Descriptive Catalogue of the Photographs of the United States Geological Survey
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, vol. 6, p. 35, pi. 5. Var. LATIFOLIA, Erig. Mountain form, 15-25 high ; branches short and few, recurved with age; foliage sparse, often profusely cone-bear- ing ; allied to the eastern scrub-pine, P. Inops, which it closely resem- bles; known as "Red Pine. " Parry remarks: "It is quite abundant on the crest and slopes of dry subalpine ridges, forming the principal part of the forest there and extending to near the snow-line; asymmetrical tree of rapid growth, with slim and tapering trunk a f...oot in diameter, a snioothish, grayish-brown bark, detached in thin scales, and tough but coarse wood, which is liable to warp, and rarely cut into boards. " Mount of the Holy Cross, Coulter. Twin Lakes, Porter. PINUS PONDEROSA, Dougl. DC. Prod. , 1. C. , p. 395. Tall, with wide- spreading or subpendulous branches, ascending at the ends, somewhat twisted; bud-scales lanceolate-acuminate, fimbriate-ciliate on the mar- gin; sheaths rather long; leaves in threes, rather long, 4 / -10 /, and f 77 -!
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