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Title: Trees of Texas; an illustrated manual of the native and introduced trees of the state
Year: 1915 (1910s)
Authors: Lewis, Isaac McKinney, 1878-1943
Subjects: Trees
Publisher: Austin, University of Texas
Contributing Library: The LuEsther T Mertz Library, the New York Botanical Garden
Digitizing Sponsor: Metropolitan New York Library Council - METRO

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drooping, disappearingbelow from the old trees, forming an irregular crown. Leavesthin, flat, 2-ranked, linear, 1/2-% long, somewhat curved,sharp pointed, sessile; shed with the lateral twigs in the fall.Cones globose 1 in diameter, borne in pairs at the ends ofthe branches. It extends from Delaware to Florida westward along theGulf Coast to Texas, and up the valley of the Mississippi to^Missouri and southern Indiana. In swamps it is frequentlythe predominating tree, often forming extensive forests. InTexas it occurs sparingly ig^^^valley of the Nueces confinedmostly to overflow land all;^Biyer bottoms and in canyons.The tree is a very slow growing one, and requires two orthree centuries to produce a trunk large enough for saw logs. The Trees of Texas 41 There are few young trees coming on, and with the drainageof swamps and the building of levees along the river this treewill gradually give Avay to more rapidly maturing species. Ithas been strongly recommended by some nurserymen for
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Fig. Bald cypress forest about the Neches River. (Bray Bulletin 4Bureau of Forestry, U. S. Dept. Agr.). ornamental planting. It is successful only in wet soil, whereit doubtless has some horticultural value. The wood is light, soft-grained, but not strong. It is easilyworked, and does not shrink or warp much. Its chief use isfor construction purposes. 3. PSEUDOTSUGA Sudw. Pseudotsuga mucronata Sudw. <;Muglas Spruce. Red Fir.A veiy large forest ti-ee somt^^;;;W4200° high and 8°-4 indiameter, but usually smaller^^i^lOO° high witli narrowcrown and thick, deeply furrov. i(;b b^ark. Leaves straiglit orslightly cnived, -Yi-^Vi l^iiS, darlv yellowish green to liluish 42 Bulletin of the University of Texas green. Male cones orange red: female characterized by theelongated red bracts. Tlie mature cones are 2-ii/) long,borne on stout stems. British Columbia, south to Colorado, Arizona, Texas and)\Iexi(^o. T)i Texas it is found only in the northwestern partof the state. The lieart wood is

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