Yearbook^ of Agriculture 1949 



1. Baldcypress. 



2. Pondcypress. 3. Tamarack. 4. Eastern white pine. 



EASTERN TREES 



Tree species Nos. 1 to 100 are native wholly or mainly in the eastern half 

 of the United States, west to the prairie -plains. In addition, species No. 150 

 in the list of western trees occurs also in the eastern United States. 



GYMNOSPERMS (CONIFERS OR SOFTWOODS) 



A (AA on p. 774). Trees resinous, with leaves needlelike or scalelike, evergreen (except 

 Nos. 1-3); seeds borne on scales of a cone (berrylike in juniper, Nos. 22, 23) 

 GYMNOSPERMS (conifers or softwoods, such as pines, spruces, firs). 

 B. Leaves shedding in fall, on slender twigs mostly shedding in fall also or on short 



spur branches. 



G. Leaves needlelike or scalelike, on slender twigs mostly shedding in fall BALD- 

 CYPRESS (Taxodium) . 



1. BALDCYPRESS., Taxodium distichum (L.) Rich, (common baldcypress, southern 

 cypress, red cypress [lumber], yellow cypress [lumber], white cypress [lumber], tidewater 

 red cypress, gulf cypress). 



Large tree with swollen base and "knees," swamps and river banks, South Atlantic 

 and Gulf Coastal Plains and Mississippi Valley. Bark reddish brown or gray, with long 

 fibrous or scaly ridges. Leaves crowded featherlike in two rows on slender horizontal 

 twigs, flat, Y& to $4 inch, long, light yellow green, or whitish beneath, shedding in fall. 

 Cones 3/4 to 1 inch in diameter, of hard scales. 



Principal uses: Chiefly for building construction and heavy construction. Boxes and 

 crates, caskets, general millwork, and tanks. Also ships and boats, greenhouses, and 

 railroad-car construction. Railroad ties. Ornamental. 



2. PONDCYPRESS, Taxodium ascendens Brongn. (pond baldcypress, cypress). 



Large tree with swollen base, ponds, swamps, and river banks, South Atlantic and 

 Gulf Coastal Plains. Bark reddish brown or gray, with long fibrous or scaly ridges. 

 Leaves nearly flat against the slender erect twigs, scalelike or needlelike, I /Q to YQ inch 

 long, light yellow green, shedding in fall. Cones 34 to 1 inch in diameter, of hard scales. 

 (Perhaps only a variety of No. 1.) 



Principal uses: Same as No. 1. 



