22 



MISC. PUBLICATION 217, U. S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 



Name of tree 



Where the tree grows 



Descriptive notes 



White buttonwood (Laguncu- 

 laria racemosa). 



Devil's walking stick (Hercules 

 club)* (Aralia spinosa). 



Black gum (sour gum)* (Nyssa 

 sylvatica) . 



Swamp black gum (Nyssa bi- 

 ftora). 



Sour tupelo gum (Nyssa ogeche) . 

 Tupelo gum (Nyssa aguatica) . . . 



Dogwood (flowering dogwood)* 

 (Cornus florida) . 



Blue dogwood (Cornus alterni- 

 folia). 



Roughleaf dogwood (Cornus 

 asperifolia) . 



(Name ?) (Elliottia racemosa)... 



Great rhodendron (Rhododen- 

 dron maximum) . 



Catawba rhododendron (Rhodo- 

 dendron catawbiense). 



Mountain-laurel (Kalmia lati- 

 folia). 



Sourwood (Oiydendrum arbor- 

 eum) . 



(Name?) (Lyonia ferruginea) 



Tree huckleberry (Vaccinium 

 arboreum). 



Marlberry (Icacorea paniculata). 



(Name?) (Rapanea guianensis). 

 Joewood (Jaguinia keyensis) 



Satinleaf (Chrysophyllum olki- 



forme). 

 Mastic (Sideroxylon foetidissi- 



mum). 

 Bustic (Dipholis salicifolia) 



Tough buckthorn (Bumelia 

 tenax). 



Gum elastic (Bumelia lanugi- 

 nosa). 



Buckthorn (Bumelia monticola). 



Buckthorn (Bumelia lycoides)... 



Saffron plum (Bumelia angusti- 



folia) . 

 Wild dill5 T (Mimusops parvi- 



folia). 

 Persimmon (Diospyros virgin- 



iana). 



Black persimmon (Diospyros 



texana). 

 Sweetleaf (Symplocos tinctoria).. 



Silverbell, (Lily-of-the-vahey 

 tree)* (Halesia Carolina). 



Mountain silverbell (Halesia 

 monticola). 



Little silverbell (Halesia parvi- 

 flora). 



Southern Florida (tropical)... 



Most of eastern half of United 

 States. 



.do. 



Coastal acid swamps, Mary- 

 land to Texas. 



Coastal region South Caro- 

 lina to Florida (not abun- 

 dant). 



Coastal fresh water or "deep" 

 swamps, Virginia to Texas, 

 up Mississippi River. Not 

 found in stagnant swamps. 



Eastern half of United States.. 



Northeastern States and Ap- 

 palachian Mountains. 



Eastern United States 



Southeastern Georgia 



New England, Ohio, south in 

 the Appalachian Mountains 



Appalachian Mountains, Vir- 

 ginia south to Georgia and 

 Alabama. 



New England to Indiana and 

 south to Gulf. 



Appalachian Mountains, west 

 to Louisiana. 



South Atlantic coast 



Coast, Virginia to Texas, 



northward in Mississippi 



River Basin. 

 Southern Florida (tropical)... 



.do. 



.do. 



.do. 



South Atlantic coast, south- 

 western Georgia. 



Coastal region Georgia to 

 Texas, Mississippi Basin. 



Southern and western Texas.. 



Southeastern States 



Southern Florida (tropical) .. . 



Florida Keys (tropical) 



Eastern United States, except 

 northern portion. 



Southern and southwestern 

 Texas. 



Delaware to Florida, west to 

 Arkansas and Texas. 



Southern Appalachian Moun- 

 tain region. 



Southern Appalachian Moun- 

 tains, west to Oklahoma. 



Southern Georgia, northern 

 Florida, Alabama. 



Leaves opposite, shorts, rounded, thick, 



leathery. Flowers minute, borne on 



hairy clusters (spikes) . 

 Spiny, aromatic tree or shrub. Leaves 



doubly compound, 3 to 4 feet long at 



end of branches. 

 Leaves oblong, broadest above the 



middle, thick. Fruit small, stone 



slightly marked (ribbed) . 

 Leaves narrower than those of black 



gum (1 inch wide). Fruit small, 



stone prominently marked (ribbed) 



(fig. 3, F). 

 Fruit red (plum), large (1 inch long), 



single. Leaves 4 to 6 inches long. 



Fruit large (1 inch), purple (plum), 

 single on long stem. Leaves broadly 

 elliptical, 5 to 7 inches long (fig. 3, G ) 



Leaves opposite, oval, pointed. Flow- 

 ers small, in dense head with showy 

 white bracts. Fruit red. 



Leaves alternate (otherwise similar to 

 Cornus florida) . Flowers small, with- 

 out showy scales. 



Leaves opposite. Flowers in loose 

 heads, not showy. Fruit white. 



Flowers with 4 petals, in long clusters. 



Leaves thick, evergreen, 4 to 12 inches 

 long, clustered at ends of branches. 

 Flowers showy in large clusters. 



Leaves 4 to 6 inches long, broad, thick. 

 Calyx lobes of flowers sharp pointed. 



Leaves elliptical, thick, evergreen, 3 

 inches long. Flowers in clusters 

 (corymbs), showy. 



Leaves elliptical, finely toothed. Flow- 

 ers bell-shaped in long compound 

 clusters (panicles). 



Flower clusters in leaf axils. 



Leaves elliptical, thin, 2 inches long. 

 Flowers in open clusters (racemes). 



Leaves thick with numerous resin dots. 



Blackberries in clusters. 

 Leaves oblong. Fruit round. 

 Leaves sometimes opposite. Flower 



terminal. 

 Leaves soft, hairy below, 2 to 3 inches 



long. Fruit oval, flesh}-, purple. 

 Leaves elliptical, thin. Flowers mi- 

 nute. 

 Leaves narrow, shiny. Flowers mi- 

 nute. 

 Leaves thin, oblong, silky below. Fruit 



round, sweet, edible. 

 Leaves with soft brown hairs curved 



backward. Fruit oblong, in leaf 



axils. 

 Leaves thick, shiny. Branchlets often 



ending in stout spines. 

 Leaves thin, oblong. Fruit oblong, 



fleshy. 

 Leaves leathery, 1 inch long, evergreen. 



Fruit small with sweet flesh. 

 Leaves clustered at branch ends, 



notched. 

 Leaves oval (widest below middle), 



firm. Fruit fleshy, edible, stone 



seed (fig. 4, I). Close relative of 



Ebony tree of the Tropics. 

 Leaves rounded at end, narrow at base, 



1 inch long. Fruit black. 

 Leaves pointed, good for browse. Fruit 



small, in close clusters. 

 Flowers about Vi inch long, in small 



clusters (fascicles). Fruit 4-winged. 



Leaves elliptical (fig. 4, C). 

 Fruit as above. Flowers 2 inches long 



in fascicles. Leaves 8 to 11 inches 



long. 

 Fruit club-shaped, 1 inch long. Flow- 

 ers minute, in fascicles. Leaves 3 



inches long. 



