Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Volume III, 1863-1867Various
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Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Volume III, 1863-1867
Various
California Academy of Sciences -- Periodicals; Science -- Periodicals
Russian River Valley! south of Clear Lake! Geysers! Auburn and
Forest Hill! San José Valley! Blue Mountains!! (Mr. Dunn) Rocky
Mountains!! New Mexico!!
4. _Pinus insignis_. Dougl. (Monterey Pine.)
Monterey! Carmelo Valley!
This species covers many thousand acres of land near and by
Monterey and Carmelo, forming quite an extensive forest along
the coast between these two places. Height, sixty to one
hundred feet, and one to three feet diameter; outline very
irregular, consisting often of only a few rigid spreading
branches; foliage dense and of a vivid green color; cones
persistent, often from ten to nineteen whorls; bark very thick
and rimose. Wood extremely resinous and rather coarse-grained;
excellent for street planks, bridges, and floors. At present it
is no more in the market as lumber; the good timber has been
all cut, and the saw-mill removed.
Considering that there is, besides this species, only _Pinus
muricata_ growing in that forest, which could not be confounded
with the species in question—it is certainly most singular
to meet with so many synonyms for it. _Pinus radiata_, Don.;
_Pinus Sinclairii_ and _Pinus tuberculata_, provided this
last should not prove to be a good species. It is the more
astonishing since trees and cones are of great conformity
throughout the entire forest.
5. _Pinus tuberculata_, Don.
Santa Cruz! Ukiah! Oakland hills! Forest Hill! Eureka!!
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