ID'J I'LANT MKK (»K AI-.\HA.M\. 



Cihir hiiiiunorl-s. ( )ii llic liiu-llcsl s\vrll> (if llic lilaili wlici-c tllC 

 >lr:il:i i>r tlif idtlni liiiiotoiir :irc <t\ t'rl:ii<l l>v liiililtT l<>:iiiis poorer in 

 liiMiiii>, (U'cj), and of iM'rf('«( <li:iin:iL:f. fonsls |»rt\:iil of a niixrd-l rcc 

 oTowtli. consist ini;" <»f tlir followini^^: 



Fnu-inii)' iiiniriraiKi ( white ash). Vlinnn amirininn (wliite ehii). 



Qutrriis Itiiiri/oriu (hiurel oak). Am- mrrliiirniii /«//•/«//((/// (small-leaf su>.'ar 



Cilli^ inisKi.sxip/iiiiiKis ( hackherry) . maple). 



(Jill rrux ti.rdiiii (Southern re.l oak I . .Iinii/xrns rin/iiiiniiu (reil <'e<lar). 



Ofioinally tlic fed cedar foi-nicd alioiil :'>(» pci- cent of the tinihcr 

 oi-owtli. 'I'lu' oTound iK'iiciitli is dcnscU- shaded l)\- the foUowino-; 



Axiuiiiia trilnliii (pawjiaw). Zniillio.riilnin rlaiu-lirrriili.^ (Southern 



Ilcr (leckliui (lU-eiduous holly) . prickly ash). 



Adelin li(fu.i(riii<t (Southern privet). 



Tht' red cedar of these foi-ests is of most \iu()7-()us orowth. the 

 smooth trunk free of lind) for a hoij^ht of from oO to;")!) feet and from 

 10 to 20 inches and oxer in diameter, and less iiHected l»y decay than 

 in the northern jjart of tlie Stiite. These cedar hammocks once 

 formed detached tracts extendine- over many sqmii-e mih\s. At 

 present only a few remnants of ihvAu are left, and these are doomed 

 to speedy destruction ])y the drafts made upon theii- valuable timber 

 and throuu-h the injuries constantly iidlicted ui)on the younj^ u-rowth 

 ])y live stock. 



MESOI'IIILK irEUB.XCKOrS PL.WT .\SS(XIATIOXS. 



Ill the shade of these forests, as o})served on the banks of Big Prairie 

 Creek, the herl)aceous plant associations are poorly represented by 

 mesophile six'cies more or less conunon throuo-hout the Carolinian 

 area. Some of the spticies are: 



Adlcea vrdcaefolia. Vinretoxiciun laeve. 



Impadeiix I>iHor<i. Tirpocdrjiiix iieihusae. 



TluiKpiiun (iiirruin. Diiirli'ii mil It [flora. 



Vhicetoxiciivi {(/()))i)lol»i.t) li'indiinm. 



The Tr<'p<>c<ii']>H.^ is frecpKMit in eastern Texas, l)ut has heretofore 

 been known in the eastern Gulf States oidy as a fugitive on ballast in 

 several localities. The Dioclea has been known from a few localities 

 in Georgia, and especially along the Tjuxa])allila River, near Columbus, 

 Miss., and is alnuuhmt in the bottoms of the Mississippi and Yazoo 

 deltas. 



dnuhi'iil-ex. — The most i)rominent feature in the vegetation of this 

 region consists of the extensive tracts of cane, arborescent grasses of 

 the bamboo tribe, which prevail throughout the depression of the plain. 

 The large cane {AnindlmiTin macTOHperina) iidiabits the alluvial bot- 

 toms more or less submerged for the greater i)art of the year, and the 

 small or switch cane {A. tecta) prevails in ihe open as well as in the 



