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Common forest trees of North Carolina

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  • FOREST TREES CAROLINA POPLAR (Cottonwood) (Populus deltoides Marsh.) THE cottonwood, or Carolina poplar, is scattered widely but nowrhere occurs in great abundance; it does not grow naturally in the mountains. The tree is easily propagated by cuttings and grows rapidly, hence it has been widely planted to get shade quickly. For this purpose, however, the tree is unsatisfactory, because it begins to shed the leaves CAROLINA POPLAB Leaf, one-half natural size. Twig, one-third natural size. by midsummer, the "cotton" from the female, or seed-bearing, tree is often a nuisance, the soft wood is easily broken by winds, and the rank growth of the roots often results in stopping drain pipes and cracking and lifting sidewalks. The leaves are simple, alternate, broadly ovate or triangular, pointed, square at the base, and coarsely toothed no the edges, 3 to 5 inches across each way, covered with soft white hairs on the under side, supported by flattened slender stems, 2 to 3 inches long. The winter buds are covered with chestnut-brown, resinous scales. The flowers are in catkins of two kinds, male and female, and appear before the leaves. The fruit containing the seed has a cluster of white silky hairs, which carries it for long distances. The wood is soft, light-weight, warps easily upon drying, but is used for many purposes, sometimes as ft substitute for yellow poplar and linden. It makes the highest grade of gloss magazine paper for the printing of half-tone illustrations. 27
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