TIMBER TREES OF NORTH CAROLINA. 



The wood is heavy, soft, strong, rather brittle, very close- 

 grained, and compact ; the heartwood, dark brown ; the sapwood 

 lighter, often nearly white. The timber is of an inferior quality, 

 and is chiefly used for fencing and fuel. It is rare in North Caro- 

 lina, and, frftm the difficulty in getting it out of the swamps, it is 

 little used. 



Hicoria ovata, Britton. 



(SHAG-BARK HICKORY. SHELL-BARK HICKORY. 

 SCALY-BARK HICKORY.) 



A large tree of great commercial value, with pendulous branches, 

 and grayish-brown bark separating from the trunk in long strips. 

 It reaches a height of 150 and a diameter of 4 feet. 



It occurs on rich hillsides and on sandy ridges from the valley 

 of the St. Lawrence river to Michigan and southeastern Min- 

 nesota, southward to western Florida, central Alabama and 

 Mississippi, and westward to eastern Kansas, Indian Ter- 

 ritory, and eastern Texas ; reaching its best development west of 

 the Alleghany mountains. A common tree. 



MAP OF 



NORTH CAROLINA 



SCALE OF MILES 



COASTAL PLAIN RECKON 



LEGEND 



Distribution of the SHAG-BARK HICKORY 

 (Hicoria ovata, Britt.) 



[yffyj Distribution of the WATER-BITTERNUT 

 HICKORY (Hicoria aquatica, Briit.) 



In this State, where it attains an average height of 60 r<> so 

 feet and an average diameter of 15 to 20 inches, it occurs 

 throughout but is nowhere common, and least so in the coastal 

 plain region. (Fig. 16.) 



* Carya alba, Nuttall. 



