FORESTRY LESSONS ON HOME WOODLANDS. 45 



ONE HUNDRED IMPORTANT FOREST TREES— Continued. 



Name. 



Distribution. 



Remarks. 



63. Black gnm (Pepperidge) 



(Nyssa sylvatica). 



64. "Water gum ( Nyssa biflora). . . 



65. Tupelo gum (Kyssa aqua- 



tica). Known also as cot- 

 ton gum. Associated with 

 . cypress. 



66. Gopher plum (Nyssa ogeche). 



67. Sweet magnolia (Magnolia 



virginiana, M a g nol i a 

 glauca). Known also as 

 Sweet Bay. 



68. Cucumber tree (Magnolia 



acuminata). 



69. Umbrella tree (Magnolia 



Jraseri). 



70. Large - leaf magnolia (Mag- 



nolia macrophylla). 



71. Persimmon (Diospyros vir- 



giniana). 



72. Redbud (Judas tree) ( Cercis 



canadensis). 



73. Osage orange (Bois d'are) 

 ( Toxylon pomifcrum). 



74. Sugar maple (Acer saccharum) 



75. Silver maple (Acer saccha- 

 rinum). 



Eastern United States. 



76. Red maple (Acer rubrum). 



77. Box elder or ash-leaved ma- 



ple (Acer negundo). 



78. Hardy catalpa(Indiancigar) 



( Catalpa speciosa). 



79. Flowering dogwood ( Cornus 

 florida). 



Blue dogwood ( Cornus alter- 

 nifolia). 



81. Honey locust (Gleditsia tri- 

 acanthos). 



82. Black locust (Yellow locust) 

 (Bobinia pseudacacia). 



83. Kentucky coffee tree (Gym- 

 noclades dioicus). 



84. Pecan (Hicoria pe can). 



Southern States. 



Swamps of Southeastern 

 Coastal States. 



Swamps, South Carolina to 

 Florida. 



Coastal swamps. Eastern and 

 Gulf States. 



Eastern United States 

 Southeastern States . . . 



....do 



Eastern United States 

 do 



Native to Arkansas, eastern 

 Oklahoma and Texas, but 

 widely planted throughout 

 eastern United States. 



Eastern United States 



Throughout United States. . . 



South Central States, widely 

 cultivated elsewhere. 



Eastern United States. 



Northeastern States and Ap- 

 palachian Mountains. 



Central States and Minnesota 

 to Texas. Widely culti- 

 vated elsewhere. 



Appalachian region, widely 

 cultivated and naturalized 

 all over United States. 



Ohio and Mississippi valley. 



Mississippi Valley. 



85. Bitternut hickory (Hicoria Eastern United States. 

 minima). I 



Leaves oval with smooth edge. Fruit, 

 an elongated berry with seed but little 

 flattened and stone scarcely ridged. 



Resembling black gum, 'but fruit 

 which also grows in pairs, has a flat- 

 tened and ridged stone. 



Fruits produced singly, with a stalk 

 longer than the fruit; stone of fruit 

 sharp-edged or winged. 



Resembling Tupelo gum, but fruits 

 with stalks shorter than the fruit 

 itself. 



Flowers white. Leaves white, silky 

 beneath. 



Flowers greenish-yellow. Fruit slen- 

 der. 



Flowers white, leaves deeply lobed at 

 base, forming "ears," green on under 

 side. 



Flowers white, leaves very large, with 

 "ears" at base, and white beneath. 

 Largest leaved tree in N orth America 

 (20 to 30 inches long). 



Leaves oval, smooth, with smooth mar- 

 gin, fruit orange colored, 1 to 1| 

 inches in diameter, edible in late fall. 



Leaves heart-shaped, smooth margin; 

 fruit a pea-like pod in clusters of 4 to 

 8; flowers resembling a small rose- 

 colored sweet pea. 



Leaves with smooth edges. Fruit a 

 heavy ball 4 to 5 inches in diameter. 



Leaves 3 to a lobed with large rounded 

 teeth; fruit a pair of keys ripening in 

 autumn. 



Leaves deeply 5-lobed, with sharp ir- 

 regular teeth; fruit ripening in spring 

 before appearance of leaves. 



Leaves 3 to 5 lobed, finely toothed; 

 fruit ripening in spring or early sum- 

 mer. 



Leaves compound, the leaflets toothed; 

 fruit ripening in early summer. 



Leaves large, heart-shaped; fruit a long 

 "pod " filled with flat seeds which are 

 tufted ateach end. A better shaped 

 tree than common catalpa ( Catalpa 

 catalpa). 



Leaves mostly clustered at ends of 

 branches, with slightly wavy mar- 

 gins; flowers white with four large 

 bracts resembling petals. Leaves op- 

 posite. 



Leaves resembling those of flowering 

 dogwood, but alternate in arrange- 

 ment; flowers without the four large 

 petal-like bracts. 



Leaves doubly-compound, the leaflets 

 with slightly wavy margins; fruit a 

 pod a foot or more in length, twisted 

 when dry. Trees with large branch- 

 ing thorns. 



Leaves compound, leaflets with smooth 

 margins; fruit a pod 3 to 4 inches 

 long. Trees with pairs of short 

 thorns at the base of leaves and twigs, 

 ^'ood heavy and durable in the 

 ground. 



Leaves doubly compound, the leaflets 

 with entire margins; fruit a large 

 wide pod, 6 to 10 inches long, 1§ to 2 

 inches wide. Trees without thorns. 



Bud scales few, shell of nut thin and 

 brittle, with large cavities; nuts elon- 

 gated with sweet kernel. 



Nut broader than long, with bitter 

 kernel. 



