48 MISC. PUBLICATION 3 9 5, U. S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 



One Hundred Eastern Forest Trees — Continued 



Name 



Distribution 



Characteristics 



69. Fraser magnolia {Magnolia 



fraseri). 



70. Bigleaf magnolia {Magnolia 



macrophylla). 



71. Common persimmon {Dio- 

 spyros virginiana). 



72. Eastern redbud {Cercis 

 canadensis), 



73. Osageorange {Toxylon pom- 

 iferum). 



74. Sugar maple {Acer sac- 

 char uni). 



75. Silver maple {Acer sac- 

 charinum). 



76. Red maple {Acer rubrum) 



11. Boxelder {Acer negundo, in- 

 cluding 6 varietal forms). 



78. Northern catalpa {Catalpa 

 speciosa). 



79. Flowering dogwood (Cor- 

 nus floridd). 



80. Pagoda dogwood {Cornus 

 alter ni folia). 



81. Honeylocust {Gleditsia tri- 

 acanthos). 



82. Black locust {Robinic, 

 pseudacacia). 



Southeastern States 

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Eastern United States, 

 except northern portion. 



Eastern United States (south 

 and west of New York.) 



Native to Arkansas, eastern 

 Oklahoma, and Texas, 

 but widely planted 

 throughout eastern United 

 States. 



Eastern United States to 

 Kansas and Oklahoma. 



Eastern United States. 



do 



Throughout United States. . 



South Central States, widely 

 cultivated elsewhere. 



Eastern United States. 



Northeastern States and 

 Appalachian Mountains. 



Central States and Minne- 

 sota to Texas. Widely 

 cultivated elsewhere. 



Appalachian region, widely 

 cultivated and natural- 

 ized all over United 

 States. 



Flowers white; leaves deeply lobed at 

 base, forming "ears." 



Flowers large, white; leaves very 

 large, with "ears" at base, and 

 white beneath. Largest leaved 

 tree in North America (20 to 30 

 inches long). 



Leaves oval, smooth, with smooth 

 margin; fruit orange colored, 1 to 

 \yi inches in diameter, edible in 

 late fall after frost. 



Leaves heart-shaped, smooth mar- 

 gin: fruit a pealike pod in clusters 

 of 4 to 8; flowers resembling a 

 small rose-colored sweet pea. 



Glossy leaves with smooth edges; 

 fruit a heavy ball, resembling an 

 orange, 4 to 5 inches in diameter, 

 milky juice. 



Leaves 3 to 5 lobed with large 

 rounded teeth; fruit a pair of keys 

 ripening in autumn. Yields 

 maple sugar. 



Leaves deeply 5-lobed, with sharp 

 irregular teeth; fruit ripening in 

 spring before appearance of leaves. 

 Yields maple sugar. 



Leaves 3 to 5 lobed, finely toothed; 

 reddish fruit ripening n spring or 

 early summer. Yields maple 

 sugar. 



Leaves compound, the leaflets tooth- 

 ed; fruit ripening in early summer 

 and remaining on trees during 

 winter. 



Leaves large, heart-shaped; fruit a 

 long "pod" filled with flat seeds 

 which are tufted at each end. A 

 better shaped tree than common 

 catalpa {Catalpa bignonioides). 



Leaves mostly clustered at ends of 

 branches, with slightly wavy mar- 

 gins; flowers white with four large 

 bracts resembling petals. Leaves 

 opposite. 



Leaves resembling those of flowering 

 dogwood, but alternate in arrange- 

 ment; white flowers without the 

 four large petallike bracts. 



Leaves doubly-compound, the leaf- 

 lets with slightly wavy margins; 

 fruit a flat pod a foot or more in 

 length, twisted when dry. Trees 

 with large branching thorns. 



Leaves compound, leaflets with 

 smooth margins; fruit a pod 3 to 4 

 inches long. Trees with pairs of 

 short thorns at the base of leaves 

 and twigs. Wood heavy and 

 durable in the ground. 



