Trees
Introduction
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The dominant species of evergreen trees are Douglas fir, western hemlock, and western red cedar. This elevation is too low for pine trees to be the predominant species. The deciduous trees, those with leaves, are mostly red alder, vine maple, cottonwood and big leaf maple. The forests we are seeing are mostly second and third growth. The first growth forest (often called “old growth”) was first logged in the late 1880s which is why we don’t see any giant trees but these trees that are about 100 years old. Some of the old growth trees in this valley were over eight feet in diameter.