FORESTRY FOR 4-H CLUBS 

 One Hundred Eastern Forest Trees — Continued 



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Name 



Distribution 



Characteristics 



51. Quaking aspen (Populus 



tremuloides.) 



52. Bigtooth aspen {Populus 



grandidentata) . 



53. Paper birch (Betula papy- 



ri f era). 



54. Sweet birch (Betula lenta) . . 



55. Yellow birch (Betula luted) . . 



56. Red mulberry (Morus ru- 



bra). 



SI. American plum (Prunus 

 americana). 



58. Pin cherry (Wild red cherry) 

 (Prunus pennsylvanica). 



59. Common Chokecherry 



(Prunus virginiana). 



60. Black cherry (Prunus sero- 



tina). 



61. Yellowpoplar; tulip tree 



Liriodendron tulipi/era). 



62. Sassafras (Sassafras varii- 

 folium). 



63. Black tupelo (Nyssa sylvat- 



ica). (Known also as 

 black gum.) 



64. Swamp tupelo (Nyssa bi- 



flora). (Known also as 

 swamp black gum.) 



65. Water tupelo (Nyssa aquati- 



ca). (Known also as tu- 

 pelo gum). 



66. Ogeche tupelo (Nyssa oge- 



che). (Known also as 

 ogeche gum.) 



67. Sweet bay (Magnolia vir- 



giniana). (Known also 

 as sweet magnolia.) 



68. Cucumbertree (Magnolia 



acuminata). 



Northern and Western 



United States. 

 Northeastern United States. 



Northern United States 



Northeastern United States . 



Eastern United States. 

 ...do 



Eastern United States and 

 Rocky Mountain region 

 to Utah and New Mexico. 



Eastern United States across 

 northern United States, 

 south in Appalachian 

 Mountains. 



....do 



Eastern United States. 



do. 



do 



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Southern States. 



Swamps of Southeastern 

 Coastal States. 



Swamps, South Carolina to 

 Florida. 



Coastal swamps. Southeast- 

 ern and Gulf States. 



Eastern United States 



Leaves broad, finely toothed, leaf- 

 stalks flat, longer than blades. 



Leaves broad, coarsely toothed, with 

 flattened leafstalks. 



Leaves broad at base, finely toothed, 

 fruit a papery cone which falls 

 apart when ripe; white bark peel- 

 ing off in thin sheets. 



Bark dark brown, hard and close, 

 not peeling off in sheets; tiny 

 scales of cones smooth, not mi- 

 nutely hairy along edges as in 

 yellow birch. 



Bark yellow-gray; tiny scales of the 

 cones minutely hairy along edges. 



Leaves large, heart-shaped, sharply 

 toothed; fruit red or black, black- 

 berrylike. 



Leaves conspiculously veiny, pointed 

 finely toothed; fruit red or yellow 

 with short stalks; branches with 

 spinelike twigs. Small tree. 



Smooth red-brown bark; leaves re- 

 semble those of the peach; fruit 

 bright red when ripe, long-stalked 

 in clusters of 3 to 5. 



Fruit in a long cluster, ripe berries 

 glossy black, bitterish, producing a 

 puckering sensation in the mouth. 



Fruit resembles common choke- 

 cherry, but smaller and thin- 

 fleshed. 



Leaves large, blunt or with deep 

 notch at end; flowers large yellow; 

 tuliplike; fruit a woody, upright 

 cone. 



Leaves oval with one lobe like a 

 "mitten," or with a lobe on each 

 side. Twigs and inner bark fra- 

 grant. 



Large tree; leaves oval with smooth 

 edge. Fruit an elongated black 

 berry with seed but little flattened 

 and scarcely ridged. 



Small tree; resembling black tupelo, 

 but fruit, which also grows in 

 pairs, has a flattened and ridged 

 stone. 



Large tree; fruits produced singly, 

 with a stalk longer than the fruit; 

 stone of fruit sharp-edged or 

 winged. 



Small tree; resembling water tupelo 

 but fruits with stalks shorter than 

 the fruit itself. 



Small flowers, white, fragrant. 

 Leaves silky-white beneath. 



Leaves large, oval, smooth-bordered, 

 pointed; flowers greenish yellow; 

 fruit slender. 



