Trees of Indiana First Revised Edition (Publication No. 13, Department of Conservation, State of Indiana)

=Distribution.=--Maine, northern shore of Lake Erie, to west central Indiana and south to northern Georgia and Alabama. In Indiana its distribution is limited to the knobstone a...

=Distribution.=--Nova Scotia to Minnesota and south to the Gulf. Frequent to common in all parts of Indiana. It is the most abundant in the northern two-thirds of the State, whe...

=4.= =Carya laciniòsa= (Michaux filius) Loudon. Big Shellbark Hickory. Plate 25. Large tall trees with trunks like those of the shellbark hickory; bark of young trees tight, beg...

=Remarks.=--The cucumber tree has been too rare in Indiana to be of economic importance. The greatest interest with us is its distribution. The uses of the wood are similar to t...

=Remarks.=--This anomalous red oak has a range from Indiana to Texas. When the attention of authors was directed to it, several new species were the result. Later authors are no...

=3. Ulmus Thomási= Sargent. Hickory Elm. Rock Elm. Plate 59. Large trees; bark deeply fissured and grayish like the bark of the white elm; twigs light brown, generally densely h...

=2. Prunus americana= var. =lanàta= Sudworth. Woolly-leaf Plum. Plate 100. Small trees with the characteristic wild plum tree bark, except on age it becomes more furrowed; twigs...

The locust until recently gave great promise of being an important tree for planting sterile, washed and eroded slopes, on which it usually thrives and in many cases grows thrif...

From the data at hand it appears that the buckeye was a rare tree in the northern tier of counties. However, as soon as the basin of the Wabash is reached it becomes a frequent...

=5.= =Populus tremuloìdes= Michaux. Quaking Aspen. Plate 19. A straight narrow tree up to 3 dm. in diameter, usually about 1-5 dm. in diameter; bark usually smooth, greenish-whi...

Trees and shrubs with a resinous sap, which yields rosin, tar, turpentine and essential oils. The leaves are linear or scale-like, alternate, whorled or clustered; flowers naked...

=1.= =Betula lùtea= Michaux filius. Birch. Yellow Birch. Plate 32. Medium size trees; bark of small trees and of the branches of old trees smooth, silver or dark gray, freely pe...

This species is easily propagated by seed or seedlings. It is recommended for forest planting in all parts of its natural range and other parts of the State where the soil is ve...

=Distribution.=--Known to have been a native of the southwestern part of Indiana, and to have followed the valley of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers to the southeastern part of...

=Remarks.=--While only found in a swamp in Indiana, this species adapts itself to all kinds of soils and exposures. It transplants readily and is used for ornamental purposes, a...

=9. Crataegus chrysocárpa= Ashe. (_Crataegus Dodgei_ Sargent. _Crataegus rotundifolia_, Borckhausen.) Round-leaved Thorn. Plate 85. Bark dark red-brown, scaly; spines numerous,...

Specimens which were collected by the person whose name follows the county have been seen by the writer from the following counties of Indiana: Allen (Deam) 1919; Brown (Deam) 1...

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Ash 267 Biltmore 270, 271 black 280, 281 blue 278, 279, 299 gray 267 green 272, 273 hoop 148, 282 pumpkin 277 red 274, 275, 300 swamp 272, 274 swell-butt 276, 277 water 300 whit...

Oak 98 basket 107, 108 bear 294 black 119, 127, 129, 135, 298, 299 black jack 135, 136, 299 bur 104, 115, 116, 117, 297, 299 chestnut 104, 110, 111, 299 chinquapin 104, 106 cow...