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



Name of tree 



"Where the tree grows 



Descriptive notes 



O sage-orange (hois d'arc) * ( Toxy- 

 lon pomiferum). 



Golden fig (Ficus aurea) 



Wild fig (Ficus brevifolia) 



Whitewood (Schoe'pfia chriso- 



phylloides) . 

 Tailowwood (Ximenia ameri- 



cana). 



Seagrape (Coccoiobis uvifera) 



Pigeon-plum (Coccoiobis lauri- 



folia). 

 B lolly (Tonubia longifolia) 



Evergreen magnolia (Magnolia 

 gr audi flora) . 



Sweetbay (Magnolia nrginiana) 



Cucumber magnolia (Magnolia 

 acuminata). 



Yellow-flowered magnolia (Mag- 

 nolia cor data). 



Bigleaf magnolia (Magnolia 

 macrophylla) . 



(Florida)* magnolia (Magnolia 

 ashei). 



Umbrella magnolia (umbrella- 

 tree)* (Magnolia tripetala). 



Mountain magnolia (Magnolia 

 fraseri) . 



Mountain magnolia (Magnolia 



pyramidata) . 

 Yellow poplar (tulip poplar),* 



(tuliptree)* (Liriodendron 



tulipifera). 



Papaw (Asirnina triloba) 



Pond- apple (Anona glabra) 



Red bay (Per sea borbonia) 



Swamp bay (Persea pubescens)-. 

 Lancewood (Ocotea catesbyana) _ _ 



Sassafras (Sassafras variifolium) _ 



(Name?) (Misanteca triondra) 



Caper tree (Capparis jamaken- 

 sis). 



(Caper tree)* (Capparis cyno- 

 phallophora) . 



Witch hazel (Hamamelis vir- 

 giniana). 



(Southern)* witch hazel (Hama- 

 melis macrophylla) . 



Sweet gum* or red gum (Liqui- 

 dambar styraciflua). 



Sycamore (Platanus occiden- 

 tals) . 



Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas. 

 Widely spread by planting. 



?outhern Florida (tropical) . 

 _-do 



.do. 



South Atlantic and Gulf coasts 

 (widely planted for orna- 

 ment) . 



Coastal region, Massachusetts 

 to Florida and Texas. 



Central and Southern States, 

 Ohio to Georgia and Ar- 

 kansas. 



North Carolina, Georgia, Ala- 

 bama. Rare, mostly in cul- 

 tivation. 



Southern end of Appalachian 

 Mountains, Gulf States. 



Western Florida 



Southeastern quarter of Unit- 

 ed States. 



Southern Appalachian Moun- 

 tains, Virginia to Alabama. 



Gulf coast region of Georgia, 



Florida, Alabama. 

 Southern New England to 



Michigan and Southern 



States. 



Eastern United States, except 



northern portion. 

 Southern Florida (tropical) _ _ . 



South Atlantic and Gulf coasts 

 to Texas. 



Coast of Southern States 



Southern Florida (tropical) _. 



Eastern United States. 



Southern Florida (tropical) __ . 

 do 



do 



Eastern United States 



Gulf coast region (Georgia to 



Texas), Oklahoma. 

 Southeastern quarter of 



United States. 



Eastern half of United States. 

 Moist or cool locations. 



Leaves smooth, shiny, 3 to 5 inches 

 long, deep green. Fruit a multiple 

 orange with milky flesh. Twies 

 thorny. Wood very durable in 

 ground. 



Leaves oblong, leathery, evergreen. 

 Fruit rounded. 



Leaves broader than above, thin. 



Leaves elliptical, 1 to 3 inches long. 

 Fruit small, with stone seed. 



Leaves oblong, shiny. Fruit round, 

 yellow. 



Leaves round, 4 to 5 inches in diameter. 



Leaves oval, thick. Fruit clustered. 



Leaves small. Fruit bright red, clus- 

 tered. 



Leaves thick, glossy, 5 to S inches long, 

 evergreen. Fruit, head of many 

 bright red seeds. Flowers large, 

 white. 



Leaves oblong, pale green, whitish 

 below. Seeds scarlet. Flowers white, 

 sweet. 



Leaves oblong, wavy edges. Head of 

 scarlet seeds. Flowers greenish. 

 Large timber tree. 



Flowers bright canary yellow. Leaves 

 broad, rounded, thick; branchlets 

 hairy. 



Leaves 20 to 30 inches long, heart- 

 shaped at base. Flowers large, 

 white, fragrant. 



Resembles big leaf magnolia, but with 

 smaller flowers, fruit, and twigs. 



Leaves 14 to 22 inches long, crowded at 

 ends of branches. Flowers ill- 

 scented. 



Leaves eared at base, 10 to 12 inches 

 long, crowded. Flowers pale vei- 

 low. 



Leaves very narrow and eared at base, 

 5 to 8 inches long. Flowers white. 



Leaves squared, with lobe on sides. 

 Flowers greenish - yellow, tulip 

 shaped. Fruit a cone of winged 

 seed (fig. 4, H). Important timber 

 tree. 



Leaves narrowed toward base, 8 to 10 

 inches long. Fruit pulpv, edible. 



Leaves leathery. Fruit pear-shaped, 

 fleshy. 



Leaves evergreen, oblong, thick, bright 

 green, orange-colored midrib. Fruit 

 fleshy, nearly black. 



Leaves elliptical, 5 inches long, ever- 

 green. 



Leaves narrowed at both ends, leath- 

 ery, shiny, evergreen. Fruit dark 

 blue, round. 



Leaves variable in shape. Leaves, 

 twigs, and especially inner bark on 

 roots aromatic. Close relative of 

 camphor-tree of Asia. 



Leaves elliptical, evergreen. Fruit 

 olive-shaped. 



Leaves 2 to 3 inches long, rounded at 

 ends, leathery, shiny. Fruit, long 

 pod. 



Leaves scaly. Fruit pulpy. 



Leaves deeply veined, with wavy mar- 

 gin. Flowering in fall. 



Leaves rounded, wavy-edged, hairy. 

 Flowers, December to February. 



Leaves star-shaped, aromatic. Fruit 

 a spiny ball of many capsules with 

 seeds (fig. 3, D). Large tree. Im- 

 portant timber tree. 



Bark gray, flaking off. Leaves large, 

 broad, lobed. Balls single, hanging 

 by slender stem over winter. Largest 

 of all hardwood trees— up to 10 teet 

 in diameter and 170 feet in height. 



