Economic botany of Alabama . economicbotanyof12harp Year: 1913-1928. 66 ECOXUMIC BOTAXY OF ALABAMA Fig. 15. Scattered trees of Taxodium asccndcns, with a few slash pines, in savanna about seven miles west of Lillian, Baldwin County. Photograph by Dr. E. A. Smith and R. S. Hodges, August 13, 1902. ])h()ne poles and crossties. In Washington, D. C, I have seen one of the large hollow leases with a few feet of the trunk inverted and used for a flower urn in a yard (and it lasted at least twenty years, and may be there yet). This species, like the other, is occasionally planted in parks and alo
Economic botany of Alabama . economicbotanyof12harp Year: 1913-1928. 66 ECOXUMIC BOTAXY OF ALABAMA Fig. 15. Scattered trees of Taxodium asccndcns, with a few slash pines, in savanna about seven miles west of Lillian, Baldwin County. Photograph by Dr. E. A. Smith and R. S. Hodges, August 13, 1902. ])h()ne poles and crossties. In Washington, D. C, I have seen one of the large hollow leases with a few feet of the trunk inverted and used for a flower urn in a yard (and it lasted at least twenty years, and may be there yet). This species, like the other, is occasionally planted in parks and along streets in the North and in Europe, and it is or has been known to the horticultural trade as 'Glyptostrohus pcudulus,' and erroneously considered a native of China or Japan. References: Harper 1, 2, 13. This species grows in shallow ponds, and swamps of branches and creeks which are seldom or never muddy and do not fluctuate more than two or three feet. Fire sometimes sweeps through such places in dry seasons, btit does little harm to the cypress, on ac- count of its thick bark. Its range is much more restricted than that of T. disticJiuiu (see map), and it seems to be confined to regions where late summer is the wettest season. Its known dis- tribtition l)v regions is as follows:
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