. North American trees : being descriptions and illustrations of the trees growing independently of cultivation in North America, north of Mexico and the West Indies . Trees. 14. CAROLINA POPLAR — Populus deltoides Marshall This Cottonwood of eastern North America, also called Necklace poplar, on account of its long necklace-hke ripe fruiting catkins, in- habits moist soil, especially the banks of streams and lakes, from Quebec westward to Manitoba, south to Florida and Tennessee; it is not, however, common near the Atlantic coast. The tree attains a maximum height of about 45 meters, with a t
. North American trees : being descriptions and illustrations of the trees growing independently of cultivation in North America, north of Mexico and the West Indies . Trees. 14. CAROLINA POPLAR — Populus deltoides Marshall This Cottonwood of eastern North America, also called Necklace poplar, on account of its long necklace-hke ripe fruiting catkins, in- habits moist soil, especially the banks of streams and lakes, from Quebec westward to Manitoba, south to Florida and Tennessee; it is not, however, common near the Atlantic coast. The tree attains a maximum height of about 45 meters, with a trunk diameter of 2 meters or more; its hmbs are large, thick, and spreading, the diameter of old individu- als being often as great as their height. The bark is gray or gray-green, that of young trees thin and smooth, that of old ones thick and fissured, with rounded ridges. The young twigs are rather stout, smooth, yellow- ish green and shining, becoming gray. The pointed ovoid buds are somewhat resinous, the terminal ones about i cm. Fig. 135. — Carolina Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Britton, Nathaniel Lord, 1859-1934; Shafer, John Adolph. New York : H. Holt and Co.
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