. Timber trees and forests of North Carolina . orky winged, (p. ) Winged Elm. .Slippery Elm. III. PALMS; TREES WITHOUT LIMBS;Imited in this State to the Palmetto, asmall tree with unbranched stena about 10inches in diameter and a small crown ofevergreen leaves two feet or more in breadth;found only along the coast to the south ofCape Hatteras. (p. 136.) -Palmetto. TIMBER TREES OF NORTH CAROLINA BY GIFFORD PINCHOT TIMBER TREES OF NORTH CAROLINA By Gifford Pinchot Mag-nolia foetida, Sargpiit.* (MAGNOLIA.) A large pyramidal tree, with gray or light brown bark coveredwith small thin scales, re
. Timber trees and forests of North Carolina . orky winged, (p. ) Winged Elm. .Slippery Elm. III. PALMS; TREES WITHOUT LIMBS;Imited in this State to the Palmetto, asmall tree with unbranched stena about 10inches in diameter and a small crown ofevergreen leaves two feet or more in breadth;found only along the coast to the south ofCape Hatteras. (p. 136.) -Palmetto. TIMBER TREES OF NORTH CAROLINA BY GIFFORD PINCHOT TIMBER TREES OF NORTH CAROLINA By Gifford Pinchot Mag-nolia foetida, Sargpiit.* (MAGNOLIA.) A large pyramidal tree, with gray or light brown bark coveredwith small thin scales, reaching a height of 90 and a diameter of4J feet. It occurs southward from the mouth of the Cape Fear river,rarely more than fifty or sixty miles from the coast, to Mosquitoinlet and Tampa bay, Florida; along the Gulf coast to the val-ley of the Brazos river, Texas ; in western Louisiana and southernArkansas, and on the bluffs of the lower Mississippi, where itreaches its best development. MAP OFKOSTH CABOLIBTA SCALE MOUNTAIN^GION /__ PIEDMONTJ. LEGEND. Distributron of the CUCUMBER TREE(Magnolia acuminata, L.) Distribution of the MAGNOLIA (Mag-nolia foetida, Sarg.) In JN^orth Carolina, where it grows to an average height of 50to 70 feet, it is found rather sparingly in Brunswick county, inthe southeast corner of the State (fig. 1), growing in the rich,moist soil of river swamps. It reproduces itself rather slowly in the latitude of this State, *MagnoUa grandiflora, Llnnteus. 34 TIMBER TREES OF NORTH CAROLINA. and young seedlings are very rarely found in the forest, althoughthe tree flowers and matures fruit not only regularly but, for themost part, abundantly as well. The long thick leathery evergreen leaves are downy underneath,and remain upon the tree for two years. The fragrant creamy-white flowers are very large and conspicuous, often 7 or 8 inchesacross. The oval fruit is rusty brown in color, 3 to 4 inches longby Ij to 2i inches broad. The winter-buds are thickly coveredwit
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