FORESTRY FOR 4-H CLUBS 

 One Hundred Eastern Forest Trees — Continued 



49 



Name 



D 



istribution 



Characteristics 



83. 



Kentucky coffeetree {Gym- 



Mainly in 



Ohio and Missis- 



Leaves doubly compound, the 





nocladus dioicus). 



sippi V 



alley. 



pointed leaflets with entire mar- 

 gins; fruit a large, woody, wide 

 pod, 6 to 10 inches long, 1}^ to 2 

 inches wide containing a greenish 

 jelly, which is poisonous. Trees 

 without thorns. 



84. 



Pecan {Hicoria pecan) 



Mississippi Vallev 



Bud scales few, shell of nut thin. 





TV 





husk wing-ridged, with large cavi- 











ties; nuts elongated with sweet 











kernel. 



85. 



Bitternut hickory {Hicoria 



Eastern United States 



Nut broader than long, without 





cordiformis). 







angles, very thin shelled; bitter 

 kernel, husk thin. 



86. 



Water hickory {Hicoria 



Gulf States and Lower Mis- 



Nut broad, with bitter kernel. 





aquatic a). 



sissippi 



Valley. 





87. 



Shagbark hickory {Hicoria 



Eastern United States ex- 



Buds with many scales (all of the 





ovata). 



clusive of southern coast- 



preceding hickories have buds with 







al region. 



few scales); bark loosening from 











trees in shaggy strips. 



88. 



Shellbark hickory {Hicoria 



Eastern United States, ex- 



Leaves large; large, angled, thick- 





/acini osa). 



clusive 



of New England. 



shelled nuts with thick husks split- 

 ting to the base; bark shaggy. 



89. 



Mockernut hickory {Hic- 



Eastern United States 



Leaves large, hairy; buds large, bud- 





oria alba). (Known also 







scales many; bark closely fur- 





as bigbud or white 







rowed, not separating from the 





hickory.) 







trunk. Nut with thick husk, 

 large, angled, thick-shelled. 



90. 



Pignut hickory {Hicoria 

 glabra). 



do.. 





Leaves small, smooth; fruit abruptly 

 tapering at base to thick stem 

















(resembling a small fig); husk 











barely splitting at top end and 











usually retaining the nut. 



91. 



Black walnut {Juglans 

 nigra). 



do.. 





Leaves compound with toothed 

 edges; spherical fruit growing 















singly or in pairs; bark brown, 











furrowed. 



92. 



Butternut {Juglans cinerea) 



do.. 





Leaves compound, with toothed 

 edges; fruit in hanging clusters of 

















3 to 5, pointed and elongated, with 











viscid hairs when young. Velvety 











cushion just above leaf-scar; bark 











gray and smooth on young trees. 



93. 



White ash {Fraxinus ameri- 



do.. 





Smooth twigs, opposite; leaves com- 

 pound, leaflets toothed or wavy on 





cana). 















the margins and paler beneath; 











seed with a plump, well-rounded 











body and a wing extending almost 











entirely from the end and borne 











in dense clusters. High-ground 











tree. 



94. 



Red ash {Fraxinus pennsyl- 

 vanica). 



....do. . 





Differs from white ash in having 

 young twigs and leaflets (beneath) 

















velvety; and wing of seed extend- 











ing down along sides of seed body. 











which is narrow. A low-ground 











tree. 



95. 



Green ash {Fraxinus penn- 



Eastern United States; west 



Like the preceding, except twigs are 





sylvanica lanceolata). 



in the 

 region. 



Rocky Mountain 



smooth, leaflets sharply toothed; 

 body of seed and pointed wing 

 very narrow. Low-ground tree. 



