32 Tennessee Flora. 



P. Taeda L. Loblolly pine. Old field pine. This pine is 

 the most frequent in the southeast corner of the State, along 

 Conasauga Creek, extending down into Georgia. A large 

 tree reaches in favorable ground to a height of 150 feet. April, 

 May. 



PICEA Link. 



Picea Mariana (Mill.) B. S. T. Abies nigra Ait. Black 

 spruce. Highest points of the Smokies. On White Top 

 Mountain. Southwest Virginia. J. K. Small. May, June. 



P. rubra Link. Red spruce. With the former. Both are 

 :siender trees. May. 



TSUGA Carr. 



Tsuga Canadensis (L.) Carr. Hemlock. Along water 

 courses Cumberland and xA.lleghany Mts. One of our largest 

 forest trees, attaining a height of from 150 to 180 feet by 

 from 6 to 7 feet diameter. April. M. 



T. Caroliniana Engelm. Abies Caroliniana Chapm. Does 

 not grow to the sublime height of the former, scarcely ex- 

 ceeding 50 or 75 feet. High mountains on the border of North 

 Carolina. April. 



ABIES Juss. 



Abies Fraseri (Pursh.) Lindl. Pinus Fraseri Balsame Fir. 

 Smoky Mts. Summit of Roane Mt. J. W. Chickering. May, 

 June. 



TAXODIUM (L.) C. Rich. 

 Taxodium distichum (L.) L. C. Rich. Cypress. The larg- 

 est conifer in the Eastern United States. Along Tennessee 

 River and Mississippi River in West Tennessee and their af- 

 fluents, in the bayous and cypress swamps, it attains an alti- 

 tude of perhaps 200 feet by 12 feet diameter near the ground. 

 The extensive railroad trussels and bridges in West Tennes- 

 see have been built from it. The wood stands exposure to 

 wet and atmosphere better than any other soft-wood timber. 

 May, June. 



THUJA L. 



Thuja occidentalis L. White cedar. Along Holston River 

 in the mountains of E. Tenn. A. Ruth. 



JUNIPERUS L. 



Juniperus Virginiana L. Red cedar. Scatteringly O. S. 

 Forming forests of nearly exclusive cedar growth in the basin 

 of M. Tenn. Cedar glades, with a diversified and peculiar 

 'flora. April, May. Fruit matures in September and October. 



