. Bulletin (Pennsylvania Department of Forestry), no. 11. Forests and forestry. f ; \ PLATE CXIX. MOUNTAIN LAUREL 1. rinwciiiij; lirjiiuli with {1} iiiiiniilnrc Icavrs. (ii.^ iiiaturc liavi>-, ami with "inn ami chiscd lilossoiiis, X i. 2. Branch with mature leaves and jiiatuio fruit, x J. 3. A fruit, enlarged. 213 MOUNTAIN LAUREL Kalmia latifolia, Linnaeus FAMILY AND GENUS DESCRIPTION—Tlie Health family, Ericaceae, enVbracos specieg which are amonffst our best known and most popular shnibf. The Huckleberries, Blueberries, Cran- berries. Azaleas. Kalmias, and Rhododendrons are some of t
. Bulletin (Pennsylvania Department of Forestry), no. 11. Forests and forestry. f ; \ PLATE CXIX. MOUNTAIN LAUREL 1. rinwciiiij; lirjiiuli with {1} iiiiiniilnrc Icavrs. (ii.^ iiiaturc liavi>-, ami with "inn ami chiscd lilossoiiis, X i. 2. Branch with mature leaves and jiiatuio fruit, x J. 3. A fruit, enlarged. 213 MOUNTAIN LAUREL Kalmia latifolia, Linnaeus FAMILY AND GENUS DESCRIPTION—Tlie Health family, Ericaceae, enVbracos specieg which are amonffst our best known and most popular shnibf. The Huckleberries, Blueberries, Cran- berries. Azaleas. Kalmias, and Rhododendrons are some of the commonest representatives. Very few representatives are of any special economic value on account of the wood which they produce. Some are Important on account of their aesthetic value, while others yield valuable food or are psed in medicine. This family comprises about 90 genera with more than 1,400 species, of which number about 40 genera are found in the United States, 7 of which have tree representatives. The flora of comiprises 27 genera with about 45 species. Since most of them are shrubs only 3 species representing 3 genera are described here. The genera here described ore Kalmia, Rhododendron, and Oxydendrum. The genus Kalmia romprist-s 5 or G species In North America and Cuba. The species described on this page is the only one which reaches tree-size. Two other shrub species. Sheep Laurel (Kalmia angustifolia L.) and S\vamp Laurel (Kalmia pollfolla Wang.), are also native to this State. The genus is named after Peter Kalm, a Swedish nat\iralist, who traveled in North America during the middle of the 18th century. FOBM—Tn Pennsylvania usually a shrub 5-10 ft. in height with a stout stem which is usually forked, often inclined and bearing divergent branches which form a round compact head. In the South it reaches a height of 30-40 ft. with a diameter of 20 Inches. BARK—^Very thin, reddish-brown, furrowed, peels off into long, narrow, thin scales ex
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