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Tlu' Pine Family 

 PIN M ! 



Habit ami Habitat: A I nally high, with a 



trunk diameter oi 3-4 left, but n immonly tiigh ami l-J 



feet in diameter; the short. Blender, 1 

 formii - arrow, compact or ir 



>wn. Found commonly upon d and lit 



but prefers loamy soil and sunny it lakes and 



LeaYea and Hud*.: L aves in opposite pan two kind de- 

 like, closely appressed, over-lapping, ovate acufc inch 1< 

 smooth, slender, angular twigs, awl-shaped, inch 1 

 arranged, forming prickly tv. h kinds on the same t: 

 occasionally all leaves upon the tree of one or the other kind exclusively; 

 spicy when bruised; dark bluish-green, or whitish, turning russet or 

 yellow-brown or purple during the winter, p it for 5-6 

 The buds are very tiny, without scaK 



Flowers and Fruit-: Flowers produced in May in- 



itiate in the form of tiny, oblong cones, composed of - hield-like 



■h bearing 4-6 yellow, g] leil Bacs; the pistillate cones 



"flowers" tiny, ovoid, composed of •'] pairs of fleshy, bluish or purplish 

 united at the base, at the ends of short \ in the axils of the 



leaves. Fruit a globular, berry-like cone or "juniper berry", about % 

 inch in diameter, dark blue or purple with a whitish covering like a 

 blue plum, with thin, sweet, resinous flesh and 2-3 bony seeds, ripen- 

 ing at the close of the first season. 



Hark. Twigs and Wood: Bark light brown, tinned with nd 



separated into long narrow scales which persist for many ; bark 



on the twigs greenish to reddish-brown and smooth, becoming thin 

 and light reddish-brown on the branches and trunk. The wood is 

 light, soft, close-grained, brittle, not strong, very durable, very fragrant 

 when freshly cut, dull red with thin whitish sapwood, easily worked; 

 largely used for i interior trim, clothes chests and c 



pails, tubs, brushes, and is almost the only wood used in the manufac- 

 ture of lead pencils. 



Distribution in the State: This is one of the three native 

 Nebraska coniferous trees, it being found scattered widely over the 



-tern half of the state, this being the western limit of the sper 

 which is more common throughout eastern United States except in 

 the extreme north and in southern Florida, covering considerable areas 

 in Mississippi and Alabama with nearly pure for 

 Map 2. 



Remark-: The red cedar is one of the most valuable trees of the 

 United States because of the value of the wood and the uses of the 

 species for landscape decoration. It makes an excellent low wind- 

 break and it endures close pruning without injury, often being pruned 

 into fantastic forn are should be taken that this tree is not planted 



near the apple orchard because of the fact that a certain rust fungus 

 disease alternates between this tree and the apple tree which often does 

 great damage to the apple. The tree is very hardy in our region and 



-hould be planted more widel; .n ornamental. The western > 



cedar, .J. . i- a very similar but less important tree which 



has come into Nebraska from the Rock and has work 



ird about half way a< Map 



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