66 FOEEST RESOURCES OF TEXAS. 



Tupelo gtmi, cotton gum (Nyssa aquatica Linnaeus). 



The tupelo is abundant in the swamp and bayou type of forest, 

 especially in the coast country east of the Trinity. It attains large 

 dimensions — 80 to 100 feet in height and 3 to 5 feet in diameter. The 

 wood is light, soft, not strong, close-grained, compact, not wedgeable. 

 and light brown or nearly white in color. It is used for turning, 

 wooden ware, broom handles, and wooden shoes, and for vegetable 

 boxes and crates. 



A few lots of tupelo have been sawed in Texas to test its value and 

 desirability for making cheap crates, boxes, etc. 



Range. — Coast region from southern Virginia to northern Florida, 

 west through the Gulf States to eastern Texas, and northward up the 

 Mississippi Valley to southern Illinois. 



White ash. {Fraxinus americana Linnaeus). 



In east Texas the white ash grows abundantly and of large size in 

 alluvial river bottoms. It attains a height here of 100 feet or more 

 and a diameter of 3 to 5 feet. 



VIost of the ash that stood near railways has been removed; also 

 much has been rafted down the Trinity. The supply has been thus 

 very much reduced. A relatively small amount has been consumed 

 by local furniture factories. 



Range. — From Xova Scotia and Newfoundland to Florida, and west- 

 ward to Ontario and northern Minnesota, eastern Nebraska. Kansas. 

 and Indian Territory and Texas (Trinity River). 



Green ash (Fraxirms lanceolata Borkh.). 



This ash appears to be abundant in eastern and southern Texas along 

 the river bottoms, but the facts of its occurrence are not distinguished 

 from the white ash. The wood is inferior in quality to that of the 

 white ash. 



Range. — In Eastern United States, from Vermont to Florida: west- 

 ward to the eastern ranges of the Rocky Mountains and extending into 

 the Wasatch Mountains of Utah and mountains of northern Arizona: 

 in eastern Texas to the Colorado River. 



