IMPORTANT FOREST TREES OF EASTERN UNITED STATES. 9 



ONE HUNDRED IMPORTANT EASTERN FOREST TREES— Continued. 



Name. 



Distribution. 



37. Basswood or Linden ( Tilia 

 amerkana). 



38. White basswood ( Tilia hete- 



rophylla). 



39. Hackherry(3ugarberry)(Cd- 



tis occidentahs). 



40. White e\m.(Ulmus a merican) 



41. Slippery elm ( Vlmus fulva 



Ulmus pubsecens). 



42. Cork elm ( Ulmus racemosa) . 



43. Holly (Ilexopaca). 



44. Beech (Fagus amerkana), 

 Fagus atropunkea). 



45. Chestnut (Castaneadentata). . 



Chinquapin (Castanea pu- 

 mila. 



47. Black willow (Salix nigra). 



43. Balm of Gilead (Balsam pop- 

 lar) (Populus balsamtiera). 



49. Cottonwood (Carolina' pop- 



lar) (Populus deltoides). 



50. Swamp Cottonwood (Popu- 



lus heterophylla). 



51. Aspen ("popple") (Populus 



tremuloides). 



52. Big-toothed aspen (Populus 



grandidentata). 



53. Paper birch (Betula papyri- 



Jera). 



Eastern United States. 



Middle and South Atlantic 

 States. 



Eastern United States and 

 west to New Mexico and 

 Oregon. 



Eastern United States 



Remarks. 



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Northeastern and middle At- 

 lantic States. 



Middle and Southern States... 



Eastern United States 



Northern United States 



Eastern United States 



South Atlantic and Gulf 



States. 

 Northern and "Western United 



States. 

 Northeastern United States. . . 



Northern United States 



54. Sweet birch (Betulalenta) Northeastern United States. .. 



55. Yellow birch (Betula lutea).., Eastern United States 



56. Red mulberry (Morus rubra) 



57. Wild plum (Prunus ameri- 

 cana). 



58. Wild red cherry (Prunus 



penns'jlcanica >'. 



59. Choke cherry (Prunm vir- 



giniana). 



60. "Wild black cherry (Prunus 



serotina). 



61. Yellow or tulip poplar (Liri- 



odendron tuUpifera). 



62. Sassafras (Sassajras sassa- 



JTOS). 



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Leaves broadly heart-shaped with 

 finely toothed edge; fruit a cluster of 

 little woody balls suspended from the 

 middle of a long narrow leaf. 



Similar to basswood excepting that the 

 leaves are whitish or minutely woolly 

 beneath. 



Leaves finely toothed; long pointed: 

 fruit a long stalked, single-seeded 

 berry with very thin flesh. 



Leaves sharply toothed; fruit flat, 

 papery, about £ inch long, fringed, 

 around with tiny hairs. 



Similar to white elm, but inner bark is 

 slippery and the flat fruits have a 

 smooth edge. 



Differing from other elms in having 

 fruit minutely hairy all over, not 

 merelv around edges. Twigs with 

 corky'ridges. 



Evergreen tree with leaves with large 

 spiny teeth, and fruit a bright red 

 berry remaining attached through 

 the winter. Small tree. 



Leaves with saw-tooth edge; fruit a 

 light brown nut, ripening and falling 

 from spine covered hull in late sum- 

 mer. 



Leaves with sharp, forward pointing 

 teeth: fruit, a cluster of nuts sur- 

 rounded with a very spiny hull. A 

 plant disease is rapidly killing chest- 

 hut timber. 



Leave? smaller than chestnut and finely 

 woolly beneath; but one nut in the 

 spiny' husk. Mostly known as a 

 shrub but reaches tree size. 



Leaves slender, long pointed, and finely 

 toothed. The largest of our willows, 

 difficult to distinguish from dozens 

 of other kinds of willow. 



Leaves very broad at base, toothed, 

 ■with round leafstalk. 



Leaves resembling Balm of Gilead, but 

 with flattened leafstalk. 



Leaves with round leafstalk minutely 

 woolly on underside when young. 



Leaves broad, finely toothed, leafstalks 

 flat, longer than blades. 



Leaves broad, coarsely toothed, with 

 flattened leafstalks. 



Leaves broad at base, finely toothed, 

 fruit a papery cone which falls apart 

 when ripe, bark peeling off in thin 

 sheets. 



Bark dark brown, hard and close, not 

 peeling off in sheets, tiny scales of 

 cones smooth, not minutely hairy 

 along edges as in yellow birch . 



Bark yellow gray, tiny scales of the 

 cones minutely 'hairy along edges. 



Leaves heart-shaped, sharply toothed. 

 Fruit red or black. The white mul- 

 berry comes from Asia. 



Leaves pointed, finely toothed, fruit 

 red or yellow with short stalks. 

 Branches somewhat spiny. Calyx- 

 lobes of flowers with smooth edge/ 

 Small tree or shrub. 



Fruit bright red when ripe, longstalked 



in clusters of 3 to 5. 

 Fruit in a long cluster, ripe berries 

 mostly at base, no remains of flower 

 persisting. 



Fruit resembles choke cherry, but with 

 remains of flower attached to base of 

 the cherries. 



Leaves large, blunt or with deep notch 

 a end; flowers large; yellow, fruit a 

 woody cone. 



Leaves oval, with one lobe like a 'mit- 

 ten," or with a lobe on each side. 

 Twigs fragrant. 



