Native Forest Trees. 



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tabulated list below an attempt has been made to list the trees 

 according to their commercial importance, and to indicate in which 

 sections of the State each is found. 



For this purpose the State is taken in four divisions : Western 

 Maryland — Garrett, Allegany, Washington and Frederick Counties; 

 Central Maryland — Carroll, Baltimore, Harford, Upper Cecil, How- 

 ard and Montgomery Counties; Southern Maryland — Prince George's, 

 Anne Arundel, Charles, St. Mary's and Calvert Counties; and East- 

 ern Shore Maryland — Lower Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot, 

 Caroline, Dorchester, Wicomico, Somerset and Worcester Coimties. 



■ In the table AVestern Maryland is indicated by the initial W, Cen- 

 tral Maryland by the initial C, Southern Maryland by the initial S, 

 and the Eastern Shore by the initial E. 



Species: Common Name. Botanical Name. Distribution. 

 White Oaks : 



AVhite Oak 



Quercus alba 



C. E. S.W. 



Chestnut Oak 



Quercus prinus 



c. w. 



Post Oak 



Quercus minor 



c. w. 



Swamp White Oak 



Quercus plantanoides 



C. E. S. 



Cow Oak 



Quercus raichauxii 



E. 



Red Oaks: 







Red Oak 



Quercus rubra 



C. S.W. 



Black Oak 



Quercus velutina 



C. S. w. 



Scarlet Oak 



Quercus coeeinea 



c. s. w. 



Spanish Oak 



Quercus digitata 



c. s. w. 



Pin Oak 



Quercus palustris 



C. E. S. 



Willow Oak 



Quercus phellos 



C. E. S. 



Black Jack Oak 



Quercus marilandica 



c. s. w. 



Water Oak 



Quercus nigra 



C. E. S. 



Chestnut 



Castanea dentata 



c. s. w. 



Yellow Pines: 







Loblolly Pine 



Pinus taeda 



E. 



Scrub Pine 



Pinus virginiana 



c. s. 



Pitch Pine 



Pinus rigida 



C. B. W. 



Shortleaf Pine 



Pinus echinata 



c. S. 



Table Mountain Pine 



Pinus pungens 



w. 



Tulip Poplar 



Liriodendron tulipifera 



C. E. S.W. 



Hickories : 







Moekernut Hickory 



Hicoria alba 



C. S. W. 



Shagbark Hickory 



Hieoria ovata 



0. w. 



Pignut Hickory 



Hicoria glabra 



c. s. w. 



Bitternut Hickory 



Hicoria minima 



c. w. 



