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WOOD AND FOREST. 



Habitat. 



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BALD CYPRESS. 



Bald refers to leaflessness of tree in winter. 



Taxodium distichum (Linnaeus) L. C. Richard. 

 Taxodium means yew-like; distichum refers to the two-ranked leaves. 



Habitat: (See map) ; 

 best in South Atlantic 

 and Gulf States. 



Characteristics of the 

 Tree: Height, 75', oc- 

 casionally 150'; diame- 

 ter, 4'-5'; roots project 

 upward into peculiar 

 knees ; trunk strongly 

 buttressed at base, 

 straight, majestic and 

 tapering; bark, light red, 

 shallow fissures, flat 

 plates^ peeling into 

 fibrous strips ; leaves, 

 long, thin, two-ranked, 

 deciduous ; cones, nearly 

 globular, 1" in diameter. 



Appearance of Wood: 

 Color, heart-wood, red- 

 dish brown, sap-wood, 

 nearly white ; non-por- 

 ous; rings, fine and well 

 marked ; grain, nearly 

 straight, burl is beauti- 

 fully figured; rays, very 



Leaf. 



obscure ; non-resinous. 



