About one half of the trunk is commonly branchless, but where it grows at all close, three fourths or more become naked; the tree presenting then a more slender and elegant shaft than any other tree in the woods.

约一半的树干通常没有分枝，但在它长得很近的地方，四分之三或多变得光秃秃的；这棵树比树林中的任何其他树都呈现出加纤雅的树干。

Unlike the Yosemite form about one-half of the trunk is commonly branchless, but where it grows at all close three-fourths or more is naked, presenting then a more slender and elegant shaft than any other tree in the woods.

与胜美地不同，约一半的树干通常没有分枝，但它生长的地方几乎有四分之三或多是裸露的，因此呈现出比树林中任何其他树木都长雅的树干。