FORESTKY LESSONS ON HOME WOODLANDS. 45 



ONE HUNDRED IMPORTANT FOREST TREES— Continued. 



Name. 



Distribution. 



Remarks. 



63. Black gum (Pepperidge) 



( Nyssa sylvatica). 



64. Water gum ( Nyssa Mflora) . . 



65. Tupelo gum (Nyssa aqua- 



tica). Known also as cot- 

 ton gum. Associated with 

 cypress. 



66. Gopher plum (Nyssa ogcclic). 



67. Sweet magnolia (Magnolia 



virginiana, Magnolia 

 glauca). Known also as 

 Sweet Bay. 



68. Cucumber tree (Magnolia 



acuminata). 



69. Umbrella tree (Magnolia 



Jraseri). 



70. Large - leaf magnolia (Mag- 



nolia macrophylla). 



71. Persimmon (Diospyros vir- 



giniana). 



72. Redbud (Judas tree) ( Cercis 



Eastern United States. 



73. Osage orange (Bois d'arc) 

 ( Toxylon pomifcrum). 



74. Sugar maple (Acer saccharum) 



75. Silver maple (Acer saccha- 

 rinum). 



76. Red maple (Acer rubrum) . 



77. Box elder or ash-leaved ma- 



ple (Acer negundo). 



78. Hardy catalpa(Indiancigar) 



( Catalpa speciosa) . 



79. Flowering dogwood ( Cornus 

 florida). 



). Blue dogwood ( Cornus alter- 

 nifolia). 



81. Honey locust (Gleditsia tri- 

 acanthos). 



82. Black locust (Yellow locust) 

 (Robinia pseudacacia). 



83. Kentucky coffee tree (Gym- 

 noclades dioicus). 



84. Pecan ( Hicoria pecan) . 



Southern States. 



Swamps of Southeastern 

 Coastal States. 



Swamps, South Carolina to 

 Florida. 



Coastal swamps, Eastern and 

 Gulf States. 



Eastern United States 

 Southeastern States . . . 



do 



Eastern United States 

 do 



Native to Arkansas, eastern 

 Oklahoma and Texas, but 

 widely planted throughout 

 eastern United States. 



Eastern United States 



do 



do 



Throughout United States. . . 



South Central States, widely 

 cultivated elsewhere. 



Eastern United States. 



85. Bitternut hickory (Hicoria 

 minima). 



Northeastern States and Ap- 

 palachian Mountains. 



Central States and Minnesota 

 to Texas. Widely culti- 

 vated elsewhere. 



Appalachian region, widely 

 cultivated and naturalized 

 all over United States. 



Ohio and Mississippi valley . . 



Mississippi Valley 



Eastern United States 



Leaves oval with smooth edge. Fruit, 

 an elongated berry with seed but little 

 flattened and stone scarcely ridged. 



Resembling black gum, but fruit 

 which also grows in pairs, has a flat- 

 tened and ridged stone. 



Fruits produced singly, with a stalk 

 longer than the fruit; stone of fruit 

 sharp-edged or winged. 



Resembling Tupelo gum, but fruits 

 with stalks shorter than the fruit 

 itself. 



Flowers white. Leaves white, silky 

 beneath. 



Flowers greenish-yellow. Fruit slen- 

 der. 



Flowers white, leaves deeply lobed at 

 base, forming "ears," green on under 

 side. 



Flowers white, leaves very large, with 

 "ears" at base, and white beneath. 

 Largest leaved tree in N orth America 

 (20 to 30 inches long). 



Leaves oval, smooth, with smooth mar- 

 gin, fruit orange colored, 1 to 14 

 inches in diameter, edible in late fall. 



Leaves heart-shaped, smooth margin; 

 fruit a pea-like pod in clusters of 4 to 

 8; flowers resembling a small rose- 

 colored sweet pea. 



Leaves with smooth edges. Fruit a 

 heavy ball 4 to 5 inches in diameter. 



Leaves 3 to 5 lobed with large rounded 

 teeth; fruit a pair of keys ripening in 

 autumn. 



Leaves deeply 5-lobed, with sharp ir- 

 regular teeth; fruit ripening in spring 

 before appearance of leaves. 



Leaves 3 to 5 lobed, finely toothed; 

 fruit ripening in spring or early sum- 

 mer. 



Leaves compound, the leaflets toothed; 

 fruit ripening in early summer. 



Leaves large, heart-shaped; fruit along 

 "pod " filled with flat seeds which are 

 tufted at each end. A better shaped 

 tree than common catalpa ( Catalpa 

 catalpa). 



Leaves mostly clustered at ends of 

 branches, with slightly wavy mar- 

 gins; flowers white with four large 

 bracts resembling petals. Leaves op- 

 posite. 



Leaves resembling those of flowering 

 dogwood, but alternate in arrange- 

 ment; flowers without the four large 

 petal-like bracts. 



Leaves doubly-compound, the leaflets 

 with slightly wavy margins; fruit a 

 pod a foot or more in length, twisted 

 when dry. Trees with large branch- 

 ing thorns. 



Leaves compound, leaflets with smooth 

 margins; fruit a pod 3 to 4 inches 

 long. Trees with pairs of short 

 thorns at the base of leaves and twigs. 

 Wood heavy and durable in the 

 ground. 



Leaves doubly compound, the leaflets 

 with entire margins; fruit a large 

 wide pod, 6 to 10 inches long, 1£ to 2 

 inches wide. Trees without thorns. 



Bud scales few, shell of nut thin and 

 brittle, with large cavities; nuts elon- 

 gated with sweet kernel. 



Nut broader than long, with bitter 

 kernel. 



