. Handbook of the trees of the northern states and Canada east of the Rocky mountains. Photo-descriptive. CORK-WOOD. Lcilncrin Floridana ( Fig. 33. Branchlet with leaves and mature fruit, i ; fruit m (to the left) and pistillate (to the right). 84. Trunk of tree in swamp bordering St. Francis River, Mo. 85. Wood structure magnified 15 diameters. branchlets m winter, 3 ; Handbook of Trees of the Nokthern States and Canada. 73 This curious and rare tree has the distinc-tion of producing wood which is the lightest^in weight of all known woods. It is a smalltree, only under
. Handbook of the trees of the northern states and Canada east of the Rocky mountains. Photo-descriptive. CORK-WOOD. Lcilncrin Floridana ( Fig. 33. Branchlet with leaves and mature fruit, i ; fruit m (to the left) and pistillate (to the right). 84. Trunk of tree in swamp bordering St. Francis River, Mo. 85. Wood structure magnified 15 diameters. branchlets m winter, 3 ; Handbook of Trees of the Nokthern States and Canada. 73 This curious and rare tree has the distinc-tion of producing wood which is the lightest^in weight of all known woods. It is a smalltree, only under the most favorable con-ditions attaining the height of 20 ft. with looseopen head of few spreading branches and trunk.)-U in. in diameter. Few other trees are sostrictly aquatic in distribution, as it thrivesbest in permanently inundated swamps anddeep sloughs, where its roots are constantlywet. and to visit it one must go in a boat orwade through mud and water. Individualsgrowing in less permanently inundated locali-ties, where the water sujiply is less constant,plainly suffer the deprivation and hardlygrow to the height of a mans shoulde
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