. North American trees : being descriptions and illustrations of the trees growing independently of cultivation in North America, north of Mexico and the West Indies . Trees. Fig. 696. — Woolly Manzanita. reported as sometimes becoming arborescent and 6 m. high, with a tnmk base 3 dm. in diameter; it occurs in the Redwood forests of Santa Cruz county, and in San Mateo coimty, Cahfomia, and differs from the preceding in its thinner, heart-shaped sessile leaves, more bristly twigs, wider and more hairy bracts of the inflorescence, and has a more southern range. 2. LARGE MANZANITA —Aictaphylos Ma
. North American trees : being descriptions and illustrations of the trees growing independently of cultivation in North America, north of Mexico and the West Indies . Trees. Fig. 696. — Woolly Manzanita. reported as sometimes becoming arborescent and 6 m. high, with a tnmk base 3 dm. in diameter; it occurs in the Redwood forests of Santa Cruz county, and in San Mateo coimty, Cahfomia, and differs from the preceding in its thinner, heart-shaped sessile leaves, more bristly twigs, wider and more hairy bracts of the inflorescence, and has a more southern range. 2. LARGE MANZANITA —Aictaphylos Manzanita Parry An erect evergreen shrub or ' small tree, often 8 meters tall; a noted tree in Napa coimty, Cali- fornia, has a height of me- ters, a trunk diameter of over i m. an9 a spread of over 10 m. It is frequent in the Coast Moim- tains of California, forming dense thickets on the mountain sides, extending northward into Ore- gon. The trunk is erect, usually much branched, often from near the ground. The bark is thin and smooth, dark reddish, peeling off freely in large flakes, exposing the greenish younger bark, which. Fig. 697.— Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Britton, Nathaniel Lord, 1859-1934; Shafer, John Adolph. New York : H. Holt and Co.
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