86 ECONOMIC WOODS OF THE UNITED STATES 



almost black. Wood variable from light and soft to 

 moderately heavy and hard; often " pecky," i.e., 

 riddled with fimgus galleries. Smooth surface of sound 

 wood looks and feels gr easy or waxy. Rays nmnerous, 

 rather prominent^ whol^^without tracheids. Resin 

 cells numerous and prominent; commonly zonate (Plate 

 II, Fig. 1). Pits on wood tracheids very small, often 

 irregularly disposed; mostly in two rows. 

 / J Q- 32^ Bald Cypress. Taxodium distichum Rich. (S).^^ 



b^ Odor resinous or aromatic; agreeable. Tasteless^ or 

 with marked resinous flavor. Wood very light and soft. 



a^ Great variation in depth of color between sapwood 

 and heartwood, that of the latter varying from dark 

 purplish brown to dark brown tinged with red; dark 

 wood often streaked with lighter shades. Sapwood 

 usually dingy white with light shades of brown inter- 

 mingled. Lustre dull. Odor like oil of cedar; very 

 mild. Tasteless or nearly so. Resin cells present, 

 though often zonate in widely separated growth 

 rings, thus often apparently absent. Rays rather 

 narrow, somewhat prominent; without tracheids. 

 •;,■,' O 7~K Western Red Cedar. Thuya plicata Don. (P).^* 



b' Moderate variation in depth of color between heart- 

 wood and sapwood. Resin cells zonate or scattering. 



a^ Co lor" light clear y ellow, uniform . Odor aromatic, 



resinous. Taste spicy, very characteristic. Wood 



light and sSFfTto' mocTerately heavy and hard. 



a* Ray tracheids present in low rays. Color very 



light. Texture very fine. Odor moderately 



pronoimced. Yellow Cedar. Chamcecyparis 



0- -f-O " 2^ nootkatensis Spach. (P).^ 



b* Ray tracheids absent. Color somewhat deeper. 

 Texture moderately fine. Odor very pro- 

 nounced. 

 ^^ f X. . Port Orford Cedar. C. lawsoniana Pari. (P).^^ 



b' Color pa le brn^yn nr rpdjisll ! intermingling of 

 lighter and darker shades common (esp. in Thuya 

 occidentalis) . Odor like oil of cedar, but very mild. 

 N o pronoimced taste. Wood very light and soft, 



