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REMARKS: A valuable lumber tree in the Rocky Mountains and the Cascades. Bark used for tanning.
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TIDELAND SPRUCE. SITKA SPRUCE.
_Picea sitchensis_ (Bongard) Carrire.
_Picea_, the cla.s.sical Latin name for the pitch pine.
Tideland refers to its habit of growth along the sea coast; _sitchensis_, named for Sitka.
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HABITAT: (See map); best on Pacific slope of British Columbia and northwestern United States.
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CHARACTERISTICS OF THE TREE: Height, 100'-150' and even 200' high; diameter 3'-4' and even 15'; trunk base enlarged; bark, thick, red-brown, scaly; leaves, standing out in all directions; cones, 2-1/2"-4" long, pendent, cylindrical, oval.
APPEARANCE OF WOOD: Color, light brown, sap-wood whitish; non-porous; rings, wide, summer wood, thin but very distinct, spring wood, not plain; grain, straight, coa.r.s.e; rays, numerous, rather prominent; resin ducts, few and small.
PHYSICAL QUALITIES: Weight, light (52d in this list); 27 lbs. per cu.
ft.; sp. gr. 0.4287; medium strong (53d in this list); elastic (31st in this list); soft (59th in this list); shrinkage, 3 per cent.; warps ...........; durable; easy to work; splits easily.
COMMON USES: Interior finish, boat building and cooperage.
REMARKS: Largest of the spruces. Common in the coast belt forest.
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HEMLOCK.
_Tsuga canadensis_ (Linnaeus) Carrire.
_Tsuga_, the j.a.panese name latinized; _canadensis_ named for Canada.
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HABITAT: (See map); best in North Carolina and Tennessee.
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CHARACTERISTICS OF THE TREE: Height, 60'-70', sometimes 100'; diameter, 2'-3'; branches, persistent, making trunk not very clean; bark, red-gray, narrow, rounded ridges, deeply and irregularly fissured; leaves, spirally arranged, but appear two-ranked; cones, 3/4" long, graceful.
APPEARANCE OF WOOD: Color, reddish brown, sap-wood just distinguishable; non-porous; rings, rather broad, conspicuous; grain, crooked; rays, numerous, thin; non-resinous.
PHYSICAL QUALITIES: Weight, light (53d in this list); 26 lbs. per cu.
ft.; sp. gr. 0.4239; medium strong (44th in this list); elasticity, medium (40th in this list); soft (51st in this list); shrinkage, 3 per cent.; warps and checks badly; not durable; difficult to work, splintery, brittle; splits easily, holds nails well.
COMMON USES: Coa.r.s.e, cheap lumber, as joists, rafters, plank walks and laths.
REMARKS: The poorest lumber. Bark chief source of tanning material.
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WESTERN HEMLOCK. BLACK HEMLOCK.
_Tsuga heterophylla_ (Rafinesque) Sargent.
_Tsuga_, the j.a.panese name latinized; _heterophylla_ refers to two kinds of leaves.
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HABITAT: (See map); best on coast of Washington and Oregon.
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CHARACTERISTICS OF THE TREE: Height, 150'-200'; diameter, 6'-10'; branches, pendent, slender; bark, reddish gray, deep, longitudinal fissures between, broad, oblique, flat ridges; leaves, dark green, two-ranked; cones, small, like Eastern Hemlock.
APPEARANCE OF WOOD: Color, pale brown, sap-wood thin, whitish; non-porous; rings, narrow, summer wood thin but distinct; grain, straight, close; rays, numerous, prominent; non-resinous.
PHYSICAL QUALITIES: Light in weight, strong, elastic, hard;[A]
shrinkage, 3 per cent.; warps ..........; durable, more so than other American hemlocks; easier to work than eastern variety; splits badly.
COMMON USES: Lumber for construction.
REMARKS: Coming to be recognized as a valuable lumber tree.
