APPENDIX 
291 
USES OF THE PRINCIPAL AMERICAN SPECIES—Continued 
Common and 
Se.entific Names. 
Bald cypress (Taz- 
odiumdistichum). 
Big tree or red- 
wood (Sequoia 
washingtoniana). 
Redwood (Sequota 
sempervirens). 
Western red cedar 
or giant arbor- 
vite (Thuja 
plicata) . 
Arbor-vite or 
white cedar 
(Thuja occideni- 
alis). 
Incense cedar or 
white cedar (Li- 
bocedrus decur- 
rong). 
Port Orford cedar 
or Lawson’s cy- 
press (Chamaecy-~ 
paris lawsoniana) 
Red cedar (J/unt- 
perus virginiana). 
12 X150 
Mazi-~- 
mum 
Diam- 
eter 
and 
Height. 
Distribution. 
Delaware to Texas 
along coast and 
up to Illinois and 
Indiana. 
Western slopes of 
the Sierras in 
California. 
35 X320 
20 X350| Northern Califor- 
nia coast region. 
15 X200| Alaska to Califor- 
nia and Mon- 
tana. 
18 in. *| Nova Scotia to 
60 ft. Minnesota, 
south to North 
Carolina. 
8 X200| Southern Oregon 
and California. 
Along Pacific 
Coast, Oregon 
and California. 
12 X200 
Found everywhere 
east of the Rocky 
Mountains. 
4 X100 
Qualities and Uses. 
durable, very 
workable. Used for ties, 
posts, cooperage, doors, 
shingles and inside trim. 
Light, soft, durable, weak 
wood. Used for shingles, 
grape stakes, ties, and gen- 
eral lumber. 
Same qualities and uses as 
the big tree. 
Light, soft, very durable 
and brittle. Used for 
shingles, posts, poles, coop- 
erage and lumber. 
Light, soft, brittle, 
very durable. Used 
shingles, poles, posts. 
Soft, light, weak, brittle. 
but very durable. Used 
for shingles, and general 
Light, soft, 
very 
for 
lumber. 
Light, hard, strong, and 
durable. Used for floor- 
ing, ties, ships, matches, 
and lumber. 
Light, soft, and  close~ 
grained. Used for pencils 
cabinets, posts, and chests. 
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Black Walnut! 6X150| New Brunswick to 
(Juglans nigra). 
Butternut or white 
walnut (Juglans 
cinerea) « 
Chestnut (Casta- 
nea dentata). 
Beech (Fagus amer- 
icana). 
Minnesota and 
south to the 
Gulf. 
4125! New Brunswick to 
Minnesota and 
south to Georgia 
and Arkansas. 
Light, soft, even-grained, 
seasons well, yields a beau- 
tiful polish. Used for fur- 
nitureé, veneers, cabinets, 
gun-stocks, and fancy hard- 
wood articles. 
Light, soft, coarse-grained. 
sed as substitute for 
black walnut. 
12 X100} Maine to Michigan} Light, soft, coarse-grained, 
south to Missis-| durable. Used for ties, 
sippi and poles, posts, mine props and 
Georgia. general lumber. Also for 
tannin. 
44X120| Nova Scotia to {Very hard, heavy, strong 
Wisconsin, south and tough, not durable, 
to Florida and | difficult, to season. Used 
Texas. for chairs, handles, wood- 
enware, cooperage, flooring, 
shoe lasts, etc. 
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