. Common forest trees of Georgia: how to know them. A pocket manual. Trees -- Georgia. WHITE CEDAR One-half natural size. branches are very short and horizontal, so that even when grown in the open the tree has a long, narrow, conical shape. The leaves are minute, scale-like, overlapping, 4- ranked, of a bluish green color, and entirely cover the ends of the slender, drooping twigs. The fruit is a rather inconspicuous, smooth cone, nearly round, about one-fourth inch in diameter, maturing in one year and containing from four to eight winged seeds. The bark is quite thin, varies in color from a
. Common forest trees of Georgia: how to know them. A pocket manual. Trees -- Georgia. WHITE CEDAR One-half natural size. branches are very short and horizontal, so that even when grown in the open the tree has a long, narrow, conical shape. The leaves are minute, scale-like, overlapping, 4- ranked, of a bluish green color, and entirely cover the ends of the slender, drooping twigs. The fruit is a rather inconspicuous, smooth cone, nearly round, about one-fourth inch in diameter, maturing in one year and containing from four to eight winged seeds. The bark is quite thin, varies in color from ashy gray to light reddish brown, and readily separates into loose plate-like scales, which easily peel off in long fibrous strips. The wood is light, soft, close- grained, slightly fragrant, especially in contact with water. These qualities make it in demand for boat and canoe building, cooperage, shingles and fence posts. It is being substituted for chestnut for tele- phone poles, as the supply of the latter species be- comes scarcer. Because of the limited supply avail- able, its lumber is not well known in the general markets. 14. 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 Mattoon, Wilbur R. (Wilbur Reed), 1875-1941; Burleigh, Thomas Dearborn. Athens, Ga.
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