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TIMBEB TREES OF NORTH CAROLINA. 



The wood is light, soft, weak, brittle and coarse-grained, very 

 •durable in contact with the soil, and apt to check in drying. It 

 is slightly aromatic. The heartwood is dull orange-brown in color; 

 the thin sapwood light yellow. It is used in boat building, fenc- 

 ing, cooperage, and for ox yokes. An aromatic stimulant is 

 •derived from the bark of the root. 



Ulmus americana, Linnaeus. 



(AMERICAN ELM.) 



A large tree, with short spreading or long pendulous branches 

 ■and scaly dark brown trunk, reaching a height of 120 and a diam- 

 -eter of 11 feet. 



It occurs in rich moist soil from southern Newfoundland to 

 the northern shores of Lake Superior and the eastern slope of the 

 JRocky mountains, south to Florida, and west to Dakota, central 

 Nebraska, Indian Territory, and Texas; reaching its best develop- 

 ment in the northeastern United States. • 



In this State, where it reaches an average height of 60 to 70 and 

 •diameter of 4 to 5 feet, it occurs abundantly in most of the swamps 



MAP OF 

 NORTH CAROLINA 



SCALE OF MILE6 



«0 at m im,- 

 Fie. 13. 



•of the coastal plain and extends westward as far as Guilford 

 and Mecklenburg counties. (Fig. 13.) It is smaller and much 

 less common toward its western limit. 



