Forest Conditions in the Cascade Range Forest Reserve, Oregon (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 edition. Excerpt: ...being rather rough and knotty. Along the western edge of the township the timber has been somewhat injured by light fires. The hemlock and lovely fir grow lnostly on the high ridges. This township can be logged westward down Wimble Creek, with the exception of the small tract along the north line of the township, which is tributary to Fall Species. Stand. 1 I _1fel'tl?_ M. l Pref. 1 Inches. ' Feel. . 1 f r rmt. I Years. Red fir....................... _.l 372, 000 152 26 20 4 177 Cedar........................ 4,000 12 i 16 ' 2 10 ' 140 Hemlock..................... _.I 80,000 85 17 10 0 1 5 160 Noble fir..................... I 100 19 20 I...... _.1 5 177 Lovely fir......................1 32, 500; 07 18 17.5 5 162 This township consists mainly of mountain spurs, sloping southward and eastward to the North Fork of Willamette River. NV ith an altitude exceeding 5,000 feet down to less than 2,000 feet in the river valley, the surface ranges from rugged and broken to rolling. The soil is of red shot clay and very stony. The undergrowth is everywhere light, consisting of huckleberry, rhododendron, vine maple, laurel, ohinquapin, alder, yew, arrowwood, and salal, with solne young oonife1's_ The timber, consisting almost entirely of red tir, is very heavy, and at least 50 per cent of it is of good quality. Other species are small and of little value. Nearly all of this township can be _logged to the North Fork of the Willamette River, which is n good logging stream during the winter sensori. The small portion On the north will log to Full River. This township, on the western slope of the range, consists of heavy...