Tulip Tree Yellow Poplar
Tulip Tree; Yellow Poplar (liriodendron Ruttplfera, Linn.). 80 To No Feet. Stately Tree With Tall Trunk And Short Branches, Forming A Conical Head That Spreads Irregularly At Length. Bark Thick, Brown, Closely Furrowed. Wood Light, Soft, Pale Yellow, Easily Worked, Weak, Brittle, Used For Wooden Ware, Shingles, House Construction And ...
Turkey Oak
Turkey Oak (quercus Caleabcei, Michx.). 20 To 30 Feet, Rarely 60 Feet. Round-topped Tree Of Stout, Angular Branches, Often Shrubby. Bark Dark Gray, With Reddish Under Layers, Broken Into Scaly Plates. Wood Reddish Brown, Close-grained, Heavy, Used For Fuel. Leaves Oblong, Or Triangular, Deeply Cleft By Wide, Rounded Sinuses, Into ...
Umbrella Tree Elkwood
Umbrella Tree; Elkwood (magnolia Tripetala, Linn.). 10 To 40 Feet. Conical Or Rolind-topped Tree With Stout, Con Torted Branches. Bark Gray, Thin, Smooth, With Bristle-like Warts. Buds 1 To 2 Inches Long. Wood Weak, Pale Brown, Soft, Of No Use. Leaves 16 To 20 Inches Long, Obovate, Acute, Entire, Tapering ...
Valuable
Valuable Timber And Ornamental Trees. Leaves Deciduous, ',innately Compound, Opposite. Flowers Small, Inconspicuous, In Compound Panicles; The Two Kinds (except In A.) Borne On Separate Trees. Fruit A Dry Seed, Winged Like A Dart. ...
Waite Oak
Waite Oak (quercus Alba, Linn.). 60 To 150 Feet; Trunk 2 To 8 Feet. A Large Tree, Tall In The Forest, Low And Broad Domed In The Open Fields. Bark Pale Gray, Broken Into Small Thin Plates. Wood Tough, Strong, Heavy, Hard, Durable, Light Brown, With Prominent Medullary Rays. Buds ...
Washington Thorn
Washington Thorn (crattegus Cordata, Ait.). 25 To 40 Feet. Vigorous, Regular Tree With Compact Head And Straight Trunk. Thorns Numerous, Slender, Sharp, To 2 Inches Long. Leaves Heart-shaped, Coarsely Saw-toothed, Sharply Lobed Like A Grape Or Maple, Thin, Shining, Turning Dark Red In Autumn. Length 1 To 3 Inches. Flowers ...
Water Oak Laurel Oak
Water Oak; Laurel Oak (quercus Laurtfolia, Michx.). 50 To 100 Feet. Tall, Graceful, Broad-domed Tree Of Many Slender Branches. Trunk 2 To 4 Feet In Diameter. Bark Brown, Scaly, Becoming Darker, Roughened By Irregular Fissures At Base Of Trunk. Branches Reddish, Smooth. Wood Heavy, Hard, Strong, But Making Poor Lumber; ...
Water Oak
Water Oak (quercus Nigra, Linn.). 30 To So Feet. Sym Metrical, Round-topped Tree, With Slender, Smooth Branches And Bark. Wood Brown, Heavy, Used For Fuel. Leaves Wedge-shaped, Thin, Dull Bluish-green Above, Pale Beneath, With Axillary Tufts Of Rusty Hairs; Apex Broadening Into 3 Lobes, With Wavy Margins, Often Almost En ...
Western Catalpa C
Western Catalpa (c. Speciosa, Engelm.) Is Hardier Than The Southern Species, And It Grows In More Upright Form, Promising More And Better Timber In A Given Time. It Has Stout, Thick-walled Fruits, Thicker, More Pointed Leaves, And Fewer Flowers, Less Gayly Spotted, In A Cluster. This Tree Ranges In Bottom ...
White Ash
White Ash (fraxinus Americana, Linn.). 75 To 125 Feet. Large, Stately Tree With Tall Trunk And Pyramidal Or Round Head Of Erect, Stout Branches, Ending With Pale Twigs, Roughened By Projecting, Roundish Leaf Scars, And Plump, Leathery Buds. Bark Brown Or Gray, Criss-crossed With Shallow Furrows To Form Diamond-shaped Plates. ...
