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[Reprinted from the Pirlda Dispatch, June 23,1884.]
A LIST of THE FOREST TREES of FLORIDA.
Comprising 180 Species, or 42 per ?ent of all found in the United States.
Explanations: In the subjoined table are given, in the
First Column—Botanical names of species and of orders, the latter in CAPITALS. _ . .
Second Column—Names mod commonly used in Florida. In this particular popular usage is inaccurate and often conflicting. Opposite the ordinal names is given the number of species found in Florida and in the United
States (e. g., " Magnoliacese, 4-8," may be read thus, In Florida there are four of the eight Magnoliaceous tree of the United States).
Third Column—Greatest diameter observed by me, the measurements (expressed in inches,) being made four f.-et from the ground.
Fourth Column—Weight in pounds (omitting fractions) of a cubic foot of kiln-dried wood (according to Prof, oargent's tests). .
Fifth Column—The figure 1 designates West Indian trees found in sub-tropical Florida; 2, trees which, in Florida, are confined to the Chattahoochee region, or 3, which taper out in the central part of the peninsula. lhe
tters added to 1 indicate that those ti*ees extend northward along the eastern coast to (c) Cape Canaveral, or (i) Mosquito Inlet; and on the western coast to (e) Cape Romano, (h) Charlotte Harbor or the UUcosanatchie, (T •
letter
Tampa Bay or Anclote Keys. An sat the right of this column, indicates that the tree grows usually in swamps oi low grounds.
Botanical Name
MAGNOLIACESE.
Magnolia grandiflora
glauca
Fraseri
Liriodendrou Tulipifera
Common Name.
4—8
Magnolia
White'Say....
Cucumber Tree
Poplar, White Wood .'
ANONACE Ji
Anona laurifolia
CAPPARIDACEiG.
Capparis Jamaicensis
1—2
Pond Apple.
I
1—1
paper.
CANELLACEiE.
Canella alba
1—1
Cinnamon Bar!
TERNSTRCEMIA CEJE.
Gordonia Lasianthus
1—2
Tan Bay, Bull Bay.
TILIACE^E.
Tilia Americana pubescens.
MALPIGHIACE^E.
Byrsonema lucida
ZYGOPHYLLACEYE.
Guaiacum sanctum
RUTACEiE.
Xanthoxylum Clava-Herculis..
Caribseu m
Pterota
Ptelia trifoliata
Linn, Basswood.
1—1
Glam berry.
1—2
Lignum Vitse.
SIMARUBEYE.
Simaruba glauca
BURSERACEiE.
Bursera gummifera
Amyris sylvatica
MELIACEvE.
Swietenia Mahogoni
4—7
Prickly Ash
Satin Wood, Yellow Wood
Wild Lime
Hop Tree
1—1
Bitterwood, Paradise Tree.
2—2
Gum Elemi, W. Ind. Birch
Torchwood
1—1
Mahogany
AURANTIACE,E. 1—1
Citrus vulgaris iOrange....
OLACIN/E.
Ximenia Americana...
1—1
Purge Nut, Hog Plum.
5—5
Holly.
ILICINiE.
Hex opaca
Dahoon 'Broad-leaved Yaupon.
myrtifolia jNarrow-leaved Yaupon...
Cassine Cassina
Vlecidua Possum Haw
CYRILLACEvE.
Cyrilla racemiflora
Cliftonia ligustrina
CELASTRACE7E.
Myginda pallens
SchsefFeria frutescens
RHAMNACE./E.
Reynosia latifolia
Condalia ferrea
Rhamnus Caroliniana
Colubrina reclinata
2—2
Titi, Leatherwood
Titi, Buckwheat Tree
2—3
False Boxwood.
Boxwood
SAPINDACEtE.
Saj>indus Saponaria
Hypelate paniculata
trifoliata
Acer saccharinuin nicrum
<.; &3V oixrpu itf.
r ubrum
Negundo aceroides
4—7
Darling Plum....
Black Ironwood.
Buckthorn
Soldier Wood....
ANACARDIACEyE.
Rhus copallina
Metopium
7—20
Bastard Dogwood
Ink Wood
White Ironwood
Black or Sugar Maple
Red or Swamp Maple,
Box Elder
2—8
Sumac
Poison Wood
LEGUMINOS-E.
Piscidia Erythrina
Gleditschia triacanthos
monosperma
Cercis Canadensis
Lysiloma latisiliqua
Pithecolobium Unguis-Cati.
ROSACE2E.
Chrysobalanus Icaco
Prunus Americana
angustifolia
umbellata
6—25
Jamaica Dogwood.
Honey Locust
Water Locust
Red Bud
Wild Tamarind....
Long Cod
13—34
Cocoa Plum
Wild Plum, Sloe
Yellow Chickasaw Plum...
