MISC. PUBLICATION 217, U. S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 



Name of tree 



Where the tree grows 



Descriptive notes 



Red spruce (Picea rubra) 



White spruce (Picea glauca). 



Eastern hemlock (Tsuga cana- 

 densis). 



Carolina hemlock (Tsuga caro- 

 liniana) . 



Southern balsam fir (Abies 

 fraseri) . 



Balsam fir (Abies balsamea) 



Southern cypress (Taxodium 

 distichum) . 



Pond cypress (Taxodium ad- 

 scendens) . 



Northern white cedar (Thuja 

 occidentalis) . 



Southern white cedar (Chamae- 

 cyparisthyoides). 



Dwarf juniper (Juniperus com- 

 munis) . 



Drooping juniper (Juniperus 

 flaccida) . 



Red-berry juniper (Juniperus 



pinchotii). 

 Mountain cedar (Juniperus 



mexicana). 



Eastern red cedar (Juniperus 

 virginiana) . 



Southern red cedar (Juniperus 

 lucayana) . 



Stinking cedar (Tumion taxi- 

 folium) . 



Florida yew ( Taxus floridana) . . 



Thatch palm (Thrinax floridana) 



Silvertop palmetto (Thrinax mi- 

 crocarpa) . 



Thatch palm (Thrinax keyensis) 



Thatch palm (Thrinax wend- 



landina). 

 Thatch palm (Coccothrinax ju- 



cunda) . 



Cabbage palmetto (Sabal pal- 

 metto). 



Texas palmetto (Sabal texana).. 

 (Saw cabbage)* palm (Acoelor- 

 raphe wrightii) . 



(Saw cabbage)* palm (Acoelor- 

 raphe arbor escens) . 



Northeastern States, high Ap- 

 palachian Mountains to 

 North Carolina. 



Northeastern and Lake States, 

 northern Rocky Mountains 

 (including Black Hills). Ex- 

 tends across the continent in 

 Canada. (See p. 26.) 



Northeastern and Lake 

 States south to Ohio River, 

 south in Appalachian 

 Mountains. 



Blue Ridge Mountains, Vir- 

 ginia to Georgia. 



High Appalachian Mountains, 

 Virginia south to North 

 Carolina. 



Northeastern States south to 

 Virginia. Great Lakes 

 States. Crosses continent 

 in Canada. 



Atlantic Coastal Plain Dela- 

 ware to Texas, central Mis- 

 sissippi Basin. 



Southeastern Virginia to west- 

 ern Florida and southern 

 Alabama. 



Northeastern and Lake States, 

 south in Appalachian Moun- 

 tains. Canada. 



Coast, Maine to Florida and 

 Mississippi. Irregularly 

 scattered. 



Northeastern quarter of 

 United States, across the 

 continent to California. 

 (See p. 28.) 



Southwestern Texas 



Northwestern Texas, central 

 and southern Arizona. 



Southern and western Texas, 

 southwestern Oklahoma. 



Eastern half of United States.. 



Gulf coast region, Georgia to 

 Texas. 



Southwestern Georgia, west- 

 ern Florida (rare and local) . 



Western Florida, very local 



Southern Florida 



Southern Florida (tropical) 



clo 

 do 

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Coast from North Carolina to 

 western Florida. 



Southern Texas 



Southwestern Florida (tropi- 

 cal). 



Southwestern Florida. 



Leaves dark yellow-green. Cone fall- 

 ing soon after ripening (fig. 1, C). 

 Important for pulpwood. 



Leaves 4-sided, Yi to %inch long, pale 

 blue-green, very sharp, twisting up- 

 ward. Cone scales rounded (fig. 1, 

 B). Important for pulpwood. 



Leaves ^ inch long, apparently in flat 

 arrangement on stem, shiny green, 

 lighter below. Cone M inch long 

 (fig. 1, A). Timber tree; bark for 

 tanning leather. 



Resembles above tree. Cone scales 

 longer than broad. Planted for orna- 

 ment. 



Resembles balsam fir, except cone is 

 covered with protruding bracts (scale- 

 covered). 



Leaves not sharp-pointed, flexible, flat- 

 tened, 1 inch long. Cone scales fall- 

 ing when ripe (fig. 1, G). Pulpwood 

 tree. 



Leaves % inch long, feather arrange- 

 ment, falling in autumn. Cone round, 

 of hard scales (fig. 2, E). Timber tree. 



In shallow ponds or stagnant swamps. 

 Resembles above, except needlelike 

 leaves, few knees. 



Leaves scalelike, crowded, resinous, 

 aromatic. Cone resembling an open- 

 ing scaly bud. 



Leaves scalehke, variable, opposite 

 in pairs. Cone persistent, maturing 

 in 1 season (fig. 2, D). 



Leaves sharp, K inch long. Sweet 

 aromatic berrylike fruit, ripening in 

 3 years. 



Leaves opposite, long-pointed, spread- 

 ing at tips. Fruit reddish brown, 

 maturing in 1 season. 



Berries red, ripening in 1 season. 

 Leaves opposite or in threes. 



Fruit 1-seeded, blue or nearly black. 

 Branchlets and leaves small, leaves 

 rough. 



Leaves scalelike, on young shoots awl- 

 like. Berries bluish, ripening in 1 

 season (fig. 4, B). Aromatic durable 

 wood. 



Leaves tiny, usually opposite. Berries 

 Mo inch diameter, blue, ripening in 

 1 season. Drooping branchlets. 



Leaves 1H inches long, dull green, 

 shiny, pointed. Purple berry. All 

 parts of tree ill-smelling. 



Leaves Yi inch long, falling after 5 to 

 12 years. Fruit nearly surrounded 

 by thick cup. 



Leaves fan-shaped, 2 to 3 feet in diame- 

 ter, yellow-green, shiny above. Fruit 

 (berry) white. 



Leaves 1 to 2 feet across, fan-shaped, 

 pale green, shiny above. Fruit 

 (berry) white. 



Leaves 3 to 4 feet in diameter, fan- 

 shaped. 



Leaves 2 to 3 feet across, fan-shaped, 

 pale green. 



Fruit berrylike, black. Leaves fan- 

 shaped nearly round, 1H to 2 feet in 

 diameter. 



Trees up to 60 feet high and 2 feet in 

 diameter. Leaves 5 to 6 feet long. 7 

 to 8 feet broad, shiny, fan-shaped. 

 Leafbuds often eaten as food. 



Generally like the above. 



Leaves thin, light green, in curved teeth. 

 Tree often with many stems forming 

 thickets. 



Leaves 2 feet in diameter, yellow-green, 

 with slight teeth. Trunks often ly- 

 ing on ground. 



