30 



or 30 feet, diameter 5 or 6 inches, wood clear red, heavy 

 and hard. 



White elm [Ulinus americana). — This is the common 

 and most abundant elm in most regions of the United 

 States east of the Kooky Mountains. 



White Buttonwood (Laguncularia racemosa), or white 

 mangrove, grows in southern Florida. Height 30 feet or 

 more, diameter one foot and upward. The wood is heavy 

 and hard, dark yellow brown. 



White Ironwood {Hypelata trifoliata). — This species 

 grows on the southern keys, but is rare; height 35 or 40 

 feet, diameter 18 or 20 inches; wood rich dark brown, 

 hard and heavy. 



White Stopper {Eugenia monticola) . — This tree is oc- 

 casionally 25 feet high, with a 12-inch trunk. The wood 

 is strong, heavy, hard, and is brown -with red tinge. 



Wild China [Sepindus marginatus) is sometimes called 

 soapberry. It may reach a trunk diameter of two feet 

 and a height of 50. The brown, yellow-tinged wood is 

 strong and heavy. 



Wild Lime {Xanthoxylum fagarai) ; height 25 or 30 

 feet; wood heavy and hard; range, southern Florida. 



Wild Sapodilla (Mimusops sieieri) ; only on the south- 

 ern keys and not abundant; height 30 feet; wood very 

 heavy, hard, and strong; rich very dark brown. 



Wild Tamarind (Lysiloma latisiliqua) . — This species 

 in Florida is confined to the keys where it occasionally is 

 3 feet in diameter and 50 feet high. The wood is heavy, 

 hard, and tough, but not strong, and is of a rich dark 

 brown color. 



Willow Oak {Querous phellos), often called red oak in 

 Florida, is one of the State's commercial woods which 

 seldom appears under its own name as lumber. 



Wing Elm {Ulmus alata). — This wood goes into lumber 



