FORESTRY LESSON'S ON HOME WOODLANDS 

 ONE HUNDRED EASTERN FOREST TREES— Continued 



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Name. 



50. Swamp cottonwood (Popu- 



lus heterophylla) . 



51. Aspen {Popnlustremulotd.es.) 



52. Large-tooth aspen (Populus 



grandidentata) . 



53. Paper birch (Betula papy- 



r if era). 



54. Sweet birch (Betula lenta) 



55. Yellow birch (Betula luted). . 



56. Red mulberry (Morus ru- 



bra). 



57. Wild plum (Prunus ameri- 



cana) . 



58. Wild red cherry (Prunus 

 pennsylvanica) . 



59. Choke cherry (Prunus vir- 



giniana) . 



60. Black cherry (Prunus sero- 



tina). 



61. Yellow poplar (Liriodendron 



tulipifera). 



62. Sassafras (Sassafras offici- 



nale) . 



63. Black gum (Nyssa sylvatica) . 



64. Swamp black gum (Nyssa 



biflora) . 



65. Tupelo gum (Nyssa aquati- 



ca) . Known also as cotton 

 gum. Associated with 

 cypress. 



66. Sour tupelo gum (Nyssa 



ogeche) . 



67. Sweet bay (Magnolia virgin i- 



ana). Known also as 

 sweet magnolia. 



68. Cucumber-tree (Magnolia 



acuminata) . 



69. Mountain magnolia (Mag- 



nolia fraseri) . 



70. Bigleaf magnolia (Magnolia 



macrophylla) . 



'I Persimmon (Diospyros virgi- 

 niana) . 



12. Redbud (Cercis canadensis). 



73. Osage orange (Toxylc 

 pomiferum) . 



74. Sugar maple (Acer sac- 

 charum) . 



Distribution 



South Atlantic and Gulf States 



Northern and Western United 



States. 

 Northeastern United States. 



Northern United States 



Northeastern United States, 



Eastern United States. 



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Southern States. 



Swamps of Southeastern 

 Coastal States. 



Swamps, South Carolina to 

 Florida. 



Coastal swamps, Southeast- 

 ern and Gulf States. 



Eastern United States 



Southeastern States. 

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Eastern United States. 



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Native to Arkansas, eastern 

 Oklahoma, and Texas, but 

 widely planted throughout 

 eastern United States. 



Eastern United States 



Characteristics 



Heart-shaped leaves with round leaf- 

 stalk, minutely woolly on underside 

 when young; smooth later. 



Leaves broad, finely toothed, leafstalks 

 flat, longer than blades. 



Leaves broad, coarsely toothed, with 

 flattened leafstalks. 



Leaves broad at base, finely toothed, 

 fruit a papery cone which falls apart 

 when ripe; white bark peeling off in 

 thin sheets. 



Bark dark brown, hard and close, not 

 peeling off in sheets; tiny scales of 

 cones smooth, not minutely hairy 

 along edges as in yellow birch. 



Bark yellow-gray; tiny scales of the 

 cones minutely hairy along edges. 



Leaves large, heart-shaped, sharply 

 toothed; fruit red or black, black- 

 berrylike. 



Leaves conspicuously veiny, pointed, 

 finely toothed; fruit red or yellow 

 with short stalks; branches with 

 spinelike twigs. Small tree. 



Smooth red-brown bark; leaves re- 

 semble those of the peach; fruit 

 bright red when ripe, long-stalked in 

 clusters of 3 to 5. 



Fruit in a long cluster, ripe berries 

 glossy black, bitterish, producing a 

 puckering sensation in the mouth. 



Fruit resembles choke cherry, but 

 smaller and thin-fleshed. 



Leaves large, blunt or with deep notch 

 at end; flowers large yellow; tulip- 

 like; fruit a woody, upright cone. 



Leaves oval with one lobe like a "mit- 

 ten," or with a lobe on each side. 

 Twigs and inner bark fragrant. 



Large tree; leaves oval with smooth 

 edge. Fruit an elongated black ber- 

 ry with seed but little flattened and 

 scarcely ridged. 

 Small tree; resembling black gum, but 

 fruit, which also grows in pairs, has a 

 flattened and ridged stone. 



Large tree; fruits produced singly, with 

 a stalk longer than the fruit; stone of 

 fruit sharp-edged or winged. 



Small tree; resembling tupelo gum, 

 but fruits with stalks shorter than 

 the fruit itself. 



Small flowers, white, fragrant. Leaves 

 silky- white beneath. 



Leaves large, oval, smooth-bordered, 

 pointed; flowers greenish yellow; 

 fruit slender. 



Flowers white; leaves deeply lobed at 

 base, forming "ears." 



Flowers large, white; leaves very large, 

 with "ears" at base, and white be- 

 neath. Largest leaved tree in North 

 America (20 to 30 inches long) . 



Leaves oval, smooth, with smooth 

 margin; fruit orange colored, 1 to \y 2 

 inches in diameter, edible in late fall 

 after frost. 



Leaves heart-shaped, smooth margin: 

 fruit a pealike pod in clusters of 4 

 to 8; flowers resembling a small rose- 

 colored sweet pea. 



Glossy leaves with smooth edges; 

 fruit a heavy ball, resembling an 

 orange, 4 to 5 inches in diameter, 

 milky juice. 



Leaves 3 to 5 lobed with large rounded 

 teeth; fruit a pair of keys ripening in 

 autumn. Yields maple sugar. 