Hog Plum
—
Range.
48, 40
18| 31
§ 31
84! 26
12
6
8
22
31
43
62
30
2
1 c PI
1 c
1
20 26 2
10 37
12; 71
24
12 32
15
7
4
561
46
52
26
-
' 28
19
9
65
36
45
10
7
57
16
35
8
33
4
43
4
46
6
6
42
10
39
6
56
7
48
8
68
20
81
5
34
36
51
20
52
18
60
22
57
15
43
22
39
14
27
12
33
24
49
28
54
12
42
15
46
8
40
22
40
6
56
12
48
10
45
6
43
10
51
1 O-H
1 C
1 C H
1 C -
1 M T
1
1 C
1 R
1 M
1
2
2s
1 H
2s
2s
1
1 H
Ice
2
Botanical Names.
Common Name.
W W Cherry
M#ck Olive
West Indian Cherry.
Crab-apple.
serotina
Caroliniana
sphserocarpa
Pirus augustifolia
Cratregus coccinea |Se|rlet Thorn or Haw.
tomentosa ;Black Thorn or Haw
arborescens JTree Thorn or Haw
spathulata 'Hog's Haw
flava : Yd low or Summer Haw..
'33
24
12
%
4
4;
15
6
12
Range.
36
54
561
432
54 2 !
47!2
40l2
44'2
49
HAMAMELACEyE.
Liquidambar styraciflua....
RHIZOPHORACEtE.
Rhizophora Mangle
Conocarpus erecta
Laguncularia racemosa
1—1
Sweet Gum.
Mangrove
Button Wood
Bastard Buttonwood.
72! 37
24 721 m t
30 62; 1 c t
22 44| 1 ct
MYRTACEiE. 6—6
Calyptranthes Chytraculia Pimento 6 56 1
Eugenia buxifolia iGurgeon Stopper 12 58 1 c H
dichotoma | Naked Wood 10 56 1 M H
Waite Stopper | 5 57 1 M
Stepper i 5 70|1
Red Stopper 18 5911
moniicoJa.
longipes...,
procera
CORNACEJE.
Co'rnus florida
Nyssa sylvatica Blsck or Sour Gum..
uniflora Tupelo, Cotton Gum.
3—6
Dogwood.
CAPRI FOLI ACE M.
Sambucus Canadensis
:Viburnum prunjfolium
obovatum
miBIA£EJ£
Exostemma Caribreum.
Pinckneya pubens
Genipa clusitefolia
Guettarda elliptica
ambigua
3—6
Elder
Blsck Haw...
Swimp Haw.
0—5
Prhce Wood
Georgia Bark
Seven-year Apple..
Naled Wood
ERICACEAE. 3—8
Vaccinium arboreum Spcrkleberry.
: Andromeda ferruginea !
Oxydendrum arboreum jSorr Wood.
MYRSINACEiE. 3—3
Myrsine Rapanea ; False Candle Wood.
Ardisia Pickeringia jMarl Berry, Cherry.
Jacquinia armillaris Joe-wood
cuneata Ants' wood,Down w'd Plum
Mimusops Sieberi Wild Sapadillo, Dilly....
EBENACE.E.
Diospyros Virginiana....
1—2
Persimmon.
STYRACACE^E.
Symplocos tinctoria
Halesia diptera
tetraptera
OLEACE.E.
Fraxinus Americana
viridis
platycarpa
Forestiera acuminata
Osmanthus American us.,
BORRAGINACE^E.
Cordia Sebestena
Bourreria Havanensis
BIGNONIACE.E.
Catalpa bignonioides
Crescentia cucurbitina
VERBENACE^E.
Citharexylum villosum....
Avicennia nitida
NYCTAGINACE^E.
Pisonea obtusata
POLYGONACE.E.
Coccoloba Floridana
uvifera
Sweet Leaf.
Snow-drop Tree.
6—15
White Ash
Green or Swamp Ash
Water Ash
Privet
Devi! Wood, Wild Olive."
. 2~4
Geiger Tree
Strong Back
2—4
Catalpa
Calabash
2—2
Black Mangrove.
1—1
Beef Wood
2—2
Pigeon Plum.
Sea Grape
6 51
36 40
42 32
34
52
40
j . SAPOTACEiE. 7—8
Chrysophyllum oliviforme Satin Leaf. 12
Sideroxylon mastichodendron... Maitic 36
Dipholis salicifolia Bustie 24
Bumelia tenax Black Haw i 8
lvcioides Ironwood, Mock Orange.. J 10,
' 10|
15
12
10
7
5
18
12
10
12
12
12
6
18
2 S
2s
581
GO Z
64jl
521
551
47
48
46
50
68
49
33
36
35
2 41
44
22
42
51
45
50
1 c
1
28 2
39 i
54
57
41
61
60
1 c
1 M T
1 C
Ice
1 m t
Botanical Names.
