40 FLORA OF MICHIGAN. 



TREES VALUABLE FOR TIMBER. 



The following list contains the names of sixty-five species and varieties 

 of native woody plants large enough to be called trees. All attempts to 

 arrange them according to value have utterly failed. One kind of tree is 

 most useful for one purpose, and another kind for another purpose. For 

 example, the relative abundance of the fine trees of any species has much 

 to do with their usefulness. Chestnut, red cedar, and black walnut are 

 three very useful kinds of timber, but the trees are now scarce in Michi- 

 gan. Among the highest for general purposes come white pine, white 

 oak, sugar maple, and white ash. 



Abies balsamea, Miller. Balsam. Balm-of-Gilead Fir. 

 Acer dasycarpum, Ehrh. White or Silver Maple. 

 " rubrum, L. Red Maple. 

 " saccharinum, Wang. Sugar Maple. 



Wang., var. nigrum, Torr. & Gray. Black Sugar Maple. 

 ^Esculus .glabra, Willd. Fetid or Ohio Buckeye, 

 Amelanchier Canadensis, Torr. & Gray. Shad-Bush. June-Berry. 

 Betula lenta, L. Cherry Birch. Sweet B. Black B. 

 " lutea, Michx. f. Yellow or Gray Birch. 

 " papyrifera, Marshall. Paper or Canoe Birch. 

 Carpinus Caroliniana, Walt. Blue Beech. 

 Carya alba, Nutt. Shell-bark Hickory. 

 " amara, Nutt. Bitter-nut. 

 " microcarpa, Nutt. Small fruited Hickory. 

 " sulcata, Nutt. King-nut. Big Shell-bark Hickory. 

 " tomentosa, Nutt. Mocker-nut. 



Castanea sativa, Mill., var. Americana, Gray. Chestnut. 

 Celtis occidentalism L. Hackberry. 

 Cornus florida, L. Flowering Dogwood. 

 Cratcegus coccinea, L., var. mollis, Torr. & Gray. Hawthorn. 

 Fagus fevruginea. Ait. American Beech. 

 Fraxinus Americana, L. White Ash. 

 pubescens, Lam. Red Ash. 

 quadrangulata, Michx. Blue Ash. 

 sambucifolia, Lam. Black Ash. 

 viridis, Michx. Green Ash. 

 Gleditschia triacanthos, L. Honey-Locust. 

 Oymnocladus Canadensis, Lam. Kentucky Coffee-tree. 

 Juglans cinerea, L. Butternut. 



" nigra, L. Black Walnut. 

 Juniperus Virginiana, L. Red Cedar. 

 Larix Americana, Michx. Tamarack. Am. Larch. 

 Liriodendron Tulipifera, L. Tulip-tree. Whitewood. 

 Morus rubra, L. Red Mulberry. 



Negundo aceroides, Mcench. Box-Elder. Ash-leaved Maple. 

 Nyssa sylvatica, Marsh. Pepperidge. Tupelo. Black or Sour Gum. 

 Ostrya Virginica, Willd. Iron wood. Hop-Hornbeam. 

 Picea alba, Link. White Spruce. 



" nigra, Link. Black Spruce. 

 Pinus Banksiana, Lambert. Jack or Scrub Pine. 

 " resinosa, Ait. Norway or Red Pine. 

 " Strobus, L. White Pine. 



Platanus occidentalis, L. Buttonwood. Sycamore. 

 Populus balsamifera, L. Balsam Poplar. 



grandidentata, Michx. Large-toothed Aspen. 

 monilifera, Ait. Cotton-wood. 

 tremuloides, Michx. American Aspen. 

 Prunus serotina, Ehrh. Black Cherry. 

 Pyrus Americana, DC. American Mountain- Ash. 

 Quercus alba, L. White Oak. 



bicolpr, Willd. Swamp White Oak. 

 " coccinea, Wang. Scarlet Oak. 



