FOKEST TEEES AND FOREST REGIONS OF THE U. S. 



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Name of tree 



Where the tree grows 



Wild lime tree (Xanthoxylum 

 fagara) . 



Satinwood (Xanthoxylum fla- 



vum). 

 Hercules-club (Xanthoxylum 



coriaceum) . 



Baretta (Helietta parvifolia). 

 Hoptree (Pteleatrifoliata).-- 



Torchwood (Amyris elemifera) . . . 



Balsam torchwood (Amyris bal- 



samifera) . 

 Paradise tree (Simarouba glau- 



ca). 

 Bitterbush (Picramnia pentan- 



dra). 

 (Name?) (Alvaradoa amor- 



phoides). 

 Bay cedar (Suriana maritima) _ _ _ 



Gumbo limbo (Bursera sima- 



ruba). 

 Mahogany (Swietenia mahogani) 



Guiana plum (Drypetes lateri- 

 flora). 



Big Guiana plum (Drypetes 

 diver sifolia). 



Crabwood (Gymnanthes lucida) . 



Manchineel (Hippomane man- 

 cinella). 



(Savia)* (Savia bahamcnsis) 



Tropical parts of Florida and 

 Texas. 



Southern Florida (tropical) 



... _do 



Texas (along the Rio Grande) . 



Eastern United States. South- 

 ern Rocky Mountain region. 

 (See also p. 31.) 



Southern Florida (tropical) .. . 



do 



Coast of southern Florida 



(tropical) . 

 Southern Florida (tropical) __.. 



Southern Florida (tropical) 

 (nearly exterminated). 



Southern Florida (tropical) _._ 



Florida Keys (tropical) 



Southern Florida (tropical). 

 do 



.do. 



American smoketree, (chittam- 

 wood)* (Cotinus americanus). 



Poisonwood (Metopium toxi- 

 ferum). 



Staghorn sumac (Rhus hirta) — 



Dwarf sumac (Rhus copallina). 

 Poison sumac (Rhus vernix)— 



Texas pistache (Pistacia texana) 



Swamp ironwood, (leather- 

 wood)* (Cyrillaracemiflora). 



Titi (Cliftonia monophylla) 



Holly (Ilex opaca) 



Dahoon (Ilex cassine) 



Krugs holly* (Ilex krugiana) — 

 Yaupon (Ilex vomitoria) 



Winterberry (Christmas berry)" 



(Ilex decidua). 

 Mountain holly (Ilex montana). 



Eastern wahoo (burningbush) * 

 (Euonymus atropurpureus) . 



False boxwood (Gyminda lati- 



folia). 

 (Name?) (Rhacoma crossopeta- 



lum)i 



Kentucky to western Texas. 



Shores and hammocks of south- 

 ern Florida (tropical). 



Northeastern United States 

 south in mountains. 



Eastern half of United States, . 

 Much of eastern United States. 



Southwestern Texas. 



Descriptive notes 



Coast region, Virginia to Texas 

 and somewhat inland. 



Coast, South Carolina to 

 Louisiana. 



Southeastern United States, 

 north along coast to Massa- 

 chusetts. 



Coast, South Carolina to 



Louisiana. 

 Southern Florida (tropical) . _ . 



Southeastern coast region, 

 Virginia to Texas. 



Southeastern States, except in 

 mountains. 



Tree size only in Great Smoky 

 Mountains of North Caro- 

 lina and Tennessee. 



Northeastern States westward, 

 to Montana, south in central 

 Mississippi River Basin. 



Southern Florida (tropical) . . . 



do 



Leaves 3 to 4 inches long, of 7 to 9 

 rounded leaflets. Bark bitter, pun- 

 gent. 



Leaves of 3 to 5 leaflets, evergreen. 



Leaves small, leathery, compound, 

 without terminal leaflet, evergreen. 

 Fruit in dense terminal cluster. 



Leaves opposite, small, mostly three- 

 foliate. 



Leaves three-divided, alternate on 

 stem. Seed enclosed in thin, papery, 

 circular wing. 



Leaves usually opposite, of three leaf- 

 lets. Fruit black. 



Leaves compound of 3 to 5 leaflets. 

 Fruit with small hard seed. 



Leaves of 12 rounded leaflets. Stone 

 fruit. 



Bark bitter, medicinal. Fruit fleshy. 



Tree with bitter juice. Fruit three- 

 winged. 

 Leaves fleshy, long, wedge-shaped. 



Flowers yellow. 

 Large tree. Smooth bark. Leaves 



compound. 

 Tree producing true mahogany wood. 



Leaves of 6 to 8 leaflets. Fruit 



hood-shaped. 

 Leaves pointed and narrow. Fruit 



red, in small clusters. 

 Leaves hold for 2 years, broadly ellipti- 

 cal, thick. Fruit white, 1 inch long. 

 Fruit scarce, small, nearly black. 

 Sap very poisonous. Apple-shaped 



fruit with a stone. 

 Leaves evergreen. Flowers green, of 



two kinds. 

 Leaves rounded, scarlet or orange in 



fall. Fruit on stalks with purple 



hairs. 

 Bark exuding gum with caustic proper- 

 ties. Leaves compound, borne in 



terminal clusters. 

 Leaves of 11 to 31 leaflets. Stems and 



branchlets velvety. Fruit red, dense 



head. 

 Leaves of 9 to 21 leaflets. Leaf stalks 



winged. Fruit in open head. 

 Leaves of 7 to 13 leaflets with scarlet 



midribs. Fruit white, in open 



clusters in leaf axils. . 

 Leaves compound. Flowers tiny, 



clustered. 

 Leaves narrow, clustered near ends of 



branches. Fruit small in long 



slender clusters. 

 Forming "titi" swamps. Leaves 



shiny. Fruit winged. 

 Leaves evergreen, stiff, spiny, Flow- 

 ers of 2 kinds on separate trees. 



Fruit (on female tree) red berry. 



Christmas evergreen. 

 Leaves narrow, smooth on edges. 



Fruit small, red. 

 Leaves oval, pointed. Fruit brownish 



purple. 

 Leaves oblong-elliptical, coarsely 



toothed, thick, shiny, used for tea. 



Berries red. 

 Leaves dropping in fall. Berries 



showy, orange or scarlet. 

 Leaves dropping in fall, rounded at 



base, pointed, toothed, up to 5 



inches long. Fruit, red berry. 

 Leaves broad in middle, long pointed, 



toothed. Fruit 4-lobed, fleshy, purple. 



Leaves opposite, rounded, thick, 



finely toothed. 

 Leaves alternate or opposite. Stone 



fruit. 



