Important Forest Trees of the United States 



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61. Cucumbertree. 62. Common per- 

 simmon. 



63. Water tupelo. 64. Black tupelo. 



Principal uses: Furniture and boxes and crates (mostly small food containers). Also 

 railroad ties, cooperage, fence posts, and fuel. Shade tree. 



hh. Leaves with broad, slightly notched apex and 4 or 6 lobes 

 YELLOW-POPLAR ( Liriodendron ) . 



58. YELLOW-POPLAR, Liriodendron tulipifera L. (tuliptree, whitewood, white-poplar, 

 tulipwood, hickory-poplar, poplar). 



Large tree (the tallest eastern hardwood) of eastern third of United States and southern 

 Ontario. Bark brown, becoming thick and deeply furrowed. Leaves of unusual squarish 

 shape with broad, slightly notched or nearly straight apex and 2 or 3 lobes on each 

 side, 3 to 6 inches long, long and broad, shiny dark green above and pale green beneath. 

 Flowers large and showy, tulip-shaped, 1/2 to 2 inches in diameter, greenish and orange, 

 in spring. Fruit conelike, 2 Va to 3 inches long, l /2 inch thick. 



Principal uses: Furniture (solid and veneer), boxes and crates, interior finish, siding, 

 fixtures, radio cabinets, musical instruments, and caskets. Pulpwood. Ornamental and 

 shade tree. (State tree of Indiana and Kentucky.) 



gg. Leaves with edges smooth or toothed but without lobes, 

 j. Leaf edges smooth (see also No. 76). 



k. Twigs with faint ring at base of each leaf MAGNOLIA (Magnolia}. 



59. SOUTHERN MAGNOLIA, Magnolia grandiflora L. (magnolia [lumber], evergreen 

 magnolia). 



Medium-sized to large tree of South Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plains. Bark gray or light 

 brown, broken into small, thin scales. Leaves evergreen, oblong or elliptical, 5 to 8 inches 

 long, short-pointed, edges smooth, leathery, shiny bright green and smooth above, rusty- 



tree and State flower of Louisiana and Mississippi. ) 



60. SWEETBAY, Magnolia virginiana L. (magnolia [lumber], sweetbay magnolia, swamp- 

 bay, swamp magnolia). 



Small to medium-sized tree of Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plains. Bark brownish gray, 



smoothish. Leaves shedding in winter or almost evergreen in the South, elliptical or 



narrowly oval, 3 to 5 inches long, short-pointed, wedge-shaped at base, edges smooth, thick, 



shiny bright green and smooth above, whitish and nearly smooth beneath. Flowers cup- 



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