CONIFERAE 67 



lOE. Shallow ponds in Coffee County a few miles southwest of Elba, 

 and in southern edge of Dale County. 



12, 13. Rather common in ponds and along small streams. 

 15. Occasional on bay shores, Baldwin County. 



CHAMECYPARIS, Spach. (Cedars) 

 Chamaecyparis thyoides (L.) B.S.P. Juniper (White Cedar.) 



An evergreen tree looking soinething like the coinmon red 

 cedar, but usually easily distinguished by its habitat. It has very 

 durable wood, much like the cypresses, and is therefore largely used 

 for poles to carry electric wires, as well as for cross-ties, fence- 

 posts, palings, shingles, boats, water-buckets, etc. It is sometimes 

 cultivated for ornament (more in the Xorth than in Alabama), and 

 about a dozen horticultural varieties are recognized by the trade. 

 Other uses on record for the wood are interior finish, gunpowder, 

 charcoal, and lampblack. 



References: — Hall & Maxwell 1, Harper 13. 



Grows in cool swamjjs, with water that fluctuates very little 

 with the seasons and is practically free from mud. lime, iron and 

 sulphur. Part of the water supply of ^Mobile comes from streams 

 in which it grows, and the same was formerly true of Brooklyn, 

 N. Y. Although it ranges northward to Xew England, in Ala- 

 bama it is confined to the southwestern pine hills (region 13), in 

 which its known distribution by counties is as follows : 



Washixgtox : Creek swamp near Calvert. 



Mobile : Cedar Creek, in the northeastern part of the county, is prob- 

 ably named for this species, and it grows also along several creeks within 

 about 15 miles of Mobile, in various directions. A few specimens seen near 

 Grand Bay. 



Baldw IX : Above Tensaw (Bartram). On the shores of Mobile Bay 

 near Fairhope, and north of Daphne, along Fish River between Fairhope 

 and Silver Hill' and along two or three very clear small creeks a few miles 

 east of Foley. 



Escambia: Along Escambia River at several places. 



