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MISC. PUBLICATION 217, 17. S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 



Name of tree 



Descriptive notes 



Wax myrtle (Myrica cerifera)^ 



Wax myrtle (Myrica inodora).. 

 Corkwood (Leitneria floridana). 



Aspen (popple)* (Populus he- 

 rn uloides). 



Largetooth aspen (Populus 



grandidentata). 



Swamp cottonwood (Populus 

 heterophylla) . 



Balsam poplar (balm-of-Gilead)* 

 (Populus balsamijera) . 



Eastern cottonwood (Carolina 

 poplar)* (Populus deltoides). 



Cottonwood (Populus palmeri) .. 



Cottonwood (Populus texana) ... 



Black willow (Salix nigra) 



Harbinson willow (Salix harbin- 



sonii). 

 Peachleaf willow (Salix amygda- 



loides) . 



Willow (Sa lix longipes) 



Shiny willow (Salix lucida) 



Sandbar willow (Salix long i folia). 



Balsam willow (Salix pyrifolia) .. 



Missouri River willow (Salix 



missouriensis) . 

 Pussywillow (Salix discoloi) 



(Bebbs)* willow (Salix bebbiana) 



Blue beech (water beech)' 

 (Carpinus caroliniana) . 



Hophornbeam (ironwood)* 

 (Ostrya rirginiana) . 



Sweet birch (black birch) * 

 (Betula tenia) . 



Yellow birch (Betula lutea) 



River birch (red birch)* (Betu- 

 la nigra). 



Gray birch (Betula populifolia) . 



Blueleaf birch (Betula coerulea). 



Paper birch (canoe birch)* (Be- 

 tula papyr if era). 



Seaside alder (Alnm maritima). 



Beech (Fagus grandifolia) 



Chinquapin (Castanea pu mila) . 



Coastal region. New Jersev to 



Texas. 

 Florida to Louisiana 



Gulf coast region and lower 

 Mississippi Valley. 



Northern United States; south 

 in Rocky Mountains. Near- 

 ly across Canada. (See also 

 p. 28.) 



Maine west to North Dakota, 

 south in mountains to 

 North Carolina. 



Atlantic and Gulf. coasts, cen- 

 tral Mississippi. 



Across northern United States 

 and Canada. (See also p. 2S.) 



Eastern half of United States. _ 



Southwestern Texas- 



Chinquapin (Castanea ashei) 



Chinquapin (Castanea alnifolia • 

 floridana). 

 i An unusual case of a varietal 



Northwestern Texas (Pan- 

 handle) . 



Eastern half of United States, 

 along streams, not in 

 swamps. 



Coast, \ irginia to Florida 



Northern United States, south 



in Rocky Mountains. (See 



also p. 29). 



North Carolina to Florida 



Northeastern quarter United 



States. 

 Eastern and Rocky Mountain 



regions. 

 Extreme northern New Eng- 

 land. 

 Central Mississippi River 



Basin. 

 Northeastern quarter of 



United States. 

 Northern United States, south 



in Rocky Mountains. (See 



also p. 29.) 

 United States east of the Great 



Plains. 

 United States and Canada 



east of the Great Plains. 



Maine to Michigan, Appa- 

 lachian Mountains to Geor- 

 gia and Alabama. 



Maine to Minnesota, south in 

 mountains to Georgia. 



Southern New England, west 

 to Minnesota, south to Tex- 

 as. Along streams. 



New England. New York, 

 Pennsylvania, and Dela- 

 ware. 



Scattered in northern New 

 England. 



NewEngland across the north- 

 ern States to Pacific, south 

 in Appalachians. (See also 

 p. 29.) 



Delaware, Maryland, Okla- 

 homa. 



Eastern half of United States. 

 A widely ranging tree. 



Pennsvlvania to Florida and 

 Texas. 



Lower Atlantic and Gulf coast 



regions. 

 Coastal region North Carolina 

 to Louisiana, 

 name only. 



Wax coated berries in clusters. Leaves 

 broader at outer end, fragrant. 



Leaves not toothed; little odor. 



Lightest of all native woods. Leaves 

 4 to 6 inches long, shiny. Fruit % 

 inch long, podlike. 



Leaves broad, finely toothed; leaf- 

 stalks flat and long. 



Leaves coarsely toothed, broad, with 

 flattened leafstalks. 



Leaves broadly oval, i to 7 inches long, 

 with rounded leafstalks, finely 

 wooflv when vouns. Buds resinous 

 (fig. 3. E . 



Leaves dull-toothed: leafstalks rounded. 

 Winter buds l 2 inch long, shiny, 

 resinous. 



Leaves triangular, coarsely toothed, 

 fragrant, with flattened stems. 

 Buds resinous. 



Leaves finely toothed; leafstalks flat- 

 tened. 



Leaves coarsely toothed; leafstalk 

 flattened. 



Leaves slender, long-pointed, finely 

 toothed. Branchlets reddish. Larg- 

 est of the willows. 



Leaves whitish below, on short stems. 



Leaves long, pointed (peachleaf), pale 

 below. 



Leaves lance shape, leafstems hairy. 

 Leaves shiny above, pale below, ovate. 



Leaves -i inches long, smooth. 



Leaves broad, plum shape. 



Branchlets hairy. 



Leaves broad, shiny, and silky below. 



Leaves elliptical, silvery white below. 



Trunk fluted with ridges, bluish gray. 

 Leaflike wing attached to seed. 



Thin brown scaly bark. Fruit resem- 

 bling hops, each seed in bag. Leaves 

 doubly toothed. 



Young inner bark aromatic (source of 

 wintergreen flavoring"! . Fruit of all 

 birches is of 2 kinds of catkin borne 

 on same tree (fig. 5, H). Timber tree. 



Bark peeling in yellow-brown curls. 

 Leaves rounded in outline. Timber 

 tree. 



Bark red-brown, peeling in tough 

 layers. Leaves oval, 2 to 3 inches 

 long, narrowed at base, doubly 

 toothed. 



Trunks small, dull gray bark. Twigs 

 drooping; leaves triangular, long- 

 pointedr shiny. Small, short-lived 

 tree. 



Leaves dull blue-green above, yellow- 

 green below, oval, long-pointed. 



Bark pure white to light gray, sepa 

 rating in thin sheets. Leaves thick 

 rounded at base. 



Flowers opening in fall. 



Leaves toothed, flat, thin, firm. Tri- 

 angular edible nuts (fig. 5. G). 



Leaves smaller than above, shallow 

 teeth. Burs of all chinquapins have 

 1 nut each. 



Leaves densely woolly beneath. Fruit 

 spines stout. 



Leaves rounded at end, narrowed at 

 base. Bur with sparse spines. 



