TREES OF NORTH CAROLINA 15 



Leaves and bark not aro- 

 matic. 



Bark falling away in pap- 

 ery layers, brownish ... Riv er Birch (37) 

 Bark rough-scurfy ; fruit a 

 cluster of hop-like 



bracts Hop-Hornbeam (35) 



Bark rough ; fruit small, 

 flat, winged. 

 Leaves averaging less 



than 2y 2 inches long Winged Elm (68) 

 Leaves averaging more 

 than 2y 2 inches long. 

 Soft velvety below, 

 rough above ; wing 

 of fruit not hairy Slippery Elm (66) 

 Smooth or nearly so 

 above, smooth or 

 tomentose below ; 

 wing of fruit hairy White Elm (67) 

 Leaves without conspicuous par- 

 allel veins from the mid-rib 

 to the edge. 



Leaves without teeth, general- 

 ly, but not always, lobed ; 



aromatic Sassafras (79) 



Leaves toothed but not lobed. 

 Leaves distinctly sour to the 



taste Sourwood (146) 



Leaves distinctly sweet to 



the taste Horse Sugar (151) 



Leaves not distinctly sour 

 or sweet. 



Leaves with coarse teeth 

 like a saw, ovate-lanceo- 

 late ; bark with thick, 



corky warts HacTcberry (69) 



Leaves oval, downy be- 

 low ; fruit four-winged Snowdrop Tree (152) 

 Leaves ovate to obovate, 

 rather abruptly point- 

 ed ; fruit a bitterish 



plum Wild Plum (107) 



Leaves long-lanceolate ; 



fruit a sweet plum . . . Chickasaw Plum (108) 

 Leaves oblong-lanceolate, 

 about 3- times longer 

 than broad ; fruit a 

 small red cherry Wild Red Cherry (106) 



