9° THE PRINCIPAL SPECIES OF IVOOD. 



_ , o i T» 1 ( -iSsculus ociandra Marsh. 



Buckeye, Sweet Buckeye, j ^.culus flavaAit. 



Nomenclature. (Sudworth.) 



Buckeye (N. C, S. C, Ala., Yellow Buckeye (S. C, Ala.). 



Miss., La., Tex., Ky.). Large Buckeye, Big Buckeye 



Sweet Buckeye (W. Va., (Tex., Tenn.). 



Miss., Tex., Mo., Ind.). 



Locality. 



Alleghany Mountains, Pennsylvania to Georgia, westward inter- 

 mittently to Iowa and Texas. 



Features of Tree. 



Forty to seventy feet in height, one to three feet in diameter, 

 sometimes low shrub. Large mahogany-colored seed. 



Color, Appearance, and Grain of Wood. 



Heartwood, creamy white, sapwood similar, compact structure, 

 close-grained, difficult to split. 



Representative Uses of Wood. 



Similar to those of Ohio Buckeye {A. glabra). 



Weight of Seasoned Wood in Pounds per Cubic Foot. 

 26.64. 



Modulus of Elasticity. 

 Modulus of Rupture. 



Remarks. 



