THE SOUTHERN CYPEESS. 



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Table 13. — Composition of typical mixed cypress and hardwood stands in Maryland and 



South Carolina. 





Trees per acre and relative importance in 

 the stand. 



Species. 



Maryland (average 

 of 103 acres). 



South Carolina (av- 

 erage of 599 acres). 





Trees. 



Per cent. 



Trees. 



Per cent. 





38.92 



35.46 



31.67 



22.01 



13.89 



7.76 



6.18 



1.83 



2.22 



.01 



.01 



1.06 



1.71 



.56 



.52 



.13 



.58 



23.53 



21.44 



19.15 



13.31 



8.40 



4.69 



3.73 



1.11 



1.34 



.01 



.01 



.64 



1.03 



.34 



.31 



.08 



.35 



58.14 



23.99 



5.59 



3.33 



.90 



.23 



45.19 





18.65 





4.34 





2.59 



Ash." 



.70 



Elm 



.18 









2.29 

 .40 



1.08 

 .18 

 .14 

 .05 

 .04 



1.78 





.31 





.84 





.14 



Beech 



.11 



Hollv 



.04 





.03 



Willow 



















.55 

 31.45 



.28 



.43 





.88 



.53 



24.45 





.22 











Total 



165. 40 



100. 00 



128.64 



100. 00 







Cypress is a tree of relatively few associates. These are all hard- 

 woods, with the exception of southern white cedar. Preeminent 

 among all associated species in the deeper and fresher waters from 

 Virginia to Texas is tupelo gum. 1 



In the inland, poorly drained, nonalluvial and peaty swamps over 

 the Atlantic Coastal Plain black gum holds nearly the same rank. 

 Other species associated with cypress are water ash, water locust, 

 white or swamp bay, and red bay on the Atlantic coast; these and 

 the cabbage palmetto, willow oak, and water oak in Florida, and in 

 Louisiana the willows and tupelo gum. 



On the higher and drier portions of the glades in southern Louisi- 

 ana, where cypress is not reproductive, the heavy forest is com- 



1 Common and botanical names of species montioned in this and other paragraphs of this bulletin: 



Tupelo gum (Nyssa aquatica Linn.). 

 Black gum {Nyssa sylvatka Marsh). 

 Water gum (Nyssa biflora Malt.). 

 Red gum {Liquidambar slyraciflua Linn.). 

 Water oak (Querent nigra Linn.). 



ip oak {Querent lyrota Walt.). 

 Willow oak (Quereu plulloi Linn.). 

 Red oak (Querent rubra Linn.). 

 Bwamp jiUitrtnoidc-i 



White ' iMa glauea Linn.). 



Bed boy (0 intha i.H.). 



' -.' in.). 

 Rod maple (At -inn.). 



Water ash (Frazinut caroliniana Mill.). 



Florida ash (Fraxinus floridana Sarg.). 

 Green ash {Fraxinus lanccolata Borkh.). 

 White ash ( Fraxinus amcricana Linn.). 

 TIackbcrry ( Ccltis occidcntalis Linn.). 

 TToney locust (Glcdilsia triacanthus Linn.). 

 Water locust (Glcditsia aquatica Marsh). 

 White elm (fflmut amerkana Linn.). 

 Shipping elm (Ulmus fulva Michx.). 

 White ccilur ( Chamarcyparis Ihyoidcs Britt.). 

 line C 1'inus caribxa Morelct). 

 [line ' /'/»//:: glabra Wall..). 



Pond pine (Plrvut terotintt Michx.). 

 Longleai pine (Pinut paluttrit Mill.). 

 Loblolly pine (Plnus taeda Linn.). 

 Shortleai pine (Pinus cchinala Mill.). 



