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Economic uses. Wood heavy, hard, strong, light brown. Used 
in construction, fence posts and for fuel. Since the swamps have 
been drained the supply of this species has rapidly decreased until 
now it is of little economic importance. 
3. TSUGA. Tue Hemuocks. 
Tsuga canadénsis (Linnzus) Carriére. Hrmiocx. Plate 11. 
Tall trees with reddish-brown or grayish and deeply furrowed bark; 
leaves short petioled, 1-1.5 em. (*%-% inch) long, flat or angular, 
obtuse or notched, apparently 2-ranked, bright green, shiny above, 
bluish-white beneath, persisting for about three years; staminate 
flowers appear early in the spring from buds in the axils of the leaves 
of the previous year, the pistillate terminal, erect, oblong; fruit a 
pendulous cone borne on the end of last year’s branch, maturing 
the first season, short stalked, ovoid, 1.5-2.5 em. (14-1 inch) long; 
seeds 2 in the axil of each scale. 
Distribution. Nova Scotia west to eastern Minnesota, south to 
Delaware and along the mcuntains to Alabama. In Indiana it is 
found in limited numbers on the bluffs of Bean Blossom Creek in 
Brown County, of Walnut and Racccon creeks in Putnam, of 
Sugar Creek in Montgomery and Parke, of Clear Creek between 
Clark and Floyd counties, of Raccoon Creek in Owen and on the 
north branch of the Muscatatuck River near Vernon in Jennings 
County. In our area it sometimes reaches a height of 30 m. (95 
feet) and a diameter of 5-7 dm. (20-28 inches). 
The published records of the distribution are as follows: Clark 
(Baird and Taylor); vicinity of New Albany (Clapp); Parke and 
Putnam (Ragan). 
Additional records are: Parke (Wright); Putnam (Grimes) and 
(MacDougal); Brown, Crawford, Jennings, Montgomery, Parke, 
Putnam and Owen (Deam). 
Economic uses. Wood light, soft, brittle, light brown, not dur- 
able, difficult to work, splintery but holds a nail well. Used for 
construction purposes. Where the tree is common the bark is 
used for tanning purposes. The powdered bark is used in medicine. 
4. TAXODIUM. Tue Batp Cypress. 
Taxodium distichum (Linneus) L. C. Richard. Cypress. Plate 
12. Straight tall trees usually with a buttressed base, frequently 
hollow at the base. When grown in very wet situations it develops 
steeple-like projections from the roots to above the water level, 
