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bark supplies coarse cordage and matting. Its buds are 

 often eaten as emergency food. Leaves 2 to 5 inches wide. 

 Man. to Nova Scotia and south to Texas. 



Sour Gum, Black Gum, Pepperidge or Tupelo {Nyssa 



sylvaticd) 



A forest tree up to no feet high; in wet lands. Wood 

 pale, very strong, tough, unsplittable and heavy. A cubic 

 foot weighs 40 lbs. Used for turner work, but soon rots 

 next the ground. Leaves 2 to 5 inches long. Mass. to 

 Wis. and south to Gulf. 



