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is strong, heavy, and exceedingly hard. It is a rich dark 

 brown, tinged with red. 



Pignut (Hicoria glabra) is one of the commercial hick- 

 ories and grows in northern Florida. 



Planertree [Planera aquatica) is 30 or 40 feet high 

 and a foot or more in diameter. The wood is light and 

 soft, and light brown in color. 



Poisonwood {Rhus metopium), or coral sumach, grows 

 on the southern keys. It attains a height of 30 or 40 

 feet and a diameter of one or two. The wood is heavy 

 and hard, but is not strong. It is dark brown, streaked 

 with red, and within its range it is abundant. 



Pond Apple {Annona glabra), or custard apple, ranges 

 through south Florida, and may be 30 or 40 feet high, 

 with a trunk often much swelled at the base. The weak, 

 light wood is brown, streaked with yellow. 



Poplarleaf Fig {Picus populnea), or india-rubber tree, 

 is found in southern Florida, and is 40 or 50 feet high, 

 and a foot or more in thickness of trunk. The orange- 

 brown wood is light an-d soft. 



Pond Pine {Pinus serotina), sometimes called loblolly 

 pine in Florida, though it is not the true loblolly, is of 

 moderate size, the wood is resinous and heavy, and of 

 dark orange color. It occurs in the northern part of 

 the State. 



Post Oak {Quercus minor) is one of the commercial 

 trees of northern Florida and the wood resembles white 

 oak. 



Prickly Ash (Xanthoxylum clavaherculis) is also called 

 stingtongue and toothache tree. It is from 25 to 30 feet 

 high and a foot or more through the trunk. The wood 

 is soft and light. 



Prvncewood (Exostema caribaeum) is found on the 

 southern keys, with trunks 10 or 12 inches in size and 



