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TIMBER TREES OF NORTH CAROLINA. 



The wood is heavy, soft, strong, rather brittle, very close- 

 grained, and compact ; the heartwood, dark brown ; the sapwood 

 lighter, often nearly white. The timber is of an inferior quality, 

 and is chiefly used for fencing and fuel. It is rare in North Caro- 

 lina, and, from the difficulty in getting it out of the swamps, it is 

 little used. 



Hicoria ovata, Britton. 



(shag-bark hickory, shell-bark hickory, 

 scaly-bark hickory.) 



Alarge tree of great commercial value, with pendulous branches, 

 and grayish-brown bark separating from the trunk in long strips. 

 It reaches a height of 150 and a diameter of 4 feet. 



It occurs on rich hillsides and on sandy ridges from the valley 

 of the St. Lawrence river to Michigan and southeastern Min- 

 nesota, southward to western Florida, central Alabama and 

 Mississippi, and westward to eastern Kansas, Indian Ter- 

 ritory, and eastern Texas ; reaching, its best development west of 

 the Alleghany mountains. A common tree. 



MAP OF 



NORTH CAROLINA 



SCALE OF MILES 



Fio. IS. 



LEGEND 

 F=^ Distribution of the SHAG-BARK HICKORY 

 (Hicoria ovata, Britt.) 



E%ffj| Distribution of the WA1?ER-BITTERNUT 

 HICKORY (Hicoria aquatica. Britt: 



In this State, where it attains an average height of 60 to 60 

 feet and an average diameter of 15 to 20 inches, it occurs 

 throughout but is nowhere common, and least so in the coastal 

 plain region. (Fig. 16.) 



* Carya alba, Xuttall. 