White Basswood Bee Tree
White Basswood; Bee Tree; Linden (rain Heter. Ophylia, Vent.). 50 To 60 Feet. Lusty, Handsome, Narrowly Pyramidal Tree, With Green Or Red Twigs, With Pale, Large Len Ticels, And Tough Inner Bark, Used For Ropes. Bark Thin, Furrowed, The Ridges Scaly. Wood Pale Reddish Brown, Soft, Close-grained. Leaves Alternate, Unsymmetrical ...
White Cedar
White Cedar (chanureyparis Thyoides, Britt). 40 To 80 Feet. Narrow, Pyramidal Tree With Short Branches, Ending In Fan-like Spray Of 2-ranked, Flat Twigs, Covered With The Blue Green Foliage. Bark Thin, Reddish, Shallowly Fissured Into Stringy Ridges, Often Spirally Twisted Around The Trunk. Wood Pale Reddish-brown, Soft, Light, Aromatic, Close-grained, ...
White Pine
White Pine (pinus Strobus, Linn.). 100 To 125 Feet. Handsome Evergreen Tree, The Central Shaft Bearing Regular Whorls Of Horizontal Branches, Five In A Whorl. Branches Smooth, Ending In Flexible Twigs Clothed With Blue-green Plumes Of Foliage. Bark Gray, Furrowed Between Broad, Scaly Ridges. Wood Soft, Fine-grained, Resinous, Creamy White, ...
White Poplar Silver Poplar
White Poplar; Silver Poplar (populase Alba, Linn.). St To 50 Feet. Round-headed Tree, With Dense Foliage Mass Above Short Trunk. Bark White Or Pale Gray, Roughened By Excrescences And Furrowed To Show Dark Spots, Scars, And Blotches. Limbs Smooth, Pale, Green Toward Tips, In Spring. Twigs Fuzzy When Young. Buds ...
White Spruce
White Spruce (picea Canacleneis, B. S. & P.). 60 To 150 Feet. Broadly Pyramidal, Open Head Of Wide-spreading, Stout Branches, With Upward-sweeping Ends, Smooth, Orange Brown, Becoming Gray. Bark Thin, Pale Gray, Scaly, Turning Brownish. Wood Light, Soft, Yellow, Weak, Straight-grained, Used For Lumber And Wood Pulp. Leaves 4-sided, Pea ...
Wild Black Cherry Rum
Wild Black Cherry; Rum Cherry (prunus Serotina, Ehrh.). .50 To 100 Feet; Trunk 4 To 5 Feet. Large Tree With Narrow, Oblong Head Of Small, Horizontal Branches. Bark Aromatic, Bitter, Yielding Hydrocyanic Acid, Used In Medicine. Fissures Shallow, Checking Into Broad Plates From Which The Dark Red-brown, Satiny, Surface Bark ...
Wild Crab Apple Fragrant
Wild Crab Apple; Fragrant Crab (mahis Coronaria, Mill.). Shrub To 30 Feet. Bushy, Low Tree With Rigid Branches And Thorny, Angular Twigs. Bark Brown, Scaly. Wood Red Dish Brown, Heavy, Fine-grained, Weak, Used For Levers And The Handles Of Tools; Also Fuel. Leaves Ovate Or Triangular, 3 To 4 Inches ...
Wild Goose Plum
Wild Goose Plum (prunus Hortulana, Bailey). A Natural Hybrid Between The Wild Red Plum And The Chickasaw; Sup Posed To Have Originated In Kentucky, And Now Growing Wild From Maryland To Texas, As A Straight, Well-built, Thornless Tree, With Thin, Oblong, Dark Green Leaves, Shining Above, Pale Beneath. The Fruits ...
