2. Characteristics
• Bright cinnamon bark
• Pale green scale like leaves
• Ruddy, thick furrowed bark
• East an West slopes of Cascades
3. Ecology
• Individual trees found in mixed conifer
forests
• Up to 1000 yrs
• Boughs of trees provide important cover in
winter for birds and mammals of forest(See
next slide)
4. In its prime, the whole tree is thatched with boughs so that they shed
off rain and snow like a roof, making fine mansions for storm bound
birds and mammals alike.
