Manual of the Trees of North America (exclusive of Mexico).Houghton, Mifflin, 1905 - Broj stranica: 826 |
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5-lobed acuminate acute aments anthers apex axillary axils Bark base bracts branches forming branchlets broad broadly ovate caducous calyx calyx-tube carpels chestnut-brown close-grained clusters coated conspicuous coriaceous corolla corymbs cotyledons covered Crataegus dark brown dark green deciduous diameter Distribution drupe elongated filaments flesh Florida flowers open Fruit ripening glabrous glandular globose gradually narrowed gray hilum imbricated incurved inner lanceolate leaflets Leaves lenticels light brown lobes lower surface margins maturity thick membranaceous midribs minute Mountains nearly northern nutlets oblong obovate obtuse occasionally orange-colored outer oval ovary ovules pale hairs panicles pedicels persistent petals petioles petioles stout pilose pistillate primary veins puberulous pubescent racemes radicle rarely red-brown reddish brown ridges rounded sapwood scales seeds sepals serrate sessile short shrub slightly sometimes southern species spreading stamens stipules stomata style subglobose terete thickened thin tinged with red tomentose tomentum tree trunk unfold usually villose wide Winter-buds Wood heavy yellow yellow-green
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Stranica 335 - Rhode Island to southwestern Vermont, west to the southern shores of Lake Michigan, and south to northern Florida, southern Alabama and Mississippi, and southeastern Missouri and the adjacent parts of Arkansas; reaching its best development on the tributaries of the Ohio and the lower slopes of the high mountains of North Carolina and Tennessee. It grows habitually in deep, rich, moist soil. Although widely distributed, it is seldom the predominant tree in the forest. In North Carolina, where it...
Stranica 69 - Resinous liquid often collected from "blisters" on the bark and used as a medicine. Planted locally in yards and lawns as an ornamental tree. THUYA OCCIDENTALIS, L. White Cedar. Arbor-vitae. Geographic Distribution. Frequently forming nearly Impenetrable forests on swampy ground or often occupying the rocky banks of streams, from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, northwestward TO the mouth of the Saskatchewan, and southward through the northern states to southern New Hampshire central Massachusetts...
Stranica 329 - Linmeus. (CUCUMBER TREE.) A tall slender tree, with furrowed dark brown bark broken into numerous thin scales, reaching a height of 90 and a diameter of 5 feet. It occurs from western New York through southern Ontario to southern Illinois, and southward along the Appalachian mountains to southern Alabama and northeastern Mississippi. It grows sparingly in central Kentucky and Tennessee, and in portions of Arkansas, and roaches its best development in the mountains of Tennessee and the Carolinas....
Stranica 507 - ... color; styles 2 or 3, surrounded at the base by a narrow ring of pale tomentum. Fruit ripening...
Stranica 722 - A tree, with dark ashen-gray, deeply furrowed bark, reaching a height of 108 and a diameter of 4 feet. It occurs from southern Ontario to the eastern parts of Nebraska, Kansas, and Indian Territory, southward to central Florida and the valley of the Brazos river, Texas. It grows on rich hillsides or in low river bottoms, and is very common in the Gulf states and throughout the South. In North Carolina, where it grows to an average height of 60' feet and a diameter of 18 to 20 inches, it is common...
Stranica 616 - ... exposures. Like other legumes it enriches the soil by adding nitrogen wherever it stands and it is a rapid grower, reaching a merchantable size within 25 years or less. RHUS HIRTA, Sudw. Staghorn Sumach. Geographic Distribution. Usually on uplands in good soil, or less commonly on sterile gravelly banks and on the borders of streams and swamps; New Brunswick, through the valley of the St. Lawrence river to southern Ontario and Minnesota, and southward through the northern states and along the...
Stranica 355 - ... handles. Ulmus fulva, Michaux. (SLIPPERY ELM.) A tree, with deeply furrowed dark brown bark and dark graybrown branches which form a broom-shaped crown, reaching a height of 135 and a diameter of 4 feet. It occurs in rich soil from the valley of the lower St. Lawrence river to northern Dakota, and south to northern Florida, central Alabama and Mississippi, and the valley of the San Antonio river, Texas. In this State, where it reaches an average height of 30 to 50...
Stranica 425 - Leaves oblong-ovate, acuminate, rounded, concave-cuneate to truncate or subcordate at the entire base, sharply doubly serrate above, with straight glandular teeth and deeply divided into 4 or 5 pairs of...
Stranica 649 - Distribution. Sandy banks of streams; valley of the St. John's river, New Brunswick, to southern Ontario, southward to western Florida, and westward to eastern Dakota and Nebraska, the valley of the Blue river, Kansas, and the Indian Territory; rare in the immediate neighborhood of the Atlantic coast and on the high Appalachian mountains; of its largest size on the banks of the lower Ohio and its tributaries. Distribution in West Virginia. — Closely confined to the borders of the larger streams...