. Common forest trees of North Carolina. How to know them. A pocket manual. Trees; Forests and forestry. TREE,; â ^^-^'-^-i^-C?^' ^-s*^:-^ -e>-f^--s â ^> PERSIMMON (Dioapyros virgmiana L.) THE persimmon, often called "simmon," is well known throughout its range. It is a small tree, rarely exceeding 50 feet in height and 18 inches in diameter, occurring throughout the State, except in the high mountains. It seems to prefer dry, open situations, and is most abundant in old fields, though it occurs on rich bottomlands. The bark of old trees is almost black and sepa- rated into thi
. Common forest trees of North Carolina. How to know them. A pocket manual. Trees; Forests and forestry. TREE,; â ^^-^'-^-i^-C?^' ^-s*^:-^ -e>-f^--s â ^> PERSIMMON (Dioapyros virgmiana L.) THE persimmon, often called "simmon," is well known throughout its range. It is a small tree, rarely exceeding 50 feet in height and 18 inches in diameter, occurring throughout the State, except in the high mountains. It seems to prefer dry, open situations, and is most abundant in old fields, though it occurs on rich bottomlands. The bark of old trees is almost black and sepa- rated into thick nearly square blocks, much like the black gum. The leaves are alternate, oval, entire, 4 to 6 inches long, dark green and shining above, paler be- neath. The small flow- ers, which appear in May, are yel- lowish or cream- white, somewhat bell-shaped, the two kinds occur- ring on separate trees; the male in clusters of 2 or 3, the female solitary. They are visited by many insects. The fruit is a pulpy, round, orange-colored ot brown berry, an inch or more in diameter and con- taining several flattened, hard, smooth seeds. It is strongly astringent while green, but often quite sweet and delicious when thoroughly ripe. It is much relished by children, and by dogs, 'possums and other animals. The wood is hard, dense, heavy, strong, the heart- wood brown or black, the wide sapwood white or yel- lowish. It is particularly valued for shuttles, golf- stick heads, and similar special uses, but is not of sufficient commercial use to warrant its general en- couragement as a timber PERSIMMON Leaf, one-balf natural size. Twle, three-quarters natural size. 73. 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 North Carolina. Geological and economic survey; Holmes, J. S. (John Simcox), 1868-1958. Chapel Hill, N.
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