FORESTRY FOR 4-H CLUBS 

 One Hundred Eastern Forest Trees — Continued 



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Name 



Distribution 



Characteristics 



19. Fraser fir {Abies frazeri) . . 



20. Northern whitecedar 



(Thuja occidentalis). 



21. Atlantic white-cedar (Cha- 



maecyparis thyoides). 



22. Eastern redcedar (Juni- 



perus Virginiana). 



23. Sweetgum (Liquidambar 



styraciflua) . 



24. American Sycamore; plane 



{Plat anus occidentalis). 



25. White oak (Quercus alba) . 



26. Bur oak (Quercus macro- 

 car pa). 



27. Overcup oak {^uercus ly- 



rata). 



28. Post oak {Quercus stellata) . 



29. Chestnut oak (§>uercus 



montana). 



30. Northern red oak {^uercus 



borealis). 



31. Black oak (^uercus velu- 

 tina). 



32. Pi n oak {Quercus palustris) , 



33. Southern red oak {Quercus 

 rubra). 



34. Water oak (Quercus nigra) 



35. Willow oak (^uercus phel- 

 los). 



High southern Appalachian 

 Mountains. 



Northeastern and Lake 

 States and eastern Can- 

 ada, 



Swamps of eastern and Gulf 

 Coast States. 



Eastern United States 



Central and Southeastern 



United States. 

 Eastern United States. . . . 



do. 



Central and Northeastern 

 United States to the Da- 

 kotas, Nebraska, and 

 Texas. 



Southeastern United States 



Eastern United States. . . . 



Northeastern United States 

 and Appalachian Moun- 

 tains Common on ridges- 

 Eastern United States. . . . 



. ..do 



....do 



Central and Southeastern 

 States. 



Southeastern United States. 



Eastern United States, 



Similar to balsam fir, except that the 

 cones are covered with protruding 

 scaly bracts. 



Leaves scale-like; cones }4 to % inch 

 long, bent backward on twigs, 

 which are flat. 



Cones ball-like; leaves somewhat re- 

 sembling arborvitae. 



Leaves scale-like, those on young 

 shoots and seedlings awl-shaped 

 and spreading; young cones 

 changed into a firm berry. 



Leaves star-shape; fruit a bur-like 

 ball suspended by a long stalk. 



Leaves broad and coarsely toothed; 

 base of leafstalk inclosing a winter 

 bud in peculiar manner; fruit a 

 hard-surfaced, long-stalked ball. 



Leaves deeply lobed, not bristle- 

 tipped; acorns ripening in one 

 season. 



A white oak with fringe-edged acorn 

 and larger leaves more deeply 

 lobed. 



A white oak with acorns completely 

 or almost covered by the thin cup. 



A white oak with leaves cut deeply 

 above and below the middle lobes, 

 suggesting a Maltese cross. 



A white oak with leaves resembling 

 those of the chestnut, and with 

 long, large, shallow-cupped acorns. 



Leaves deeply cut, with bristle-tip- 

 ped points; acorns ripening in 2 

 seasons; large, with very shallow 

 cups. 



An oak with thicker, large, glossy 

 leaves which are more or less 

 minutely woolly beneath; acorns 

 with small cups, as deep or deeper 

 than wide. 



A red oak with 

 smaller and 

 striped acorns. 



A red oak with leaves very deeply 

 cut, the upper central portion 

 being very narrow and some- 

 times slightly curved, and with 

 dense, tawny-yellow wool be- 

 neath. 



A red oak: leaves not toothed, small, 

 tapering from broad top-end to the 

 base; sometimes 3-lobed. Small 

 acorns with shallow cup. Much 

 planted as street trees throughout 

 South. 



A red oak with leaves resembling a 

 smooth-edged willow or peach leaf. 

 Much planted as street shade tree 

 in Middle Atlantic and Southern 

 States. 



smaller leaves and 

 shallower cupped 



