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American Forest Trees

by Henry H. Gibson

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Author
Gibson, Henry H., 1855-
Credits
E-text prepared by Greg Bergquist, Harry Lamé, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/American Libraries ( archive.org/details/americana)
Language
English
LoC Class
SD: Agriculture: Forestry
Subject
Timber -- United States
Category
Text
eBook-No.
42124
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/42124
Release Date
February 18, 2013
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.American Forest Trees
  2. 2.PREFACE
  3. 3.WHITE PINE — WHITE PINE [1] ( Pinus Strobus )
  4. 4.WESTERN WHITE PINE — WESTERN WHITE PINE ( Pinus Monticola )
  5. 5.SUGAR PINE — SUGAR PINE ( Pinus Lambertiana )
  6. 6.WHITEBARK PINE — WHITEBARK PINE ( Pinus Albicaulis )
  7. 7.LONGLEAF PINE — LONGLEAF PINE ( Pinus Palustris )
  8. 8.SHORTLEAF PINE — SHORTLEAF PINE ( Pinus Echinata )
  9. 9.LOBLOLLY PINE — LOBLOLLY PINE ( Pinus Tæda )
  10. 10.NORWAY PINE — NORWAY PINE ( Pinus Resinosa )
  11. 11.WESTERN YELLOW PINE — WESTERN YELLOW PINE ( Pinus Ponderosa )
  12. 12.LODGEPOLE PINE — LODGEPOLE PINE ( Pinus Contorta )
  13. 13.TAMARACK — TAMARACK ( Larix Laricina )
  14. 14.WESTERN LARCH — WESTERN LARCH ( Larix Occidentalis )
  15. 15.RED CEDAR — RED CEDAR ( Juniperus Virginiana )
  16. 16.NORTHERN WHITE CEDAR — NORTHERN WHITE CEDAR ( Thuja Occidentalis )
  17. 17.SOUTHERN WHITE CEDAR — SOUTHERN WHITE CEDAR ( Chamæcyparis Thyoides )
  18. 18.INCENSE CEDAR — INCENSE CEDAR ( Libocedrus Decurrens )
  19. 19.WESTERN RED CEDAR — WESTERN RED CEDAR ( Thuja Plicata )
  20. 20.PORT ORFORD CEDAR — PORT ORFORD CEDAR ( Chamæcyparis Lawsoniana )
  21. 21.RED SPRUCE — RED SPRUCE ( Picea Rubens )
  22. 22.SITKA SPRUCE — SITKA SPRUCE ( Picea Sitchensis )
  23. 23.CYPRESS — CYPRESS ( Taxodium Distichum )
  24. 24.BALSAM FIR — BALSAM FIR ( Abies Balsamea )
  25. 25.FRASER FIR — FRASER FIR ( Abies Fraseri )
  26. 26.NOBLE FIR — NOBLE FIR ( Abies Nobilis )
  27. 27.GRAND FIR — GRAND FIR ( Abies Grandis )
  28. 28.DOUGLAS FIR — DOUGLAS FIR ( Pseudotsuga Taxifolia )
  29. 29.BIGTREE — BIGTREE ( Sequoia Washingtoniana )
  30. 30.REDWOOD — REDWOOD ( Sequoia Sempervirens )
  31. 31.HEMLOCK — HEMLOCK ( Tsuga Canadensis )
  32. 32.WESTERN HEMLOCK — WESTERN HEMLOCK ( Tsuga Heterophylla )
  33. 33.WESTERN YEW — WESTERN YEW ( Taxus Brevifolia )
  34. 34.WHITE OAK — WHITE OAK ( Quercus Alba )
  35. 35.BUR OAK — BUR OAK ( Quercus Macrocarpa )
  36. 36.FORKED-LEAF WHITE OAK — FORKED-LEAF WHITE OAK ( Quercus Lyrata )
  37. 37.POST OAK — POST OAK ( Quercus Minor )
  38. 38.COW OAK — COW OAK ( Quercus Michauxii )
  39. 39.PACIFIC POST OAK — PACIFIC POST OAK ( Quercus Garryana )
  40. 40.CHESTNUT OAK — CHESTNUT OAK ( Quercus Prinus )
  41. 41.CHINQUAPIN OAK — CHINQUAPIN OAK ( Quercus Acuminata )
  42. 42.LIVE OAK — LIVE OAK ( Quercus Virginiana )
  43. 43.RED OAK — RED OAK [4] ( Quercus Rubra )
  44. 44.TEXAN RED OAK — TEXAN RED OAK ( Quercus Texana )
  45. 45.YELLOW OAK — YELLOW OAK ( Quercus Velutina )
  46. 46.SCARLET OAK — SCARLET OAK ( Quercus Coccinea )
  47. 47.TURKEY OAK — TURKEY OAK ( Quercus Catesbæi )
  48. 48.SPANISH OAK — SPANISH OAK ( Quercus Digitata )
  49. 49.LAUREL OAK — LAUREL OAK ( Quercus Laurifolia )
  50. 50.PIN OAK — PIN OAK ( Quercus Palustris )
  51. 51.CALIFORNIA LIVE OAK — CALIFORNIA LIVE OAK ( Quercus Agrifolia )
  52. 52.CALIFORNIA TANBARK OAK — CALIFORNIA TANBARK OAK ( Quercus Densiflora )
  53. 53.SHINGLE OAK — SHINGLE OAK ( Quercus Imbricaria )
