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Title: Bulletin (Pennsylvania Department of Forestry), no. 11
Identifier: bulletinpennsylv11pennx (find matches)
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Pennsylvania. Dept. of Forestry
Subjects: Forests and forestry
Publisher: Harrisburg, Pa. : The Department : WM. Stanley Ray, state printer of Pennsylvania
Contributing Library: Penn State University
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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169 SWEET GUM PLATE LXXXIII. SWEET GUM A ll«nvcriiijj brnnrh slitnviny iiiiiiuiturc li'iivcs, (s) sliiiuiiiut*' flowers, (p) jiistilljiU' tlow- t'lS, X h. A Iu-.iikIi with niiitiin havfs. \ \. A splioiiciil fruit, x h. 4. A winter twiti, x J 5. Section of a winter twit;. ciilurj,'0(l. 0. Section of ;i iiriiiidi X i. witli corky projections Liquidambar Styraciflua, Linnaeus OEKUS DE8CEIPTI0N—This genus comprlsea 3 species, 2 of which are found In Asia and 1 In North America. The latter is native to a small portion of southeastern Pennsylvania. A few fossil forms are also known. The Reneric name, Liquidambar, Is a mongrel, the fore- part of which IK of Latin origin and means liquid and the latter part of Arabic origin and means amber in allusion to the fragrant Juice of the tree. FORM-A large forest tree usually from 50-75 ft. high, with a diameter of 2-3 " but may reach a height S 150 ft. with a diameter of 4-5 feet. In the forest the trunk is tall, clean, Xhti? iap^ring and bears a narrow head. In open grown trees the trunk s short, bearmg rather reguTar spreading branches which form a Kj-mmetical and rather conical crown. BA»K-On old trunks grayish-brown. 1-11 inches thick, deeply furrowed, separating 1.rc«»d scaly ridges. On younger trunks thinner and dark gray. TWIGS-Rather stout, obscurely angular, at first rusty hairy later smooth, light rown to darreddi;;.^rown, roughened by raised leaf-s-cars and «-"!'-^- f ^'^- j;'^;^,^:;*^ ^; ^IX. the second season often by corky-winged projections of the bark. Pith rather large, anMiiar, and very light brown. BUDft-Altemate more than 2 ranked, ovate to conical, blunt-pointed to sharp-pointed. «lo»sy accessory. '?,tu" brStgJ^en .»d 'hlny above, paler below. I^afalalks loag and round, TPAF«rARS_AUemate more than 2 ranked, raised, allsbtly inclined to twil!. "«»«'"«- .u" o^t"^y be"r. :i>.;e^ wltl. « dark surface, containing 3 circular bnndle.«..rs wblch are white on the periphery and dark in the center. bor=r;^er%^c:rv;pj3^^^^^^ "= ^' occur In heads borne on long stalks originating in the axils of leaves. with' aawdnstUke material which conslata of abortive seeda. WOOI,-Dl«,»e.p„ro„.: ray. d.atlnot: rather heavy, hard with Interlocked S^j'-;^J--;'"' for Circassian Walnut. DISTIKaUISHIKG OHAKACTEEISTICS-a^be Sweet Gum "J-^^-/^.^I'^^rplne'frke S and Liquidambar. can be recognized by its frmt ^•*>'«»', *\*"/,^^t/Xter The corky-winged suspended on a long slender stalk. The ^™'V"!"„^^'jXif ihe b"^^^^^^^ a native%i>ecies. projections on the bark of the branches "«/»'« f/"f"'j*,*;„,t„l^^ The ;tar-shaped loaves, and the Cork Elm. an introduced species fj. »»«^J,J ..^.'^Trriunctive. It is native only reddish-brown twigs, and leaf-scars ^;^'"^ their bund e scars a^ ^ ^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^^^ to the extreme southeastern part of the State, but rather commo y BAH0E-8o„them Connecticut south to Florida and west to Ohio, Missouri, and T.x.s, and southward to Guatemala. DI8TBIBUTI0N IN PEKNSYLVAHIA-This i«^ a Coastal Plain s^^^^^^^^ treme southeastern part of the State. "^^^'^J'^r^J^^' Charles S. Mann, Hatboro. Pa., and Philadelphia counties. It is conunon in ^^'*^^'^, 'g,"/,outhwe8t of Hatboro. Montgomery reports "a local group or belt of Sweet Gum of large «!==« "O^^ HulmeviUe. Bucks county." county." and states that there are 'beHUtiful ^o^es "J // \ „, „e growing at Mont It appears to be hardy in other parts of the State, inriiiy y^ Alto, Harrisburg, Gettysburg, and Easton. HABITAT-It prefers deep rich soil «-,\" -^tarrfou"^"'" Th^ o^^oT^n t Poplar. Does not tolerate shade, hence almost 'J^jf "j^^'^^/^^generatlon on the forest floor, stands. On account of its intolerance one seldom finds It as regen IMPOBTAHOE OF THE SPECIE^The rro^to^'aXuurtrt^ic^"^^:^^^^^^^ valuable wood but It "-«»3r 'equb^« ««» *<»«P «^^^« a^d YeUow Poplar. It hardly pays to valuable trees such as White Oak, Wh te Ash H'^kory. a aistrihution to regenerate propagate this tree artiflclally In this State ""^ it is too Umiten it by natural means. It la a very attraclve ornamental tree. INTENTIONAL SECOND EXPOSURE

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