44 MISC. PUBLICATION 3 9 5, U. S. DEPT. OP AGRICULTURE 



One Hundred Eastern Forest Trees 6 



Name 



Distribution 



Characteristics 



1. Eastern white pine {Pinus 



strobus) . 



2. Jack pine {Pinus bank- 



siand). 



3. Red pine {Pinus resinosa) . . 



4. Pitch pine {Pinus rigidd) . . 



5. Loblolly pine {Pinus twda) . 



6. Shortleaf pine {Pinus echi- 

 nata). 



7. Spruce pine {Pinus glabra) . 



8. Virginia pine (Scrub pine) 



{Pinus Virginiana). 



9. Pond pine {Pinus rigida 



serotind). 



10. Slash pine {Pinus caribaea) . 



11. Longleaf pine {Pinus palus- 



tris). 



12. Tamarack or Eastern Larch 



(Larix laricina). 



13. White spruce {Picea glauca) . 



14. Black spruce {Picea mari- 



ana). 



15. Red spruce {Picea rubra). . 



16. Eastern hemlock {Tsuga 



canadensis). 



17. Baldcypress {Taxodium dis- 



tichum). 



1 8. Balsam fir {Abies balsamea) . 



Northeastern and Lake 

 States and Appalachian 

 Mountains. 



Northern tree, best growth 

 north of Lake Superior. 



Northern tree, associated 

 with white pine. 



Northeastern and middle 

 Atlantic States. 



Southeastern United 

 States — Coastal plain, 

 New Jersey to Texas. 



Middle Atlantic and South- 

 ern States, with hard- 

 wood trees. Piedmont 

 uplands, New Jersey to 

 Texas. 



Southeastern States 



Middle Atlantic States to 



Indiana. 

 Southeastern States in 



Coastal Plain. Scattered. 



Southeastern and Gulf 

 States, in poorly drained 

 soils; uplands in Georgia, 

 associated with longleaf 

 pine. 



South Atlantic and Gulf 

 States. 



Northeastern and Lake 

 States and in Canada to 

 Alaska; best growth in 

 Canada. 



Northeastern and Lake 

 States and Canada. 



Northeastern and Lake 

 States and in Canada to 

 Alaska. 



Northeastern States, Can- 

 ada, and Appalachian 

 Mountains. 



Northern and Eastern 

 States and in mountains 

 to Georgia. 



South Atlantic and Gulf 

 States; in swamps. 



Northeastern and Lake 

 States to southwest Vir- 



Fine timber tree; leaves in clusters of 

 5, 3 to 5 inches long. 



Common on sandy soil; leaves in 



clusters of 2, 3 4 to \\i inches long. 

 Leaves in clusters of 2, 5 to 6 inches 



long- 

 Leaves in clusters of 3, 3 to 5 inches 



long. ^ 

 Leaves in clusters of 3, 6 to 9 inches 



long. Cone, 2 to 3 inches in 



diameter. 

 Leaves in clusters of 2 and sometimes 



3, 3 to 5 inches long. Cone small, 



1 to 2 inches in diameter. 



Leaves in clusters of 2, \y 2 to 3 inches 

 long. 

 Do. 



Leaves 6 to 8 inches long, tree simi- 

 lar to pitch pine but cones remain 

 closed for several years. Cone 

 egg-shaped. 



Leaves in clusters of 2, sometimes 3, 

 8 to 12 inches long. Important 

 turpentine tree. 



Leaves in clusters of 3, 8 to 18 inches 

 long. Important turpentine tree. 



Leaves needle-shape, % to V/i inches 

 long, in dense, brush-like clusters; 

 falling off in winter. 



Leaves ]4 to % inch long, arranged 



singly around the smooth twigs; 



whitish. 

 Similar to white spruce, but twigs 



are minutely hairy; cones strongly 



attached. 

 Similar to black spruce, but cones 



begin to fall when ripe. 



Leaves l A to % inch long, attached 



by tiny leafstalks; cones ^ to M 



inch long. 

 Leaves \i to z /i inch long, falling off 



in winter; cones ball-like. 

 Leaves l / 2 to 134 inches long; cones 



upright, falling to pieces when ripe. 



6 Eastern half of United States. Most of these are important as commercial timber trees; a few 

 however, are small sized and included because of their botanical importance and wide occurrence in 

 mixture with timber trees, paricularly in second-growth forests. 



All of the trees in the United States are similarly described and additional information about our 

 forests is given in U. S. Department of Agriculture Miscellaneous Publication 217, Forest Trees and 

 Forest Regions of the United States. 