  54. 54.RED GUM — RED GUM ( Liquidambar Styraciflua )
  55. 55.BLACK GUM — BLACK GUM ( Nyssa Sylvatica )
  56. 56.TUPELO — TUPELO ( Nyssa Aquatica )
  57. 57.BLACK WALNUT — BLACK WALNUT ( Juglans Nigra )
  58. 58.BUTTERNUT — BUTTERNUT ( Juglans Cinerea )
  59. 59.SHAGBARK HICKORY — SHAGBARK HICKORY ( Hicoria Ovata )
  60. 60.BITTERNUT HICKORY — BITTERNUT HICKORY ( Hicoria Minima )
  61. 61.PIGNUT HICKORY — PIGNUT HICKORY ( Hicoria Glabra )
  62. 62.PECAN — PECAN ( Hicoria Pecan )
  63. 63.WHITE ELM — WHITE ELM ( Ulmus Americana )
  64. 64.CORK ELM — CORK ELM ( Ulmus Racemosa )
  65. 65.SLIPPERY ELM — SLIPPERY ELM ( Ulmus Pubescens )
  66. 66.PLANERTREE — PLANERTREE ( Planera Aquatica )
  67. 67.HACKBERRY — HACKBERRY ( Celtis Occidentalis )
  68. 68.WHITE ASH — WHITE ASH ( Fraxinus Americana )
  69. 69.BLACK ASH — BLACK ASH ( Fraxinus Nigra )
  70. 70.OREGON ASH — OREGON ASH ( Fraxinus Oregona )
  71. 71.SUGAR MAPLE — SUGAR MAPLE ( Acer Saccharum )
  72. 72.RED MAPLE — RED MAPLE ( Acer Rubrum )
  73. 73.OREGON MAPLE — OREGON MAPLE ( Acer Macrophyllum )
  74. 74.BOX ELDER — BOX ELDER ( Acer Negundo )
  75. 75.SERVICEBERRY — SERVICEBERRY ( Amelanchier Canadensis )
  76. 76.RED HAW — RED HAW ( Cratægus Coccinea )
  77. 77.MAHOGANY — MAHOGANY ( Swietenia Mahagoni )
  78. 78.BLACK WILLOW — BLACK WILLOW ( Salix Nigra )
  79. 79.HARDY CATALPA — HARDY CATALPA ( Catalpa Speciosa )
  80. 80.CUCUMBER — CUCUMBER ( Magnolia Acuminata )
  81. 81.YELLOW POPLAR — YELLOW POPLAR ( Liriodendron Tulipifera )
  82. 82.EVERGREEN MAGNOLIA — EVERGREEN MAGNOLIA ( Magnolia Fœtida )
  83. 83.WAHOO — WAHOO ( Evonymus Atropurpureus )
  84. 84.MOUNTAIN LAUREL — MOUNTAIN LAUREL ( Kalmia Latifolia )
  85. 85.OSAGE ORANGE — OSAGE ORANGE ( Toxylon Pomiferum )
  86. 86.PERSIMMON — PERSIMMON ( Diospyros Virginiana )
  87. 87.FLOWERING DOGWOOD — FLOWERING DOGWOOD ( Cornus Florida )
  88. 88.CALIFORNIA LAUREL — CALIFORNIA LAUREL ( Umbellularia Californica )
  89. 89.LOCUST — LOCUST ( Robinia Pseudacacia )
  90. 90.HONEY LOCUST — HONEY LOCUST ( Gleditsia Triacanthos )
  91. 91.COFFEE TREE — COFFEETREE ( Gymnocladus Dioicus )
  92. 92.YELLOW-WOOD — YELLOW-WOOD ( Cladrastis Lutea )
  93. 93.MESQUITE — MESQUITE ( Prosopis Juliflora )
  94. 94.SWEET BIRCH — SWEET BIRCH ( Betula Lenta )
  95. 95.YELLOW BIRCH — YELLOW BIRCH ( Betula Lutea )
  96. 96.RIVER BIRCH — RIVER BIRCH ( Betula Nigra )
  97. 97.PAPER BIRCH — PAPER BIRCH ( Betula Papyrifera )
  98. 98.RED ALDER — RED ALDER ( Alnus Oregona )
  99. 99.HORNBEAM — HORNBEAM ( Ostrya Virginiana )
  100. 100.SILVERBELL — SILVERBELL TREE ( Mohrodendron Carolinum )
  101. 101.SYCAMORE — SYCAMORE ( Platanus Occidentalis )
  102. 102.BLACK CHERRY — BLACK CHERRY ( Prunus Serotina )
  103. 103.WILD RED CHERRY — WILD RED CHERRY ( Prunus Pennsylvanica )
  104. 104.BEECH — BEECH ( Fagus Atropunicea )
  105. 105.CHESTNUT — CHESTNUT ( Castanea Dentata )
  106. 106.BASSWOOD — BASSWOOD ( Tilia Americana )
  107. 107.AMERICAN HOLLY — AMERICAN HOLLY ( Ilex Opaca )
  108. 108.YELLOW BUCKEYE — YELLOW BUCKEYE ( Æsculus Octandra )
  109. 109.SASSAFRAS — SASSAFRAS ( Sassafras Sassafras )
  110. 110.MADRONA — MADRONA ( Arbutus Menziesii )
  111. 111.COTTONWOOD — COTTONWOOD [9] ( Populus Deltoides )
  112. 112.BALM OF GILEAD — BALM OF GILEAD ( Populus Balsamifera )
  113. 113.BLACK COTTONWOOD — BLACK COTTONWOOD ( Populus Trichocarpa )
  114. 114.MANGROVE — MANGROVE ( Rhizophora Mangle )
  115. 115.CABBAGE PALMETTO — THE PALMS — MINOR SPECIES
  116. 116.INDEX TO COMMON NAMES
  117. 117.INDEX TO LATIN NAMES
  118. 118.Transcriber’s note:

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