FOREST TREES AND FOREST REGIONS OF THE U. S. 



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Name of tree 



Wild lime tree (Xanthoxylum 

 fagara) . 



Satinwood (Xanthoxylum fla- 



vum). 

 Hercules-club {Xanthoxylum 



coriaceum) . 



Baretta (Heliettaparvifolia). 

 Hoptree (Pteleatrifoliata)... 



Torchwood (Amyriselemifera) — . 



Balsam torchwood (Amyris bal- 



samifera) . 

 Paradise tree (Simarouba glau- 



ca). 

 Bitterbush (Picramnia pentan- 



dra). 

 (Name?) (Alvaradoa amor- 



phoides). 

 Bay cedar (Suriana maritima) . _ _ 



Gumbo limbo (Bursera sima- 



ruba). 

 Mahogany (Swietenia mahogani) 



Guiana plum (Drypetes lateri- 

 flora). 



Big Guiana plum (Drypetes 

 diver sifolia). 



Crab wood (Oymnanthes lucida). 



Manchineel (Hippomane man- 

 cinella). 



(Savia)* (Stasia bahamensis) 



American smoketree, (chittam- 

 wood)* (Cotinus americanus). 



Poisonwood (Metopium toxi- 

 ferum). 



Staghorn sumac (Rhus hirta) 



Where the tree grows 



Dwarf sumac (Rhus copallina). 

 Poison sumac (Rhus vernix)... 



Tropical parts of Florida and 

 Texas. 



Southern Florida (tropical) — 



.....do 



Texas (along the Rio Grande) - . 



Eastern United States. South- 

 ern Rocky Mountain region. 

 (See also p. 31.) 



Southern Florida (tropical)-.. 



.do. 



Coast of southern Florida 



(tropical). 

 Southern Florida (tropical) ... 



Southern Florida (tropical) 

 (nearly exterminated). 



Southern Florida (tropical) ... 



Florida Keys (tropical) 



Southern Florida (tropical). 

 do 



do. 



Texas pistache (Pistacia texana) 



Swamp ironwood, (leather- 

 wood)* (Cyrilla racemiflora). 



Titi (Cliftonia monophylla) 



Holly (Ilex opaca) 



D ahoon (Ilex cassine) 



Krugs holly* (Ilex krugiana) 



Yaupon (Ilex vomitoria) 



Winterberry (Christmas berry) * 



(Ilex decidua). 

 Mountain holly (Ilex montana) . 



Eastern wahoo (burningbush) * 

 (Euonymus atropurpureus). 



False boxwood (Gyminda lati- 



folia). 

 (Name?) (Rhacoma crossopeta- 



lum)i 



Kentucky to western Texas.. . 



Shores and hammocks of south 

 ern Florida (tropical). 



Northeastern United States, 

 south in mountains. 



Eastern half of United States . 

 Much of eastern United States. 



Southwestern Texas. 



Coast region, Virginia to Texas 

 and somewhat inland. 



Coast, South Carolina to 

 Louisiana. 



Southeastern United States, 

 north along coast to Massa- 

 chusetts. 



Coast, South Carolina to 



Louisiana. 

 Southern Florida (tropical) . . . 



Southeastern coast region, 

 Virginia to Texas. 



Southeastern States, except in 

 mountains. 



Tree size only in Great Smoky 

 Mountains of North Caro- 

 lina and Tennessee. 



Northeastern States westward, 

 to Montana, south in central 

 Mississippi River Basin. 



Southern Florida (tropical) . . . 



do 



Descriptive notes 



Leaves 3 to 4 inches long, of 7 to 9 

 rounded leaflets. Bark bitter, pun- 

 gent. 



Leaves of 3 to 5 leaflets, evergreen. 



Leaves small, leathery, compound, 

 without terminal leaflet, evergreen. 

 Fruit in dense terminal cluster. 



Leaves opposite, small, mostly three- 

 foliate. 



Leaves three-divided, alternate on 

 stem. Seed enclosed in thin, papery, 

 circular wing. 



Leaves usually opposite, of three leaf- 

 lets. Fruit black. 



Leaves compound of 3 to 5 leaflets. 

 Fruit with small hard seed. 



Leaves of 12 rounded leaflets. Stone 

 fruit. 



Bark bitter, medicinal. Fruit fleshy. 



Tree with bitter juice. Fruit three- 

 winged. 

 Leaves fleshy, long, wedge-shaped. 



Flowers yellow. 

 Large tree. Smooth bark. Leaves 



compound. 

 Tree producing true mahogany wood. 



Leaves of 6 to 8 leaflets. Fruit 



hood-shaped. 

 Leaves pointed and narrow. Fruit 



red, in small clusters. 

 Leaves hold for 2 years, broadly ellipti- 

 cal, thick. Fruit white, 1 inch long. 

 Fruit scarce, small, nearly black. 

 Sap very poisonous. Apple-shaped 



fruit with a stone. 

 Leaves evergreen. Flowers green, of 



two kinds. 

 Leaves rounded, scarlet or orange in 



fall. Fruit on stalks with purple 



hairs. 

 Bark exuding gum with caustic proper- 

 ties. Leaves compound, borne in 



terminal clusters. 

 Leaves of 11 to 31 leaflets. Stems and 



branchlets velvety. Fruit red, dense 



head. 

 Leaves of 9 to 21 leaflets. Leaf stalks 



winged. Fruit in open head. 

 Leaves of 7 to 13 leaflets with scarlet 



midribs. Fruit white, in open 



clusters in leaf axils. 

 Leaves compound. Flowers tiny, 



clustered. 

 Leaves narrow, clustered near ends of 



branches. Fruit small in long 



slender clusters. 

 Forming "titi" swamps. Leaves 



shiny. Fruit winged. 

 Leaves evergreen, stiff, spiny, Flow- 

 ers of 2 kinds on separate trees. 



Fruit (on female tree) red berry. 



Christmas evergreen. 

 Leaves narrow, smooth on edges. 



Fruit small, red. 

 Leaves oval, pointed. Fruit brownish 



purple. 

 Leaves oblong-elliptical, coarsely 



toothed, thick, shiny, used for tea. 



Berries red. 

 Leaves dropping in fall. Berries 



showy, orange or scarlet. 

 Leaves dropping in fall, rounded at 



base, pointed, toothed, up to 5 



inches long. Fruit, red berry. 

 Leaves broad in middle, long pointed, 



toothed. Fruit 4-lobed, fleshy, purple. 



Leaves opposite, rounded, thick, 



finely toothed. 

 Leaves alternate or opposite. Stone 



fruit. 



