APPENDIX 



THE TALLEST TREES IN THE WORLD 



Giant Eucalyptus Eucalyptus amyg- 



dalina Australia 470 feet 



Big Tree Sequoia IVellingtonia 



W. Am. 



35a 



Redwood Sequoia sempervirens- 



California 325 " 



Sugar Pine Pinus Lamhertiana 



Pacific Coast 300 " 



Douglas Spruce Psudotsuga mucro- 



nata Pacific Coast 300 ' ' 



Vt'estern Hemlock Tsuga ketero- 



phylla Pacific Coast 250 " 



Western Larch Larix occidentalis 



Pacific Coast 250 " 



Western Arbor Vitae Thuya gigan- 



tea Pacific Coast 200 ' ' 



Buttonwood Platanus occidentalis 



E.Am 160 " 



Red Oak ^uercus rubra E.Am.. 150 " 

 Tulip Tree LiriodendronTulipifera 150 " 



THE OLDEST TREES IN THE WORLD 



(Probable age limit) 

 Dragon Tree Dracana Draco 



Canaries 6,000 years 



Baobab Tree Adansonia digitata 



Africa 5,oco " 



Bald Cypress Taxodium mucro- 



natum Mexico 4,000 " 



Oriental Plane Platanus orien- 



talis Europe and Asia 4,000 " 



Eastern Cypress Cupressus sem- 



pervirens Europe and Asia. . . 3,000 " 

 European Yew Taxus haccata 



Europe, Asia and Africa 3,000 " 



European Chestnut Castanea 



sativa Europe 2,000 " 



English Oak i^uercus peduncu- 



lata Europe 2,000 " 



Big Tree Sequoia Wellingtonia 



California 2,000 " 



Cedar of Lebanon Cedrus Lebani 



Asia Minor 2,000 " 



APPROXIMATE AGES AT WHICH TREES MATURE 



White Pine Pinus Strobus 250 years 



White Oak Quercus alba 200 " 



Chestnut Castanea dentata 200 " 



Elms Ulmus spp go " 



Beech Fa^us Americana 100 " 



Poplars Populus spp 50 " 



Birches Betula spp 50 " 



Willows Salix spp 50 " 



Basswoods Tilia spp 100 " 



Catalpa Catalpa speciosa 25 " 



White Ash Fraxinus Americana . 80 " 



RELATIVE RAPIDITY OF GROWTH OF FAMILIAR 

 TREES 



[From report of W. F. Fox, Superintend- 

 ent of State Forests, New York] 



Three-inch saplings, in favourable situa" 

 tions, will, in twenty years, have diameters of i 



Silver Maple Acer saccharinum . . 21 inches 



Box Elder Acer Ncgundo 21 " 



American Elm Ulnus Americana 19 " 

 Tulip Tree Liriodendron Tulipi- 



fera 18 " 



Sycamoie Platanus occidentalis. . 18 " 



Basswood Tilia Americana 17 " 



Catalpa Catalpa speciosa 16 " 



Red Maple Acer ruhrum 16 " 



Ailanthus Ailanthus glandulosa. . 16 " 

 Cucumber Tree Magnolia acumi- 

 nata 15 '< 



Chestnut Castanea dentata 14 " 



Yellow Locust Robinia Pseudaca- 



cia 14 " 



Hard Maple Acer Saccharum 13 " 



Horse Chestnut /Esculus Hippo- 



castanum 13 " 



Honey Locust Gleditsia triacan- 



thos 13 " 



Red Oak ^uercus rubra 13 " 



Pin Oak S^uercus palustris 13 " 



Scarlet Oak ^uercus coccinea. . . . 13 " 



White Ash Fraxinus Americana.. 12 " 



White Oak ^uercus alba 11 " 



Hackberry Celtis occidentalis 10 " 



TREES THAT SPROUT FROM THE STUMP 



Black Locust Robinia Pseudacacia 



Chestnut Castanea dentata 



Oaks Quercus spp. 



Ashes Fraxinus spp. 



Elms Ulmus spp. 



Maples Acer rubrum and saccharinum 



Beech Fagus Americana 



Birches Betula spp. 



Basswood Tilia spp. 



Willows Salix spp. 



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