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Florida Buttonwood {Conocarpus erecta) grows on 

 muddy tidewater shores in southern Florida. It is 20 to 

 30 inches in diameter and 40 to 60 feet high. The wood 

 is very heavy, strong, hard, and burns slowly like char- 

 coal. It is dark yellow-brown. 



Florida Boxwood (Schaefferis frutescens) or yellow 

 wood as it is occasionally called, is found on the south- 

 ern keys, attains a height of 30 or 40 feet and a diame- 

 ter of six to ten inches. The bright yellow wood is heavy 

 and hard. 



Florida Caper (capparis jamaicensis) , locally known 

 as caper tree, is found in the extreme south of the State, 

 and is usually quite small. The wood is tinged with red 

 and is hard and heavy. 



Florida Cat's Claw {Zygia unguis-cati) . — Some call this 

 tree longpod. It is found in the southern part of the 

 State, where it attains a height of 20 to 25 feet and a 

 diameter of 7 or 8 inches. The wood is a rich red, vary- 

 ing to purple, and very heavy and hard. 



Florida Maple {Acer saccharum floridanum). — This 

 is a small maple found in western Florida. 



Florida Plum {Drypetes lateriflora), called also Guiana 

 plum and whitewood, is found in the extreme southern 

 part of the State where it reaches a height of 20 to 30 

 feet and a diameter of five or six inches. The wood is 

 dark brown, brittle and hard. 



Florida Torreya {Tumion taxifolium) , is a scarce spe- 

 cies found in western Florida near the Apalachicola River. 

 The wood is yellow, and the tree is often called stinifing 

 cedar. 



Florida Yew {Taxus floridanum), called also Savin 

 and Chattahoochee pine, has its range on the east bank 

 of the Apalachicola River in western Florida. The tree 

 is seld( m more than 25 feet high and one foot in diameter. 

 Its wood is hard and is dark brown. 



