606 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 



ALABAMA : Mountain region. Rich wooded slopes. Madison County, Huntsville, 

 75 feet high. Seemingly not frequent. 



Economic uses: Fine timber tree. Sugar tree of the north, tapped for its saccha- 

 rine sap. 



Type locality : North American ; not specifically given. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Acer saccharum barbatum (Michx.) Trelease, Ann. Rep. Mo. Bot. Gard. 5 : 94. 1894. 



Ru GEL'S HARD MAPLE. 



Acer barbatum Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 252. 1803. 



Acer ruyelii Pax, Engler's Bot. J ahrb. 7 : 243. 1886. 



Chap. Fl. ed. 3, 87. 



Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Southern Connecticut, southern New York and 

 New Jersey, west to Michigan, Missouri, and Tennessee. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region to Upper division Coast Pine belt. Wooded hills. 

 Clay County, banks of Talladega Creek, 800 to 1,000 feet. Pike County, near Troy 

 (Walnut Creek). Butler County, Mount Sterling, on limestone hills; not rare. The 

 Alabama tree agrees perfectly "with Pursh's description ; as observed in the State 

 it is scarcely over medium size; the leaves smaller than in the type, generally 

 acutely 3 lobed, with open rounded sinuses, pale to glaucous beneath. Although 

 toward its northern limit closely connected with the type, in its southern range this 

 form is easily recognized as a well-marked variety. Further, judging by the phrase, 

 "A. foliis breviter trilobis," and by his giving Carolina for the home of the tree, there 

 can be little doubt that Michaux in the description of his Acer barbatum had this 

 Southern tree in mind. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Carolina." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Acer leucoderme Small, Bull. Torr. Club, 22 : 367. 1894. PALE-BARK MAPLE. 



Acer floridanum acuminatum Trelease, Rep. Mo. Bot. Gard. 5 : 99, t. 11. 1894. Not 

 Dorr. '1825. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. North Carolina to Georgia. 



ALABAMA : Dry rocky banks and wooded hills. Mountain region to Upper division 

 Coast Pine belt. Cullman County, 800 feet, June 18, 1891. Blount County, War- 

 nock Mountain, 800 feet. Walker County, Wolf Creek. Butler County, Mount 

 Sterling. A sturdy tree, rarely over 30 feet high ; branches low ; bark light gray, 

 almost white. Large-leaved forms approach^ forms of Acer saccharum barbatum; 

 easily distinguished by the white bark. 



Type locality: "Two rocky canyons, that of the Yadkin River, in Stanley County, 

 N. C., and especially that of the Yellow River, in Gwinnett County, Ga." 



Herb. Mohr. 



Acer floridanum (Chap.) Pax, Engler's Bot. Jahrb. 9 : 243. 1886. FLORIDA MAPLE. 



Acer saccharinum var. floridanum Chap. Fl. 81. 1860. 



A. barbatum var. floridanum Sargent, Silv. N. A. 2 : 100, t. 91. 



A. mexicanum Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 5 : 176. 1862. 



Chap. Fl. 1. c. ; ed.3,87. 



MEXICO, CENTRAL AMERICA. 



Louisianian area. Georgia and Florida west to Louisiana and Arkansas. 



ALABAMA: Central Prairie region and Upper division Coast Pine belt. Rocky 

 banks and hillsides. Bibb County, Tionus. Pike County, Girard, Troy. Monroe 

 County, Claiborne. A small tree, scarcely over 25 or 30 feet high, 6 to 8 inches in 

 diameter. Not infrequent. 



Type locality : " Upland woods, middle Florida." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Acer saccharinum L. Sp. PI. 2 : 1055. 1753. SOFT MAPLE. SILVER MAPLE. 



Acer dasycarpum Ehrh. Beitr. 4 : 24. 1789. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 449. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 117. Chap. Fl. 81. 



Alleghenian to Louisianian area. New Brunswick and Ontario; New England 

 west to Minnesota, Dakota, Kansas, Arkansas, and Indian Territory, south through 

 the Ohio Valley to western Florida and Louisiana. 



ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley. Following the larger streams to the alluvial lands 

 in the Coast plain. Banks of streams. Tuscaloosa and Montgomery counties. 

 Mobile County, Mount Vernon. Flowers February and March. Fruit ripe in May 

 and June; tree 50 to 60 feet high, 8 to 15 inches in diameter. Trees of full size in 

 the lower valley of the Warrior River. Frequent among the second growth of the 

 bottom lands. 



Economic uses: A handsome shade tree, the wood of little value except for fuel. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Pennsylvania. Kulm." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. lierb. Mohr.' 



