A beautiful tree of increasing commercial value. Occurs in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado west to the Sierra Nevada Mountains and the inner California Coast ranges, north into Oregon and south into New Mexico and Arizona. Sometimes exceeds 200 ft. in height and reaches a diameter of 6 ft. The wood is soft, light in weight and color, not durable, but makes good general utility lumber, plywood, and pulp chips. In early days used for the manufacture of butter firkins due to its lack of resin and odor.

Location: 131-6,7 (explanation)