Common Name.
LAURACEiE.
Persea- Carolinensis
Carolinensis palustris...
Nectandra Willdenoviana...
Sassafras officinale
4—5
Red Bay, Sweet Bay.
Swamp Bay.
Sassafras.
52 1 m h
54! 1 m 11
431
58; 1 c H
63 l c e
581
45!
47 2
EUPHORBIACEiE.
Dry petes crocea
glauca
Sebastiania lucida
Hippomane mancinella
URTICACE^E.
iUlmus fulva
Americana
alata '.
Planera aquatica
Celtis occidentalis
Ficus aurea
brevifolia...
pedunculata
Morus rubra
Sponia Qiacranthea
4—4
White Wood.
Guiana Plum.
Crab Wood....
Manehineol....
10—14
Slippery Elm
White Elm, Swamp Elm.
Wahuo, Red Elm
Water Elm
Hackberry
Wild Fig, Rubber Tree.,
.Red Mulberry.
False Mulberry.
PLATANACEiE.
Platanus occidentalis
1-
36
12
6
6
6
14
7
12
12
24!
22
12!
24|
48 i
12!
22)
24!
6
■ Range.
40
48
32
56
58
68
37
1 ce
2s
1 E
44 2
41
47 2
s
45
161 c
401
1
37
22
Sycamore, Button-ball,
JUGLANDACE^E.
Juglans nigra
Carya al ba
tomentosa
porcina Pig Nut Hickory....
amara ' Bitter Nut Hickory
aquatica Swamp Hickory
6—11
Black Walnut
Shell Bark Hickory
Red Hickory "
MYRICACE.E.
1—2
84 37
27
48
24
68
36
24
1
38 2
52:2
51
52
47
46
MvHc*> ferife:
i.Yv
AT
Lyrtle.'
\-l- -Ar,
CUPULIFERJtl. 17—44
Quercus alba White Oak
stellata Post Oak
lyrata Over-cup Oak.
Michauxii Swamp Chestnut Oak....
virens Live Oak
coccinea Scarlet Oak. j
tinctoria Black or Quercitron Oak..|
falcata Spanish Oak, Red Oak j
Catesbsei BlacK-Jack, Scrub Oak.
aquatica Swamp Oak
nigra Black-jack, Barren Oak...
cinerea TuVkey Oak, Blue Jack...'
Phellos , Water Oak I
iCastanea pumila Chinquapin
jFagus ferruginea 'Beech
Ostrya Virginica Hop Hornbeam
Carpinus Caroliniana Hornbeam, Ironwood ....
36;
24!
32;
60!
96!
27
36!
36!
18
48
20:
121
30!
10
36,
14!
12
462 s
51
522
522 s
■59
46'2
44:2
43|2s
451
45!
46
40
47
37!
43J2
5212 s
45
BETULACEJ5.
Betula nigra
Alnus serrulata
2—12
Black Birch. River Birch.
Alder
SALICACEvE.
Salix nigra
Populus monilifera
2—^5
!Black Willow.
Cottonwood. . -
CASUARINACEvE.
Casuarina equisetifolia
CONIFERiE.
Chamsecyparis sphseroidea...
Juniperus Virginiana
Taxodium distichum
si !Taxus Floridana
s' Torreya taxifolia —
s! Pinus Ta?da
1—1
Australian Pine.
12 36 2
4 29 2
24 28'
60| 24'2
12; 57
inops, var. clausa
mitis
glabra
australis
Cubensis
12—83
Juniper, White Cedar..:
Red Cedar
• Cypress
.Florida Yew
.'Savin, Stinking Cedar...
Loblolly or Old Field Pine
. jronu rme
.Upland Spruce Pine
Short-leaved Yellow Pine..
Lowland Spruce Pine
Long-leaved Yellow Pine..
!Pitch Pine
1
12 21
24 31
841 2«'
4 40 2
15 322
36 34
24: 50
20! 34|
24 3812
32; 25l2s
48; 44
36 47
27
371
45(1
3811 e
361
PALMACEvE. 5—6
Sabal Palmetto Palmetto, Cabbage Tree... 18
Thrinax parviflora Silver Thatch [ 4-1
1 argentea Brickly Thatch 7
Oreodoxa regia Royal Palm I 241
Cocos nucifera [Cocoa Nut ' 18|
Note.—There are several, plants in southern Florida of tree-like growth,
.such as the Papaw and Coral tree, which cannot be classed with ligneous species like the above. A few trees not here enumerated probably occur on the
northern border of the State, namely, the Ogechee Lime, the" Chestnut, and
the large-leaved Cucumber tree.
A. H. CUKTISS,
Agent 10th Census, Dept. of Forestry.
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