EXOGENOUS SER1ES-NEEDLELEAF WOODS. i?3 



White Cedar. Chamcecyparis thyoides L. 



Nomenclature. (Sud worth.) 



White Cedar (local and com- Post Cedar, Swamp Cedar (Del.), 

 mon name). Juniper (Ala., N. C., Va.). 



Locality. 



Maine to Florida, Gulf coast to Mississippi, best in Virginia 

 and North Carolina. 



Features of Tree. 



Sixty to eighty feet in height, three to four feet in diameter. 

 Shaggy rugged bark. A graceful tree. 



Color, Appearance, or Grain of Wood. 



Heartwood pinkish to darker brown, sapwood lighter. Close- 

 grained, compact structure, conspicuous layers. 



Structural Qualities of Wood. 



Very light, soft, not strong, extremely durable in exposed posi- 

 tions, fragrant, easily worked. 



Representative Uses of Wood. 



Boats, railway ties, fencing, poles, posts, shingles. 



Weight of Seasoned Wood in Pounds per Cubic Foot. 

 23 (U. S. Forestry Div.). 



20. 



Modulus of Elasticity. 



910,000 (average of 87 tests by U. S. Forestry Div.). 



570,000. 



Modulus of Rupture. 



6310 (average of 87 tests by U. S. Forestry Div.). 

 6400. 



Remarks. 



Grows chiefly in swamps. " White cedar posts " last many years. 

 Thyoides is from Thuya meaning arborvitae and eidos, the 

 Greek for ' ' resemblance. ' ' 



