DESCRIPTION OF NATIVE 

 TREES 



Native and naturalized, found in the Northeastern 

 United States (Maine to Virginia, and west to the Miss- 

 issippi), with a very few of the commonest cultivated 

 foreign species. 



For definition of terms see pp. 41 1-424. 



I. Small Magnolia. Sweet Bay. (Magnolia glauca.) 



Leaf: 4'-6', simple, alternate, entire, oblong or oval, whitish 

 beneath, thickish, leathery. Flower: single, white, fragrant, 

 2' broad, sepals 3, petals 6-9, broad ; June-August. Range : 

 Cape Ann, southward near coast ; low tree and shrub. (PI. VII.) 



2. Persimmon. Date-plum. (Diospyros Virginiana.) 



Leaf : 4'-6', simple, alternate, entire, ovate-oblong, thickish, 

 glossy when mature. Flower : pistillate and staminate on dif- 

 ferent trees, corolla pale yellow ; June. Fruit : like plum, i' 

 diameter, yellow, edible after frost. Range : Rhode Island to 

 Illinois and south. 



3. Willow Oak. (Quercus Phellos.) 



Leaf : 3'-4', simple, alternate, entire, narrow, tapering at both 

 ends, thickish, leathery. Acorn small, globular. Range : sandy 

 woods. Long Island to Kentucky and south. (PI. I.) 



4. Shingle Oak. Laurel Oak. (Quercus imbricaria.) 



Leaf : 4-6', simple, alternate, entire, lance-oblong, glossy 

 above, downy beneath, thickish, leathery. Range : open wood- 

 lands, New Jersey to Wisconsin and south. (PI. I.) 



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