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WOOD AND FOREST. 



Habitat. 



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E-VLU Cyi'hess. 



Bald refer.s to leaflessness of tree in winter. 



Taxodium disiicluim (Linnaeus) L. C. Eic-liard. 



Taxodium means yew-like; distichwin refers to the two-ranked leaves. 



Habitat: (See map); 

 best in South Atlantic 

 and Gulf States. 



Characteristics of the 

 Tree: Height, 75', oc- 

 easionalh' 150'; diame- 

 ter, 4'-5' ; roots project 

 upward into peculiar 

 knees; trunk strongly 

 buttressed at base, 

 straight, majestic and 

 tapering; bark, light red, 

 shallow fissures, fiat 

 plates, peeling into 

 fibrous strips ; leaves, 

 long, thin, two-ranked, 

 deciduous; cones, nearlv 

 ghiliular, 1" in diameter. 



Appearance of Wood: 

 Color, heart- wood, rcd- 

 disli brown, sap-wood, 

 nearly white ; non-por- 

 ous ; rijigs, fine and well 

 marked; grain, nearly 

 straight, burl is beauti- 

 fully figured ; ravs, very 

 obscure ; non-resinous. 



