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Name of tree 



Buttonbush (Cephatanthus oc- 

 cidentalis). 



Seven-year apple (Genipa clusii- 



folia). 



(Name?) (Hamelia patens) 



~eed (Guettarda elliptica) . . 

 Roughleaf velvetseed (Guettarda 



scabra) . 



Balsamo (Psychotria nervosa) 



(Name?) (Psychotria undata).... 



Florida elder (Sambucus simp- 



sonii). 

 Nannyberry (Viburnum lent- 



ago). 



Blackhaw (Viburnum prunifol- 

 ium) . 



Rusty blackhaw (Viburnum ru- 

 fidulum). 



(Name?) ( Viburnum obovatum) 

 Groundsel tree (Baccharis hali- 

 mifolia) . 



(Groundsel tree)* (Baccharis 

 glomeruliflora). 



Where the tree grows 



Eastern United States, across 

 southern New Mexico and 

 Arizona to California. (See 

 also p. 32.) 



Southern Florida (tropical) .__ 



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Northeastern Florida 



Southern Florida (tropical) .. - 



Eastern Florida 



Northeastern United States 

 west into northern Rocky 

 Mountains. (See also p. 

 32.) 



Connecticut to Georgia, nar- 

 rowing belt to Kansas. 



Virginia to Florida west to 

 Kansas, Oklahoma and 

 Texas. 



Central Atlantic States 



Atlantic and Gulf coasts (salty 

 flats and marshes) . 



Coast region. North Caro- 

 lina to Florida. 



Descriptive notes 



Broadly elliptical leaves, opposite, on 

 stout stems. Flowers in round heads 

 or balls. 



Leaves bunched near ends of branches. 



Flowers small, white, clustered. 

 Dry pulpy. Leaves opposite. 

 Leaves opposite, broadly oval, thin. 

 Leaves opposite, leathery, stiff, hairy 



and harsh to touch. 

 Leaves opposite, oval to lance-shape. 

 Leaves opposite, thin, elliptical. Fruit 



bright red. 

 Leaves opposite, of 5 leaflets. Shiny 



black berries in clusters (cymes). 

 Leaves opposite, on winged leaf stems. 



Winter buds long pointed. 



Leaves opposite, smooth leaf stems, 

 flowers on short stalks. Winter buds 

 blunt pointed. 



Leaves opposite. Winter buds and 

 stems of early leaves reddish, fuzzy. 



Leaves thick, shiny. Flowers white. 

 Leaves broadly wedge-shape, resinous. 



Flowers on female (pistillate) tree 



showy white. 

 Flowers and fruit in much crowded 



clusters. Leaves not resinous. 



WESTERN FOREST TREES 



The western division of trees of the United States, including the 

 Rocky Mountain and Pacific coast forest regions (fig 7), has a total of 

 227 native tree species, representing 76 genera, 33 families, and the 2 

 broad classes which embrace all trees. 12 Popularly the different spe- 

 cies are distributed as follows: 62 conifers, 2 yews (tumion), 1 palm, 

 5 yuccas, 4 cacti, 3 hawthorns, and 150 species of willows, alders, 

 poplars or cottonwoods, oaks, legumes (mesquites, beans, locusts, 

 etc.), myrtles, and other hardwoods or broadleaf trees. 



Seventeen of the above 227 tree species grow also in the eastern 

 division of trees and, therefore, are described under both regions. 

 These include the white spruce, dwarf juniper, aspen, balsam poplar 

 (Balm-of-Gilead), peachleaf and Bebbs willows, paper birch, coral- 

 bean, and buttonbush, which extend across the United States, and the 

 wild plum, pin cherry, honey mesquite, hoptree, leucaena, boxelder, 

 red or green ash, and nannyberry which extend westward into the 

 Rocky Mountains. 



An asterisk (*) after a common name indicates that it is used, but 

 is not officially approved by the Forest Service. 



Name of tree 



Western white pine 

 (Pinus monticola). 



Sugar pine (Pinus lamber- 

 tiana). 



Limber pine (Pinus flexi- 

 lis). 



Where the tree grows 



Washington, Oregon, Idaho, west- 

 ern Montana, south in Sierra Ne- 

 vada Mountains in California. 



Western Oregon, in mountains of 

 California nearly to Mexico. 



Rocky Mountains, Canada to 

 Mexico. Sierra Nevada Moun- 

 tains of California. 



Descriptive notes 



Leaves 5 in cluster, blue-green, 2 to 4 

 inches long. Cone slender, 5 to 11 

 inches long (fig. 6, C). Important 

 timber tree. 



Leaves 5 in cluster, 3 to 4 inches long. 

 Cone 10 to 20 inches long (fig. 6, E). 

 Important timber tree. 



Leaves 5 in cluster, 2 to 3 inches long. 

 Cone stout, from 3 to 9 inches long. 



Gymnosperms and angiosperms. 



