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| | Washington - LoveToKnow 1911 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) |
 | | Near the Pacific Coast the forests consist principally of hemlock, cedar and Sitka spruce. |
 | | Deciduous trees and shrubs are represented in western Washington by comparatively small numbers of maple, alder, oak, cottonwood, willow, ash, aspen, birch, dogwood, sumach, thornapple, wild cherry, chokecherry, elder, huckleberry, blueberry,) flberry, raspberry, gooseberry and grape. |
 | | The E. slope of the Cascades and most of the Okanogan Highlands are clothed with light forests consisting chiefly of yellow pine, but containing also Douglas fir, cedar, larch, tamarack and a very small amount of oak. |
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