Wild Red Cherry Bird
Wild Red Cherry; Bird Cherry; Pin Cherry (prunus Pennsylvanica, Linn.). So To 40 Feet. Slender, Narrow, Round-headed Tree With Regular, Horizontal Branches. Bark Smooth, Shining, Red-brown, Broken Into Curling, Horizontal Plates, Containing Long Slits, The Lenticels Prominent Bn Twigs. Wood Pale, Close-grained, Soft. Leaves Slender, Taper Pointed, Finely Serrate, 3 ...
Wild Red Plum Yellow
Wild Red Plum; Yellow Plum (prunus Americana Marsh.). 15 To 20 Feet. Graceful Little Tree With Wide-spread Ing Branches, And Angular Twigs With Lateral Spurs Sharp, Ending In Thorns. Bark Reddish Brown, Checked Into Scaly Plates. Wood Hard, Close-grained, Heavy, Strong, Reddish Brown, Used For Fuel. Leaves Oval, Tapering At ...
Willow Oas
Willow Oas (quercus Phellos, Linn.). 70 To 80 Feet. Graceful, Tall, Quick-growing Oak, With Narrow, Round Head Of Slender Branches. Bark Light Red-brown, With Scaly Surface And Shallow Fissures. Wood Soft, Coarse-grained, Heavy, Used In Construction, For Wheel Tellies, And Clapboards. Leaves Leathery, Willow-like, With An Occasional Side Lobe And ...
Winged Elm Wahoo
Winged Elm; Wahoo (mata Data, Michx.). 25 To 50 Feet. Pretty, Round-headed Or Oblong-headed Tree, Of Slender, As Cending Branches, And Twigs Wearing 2 Wide, Thin, Corky Ridges, Often I Inch Wide. Bark Light Reddish Brown, Checked Into Flat Plates By Irregular Fissures; Plates Scaly. Cotton Bales Tied With Fibrous ...
Witch Hazel
Witch Hazel (hamamelis Virginiana, Linn.). Shrub To 25 Feet. Short Trunk And Loose, Spreading Head Of Small, Zig Zag Branches. Bark Brown, Scaly, Smooth. Wood Close Grained, Heavy, Hard, Brownish-red. Leaves Oval Or Obovate, Unsymmetrical, Wavy-margined, Strongly Veined, Sometimes Coarsely Toothed, 4 To 6 Inches Long, Rusty-hairy At First. Flowers ...
Yaupon Cassena
Yaupon; Cassena (rex Vomitoria, Ait.). Shrub To 25 Feet. Much-branched, Spreading Tree Or Shrub, With Stout, Horizontal Branches. Bark Red-brown, Broken Into Minute Scales; Branches Gray, Smooth. Wood Hard, Heavy, Close Grained, White, Turning Yellow On Exposure. Leaves Evergreen, Small, Elliptical, Pointed At Both Ends, 1 To Q Inches Long, ...
Yellow Birch Gray
Yellow Birch; Gray (belula Lutes, Michx.). 30 To 7.5 Feet; Rarely 100 Feet. Medium-sized, Broad, Round-topped Tree With Drooping Branchlets. Bark Rough, Gray, Or Brown, Deeply Furrowed Into Plates Coated With The Silky Yellow Epidermis That Curls And Persists For Years, Limbs Smooth, With Same Silvery Yellow, Frayed Into Ribbons; ...
Yellow Oak Chestnut Oak
Yellow Oak; Chestnut Oak (quereus Acuminata, Sarg.). Bo To 140 Feet. Tall, Straight Tree With Round Head Of Tremu Lous, Shining Foliage. Bark Thin, Silvery, Shedding In Loose Scales. Wood Heavy, Hard, Strong, Coarse-grained, Durable, Used For Barrels, Fencing, And Railroad Ties. Leaves Crowded On Ends Of Twigs, 4 To ...
Yellow Wood Virgilia
Yellow-wood; Virgilia (clcuirardie Lutea, Raf.). 30 To 60 Feet. Slender, Graceful Tree, With Wide-spreading, Pen Dulous Branches, Brittle Twigs, Forming A Round Head Above A Short Trunk. Bark Gray, Often Silvery, Fine-textured Like Beech Bark; Branches Paler. Wood Yellow, Satiny, Hard, Fine Grained, Turning Brown With Exposure, Used For Gun ...