.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0282832564
• ISBN 13: 9780282832568
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 46