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Common forest trees of North Carolina

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  • ^<^-ea -e>-#^p-s?3j>- REST TREES •€>-#%><S|! SOURWOOD (Oxydcndrum arboreum DC.) THE sourwood is found scattered throughout the State on both rich and poor soil, but is least abundant in the low alluvial parts of the State. It is a tree of small dimensions, 8 to 12 inches in diameter and 30 to 40 feet high, rarely larger. The bark is thin, light gray and divided into narrow shallow ridges. On the strong, straight, first- year shoots it is often a bright red. SOURWOOD Leaf, one-half natural size. Twig, two-thirds natural size. The leaves are from 2 to 5 inches long, simple, alternate, decidedly acid to the taste, often rough with solitary stiff hairs. They are a lustrous green on the upper surface, generally turning a deep crimson in the fall. The flowers are small, white or cream-colored, borne in panicles from 5 to 10 inches long on the ends of the twigs, and appear in late summer. They provide storehouses of nectar from which bees make excellent honey. The fruit is a conical, dry capsule, one-third to one-half an inch in length, containing numerous small seeds. These capsules hang in drooping clusters sometimes a foot in length, often late into the fall. The wood is heavy, hard, very close-grained, compact, brown in color, sometimes tinged with red. It is used to some extent for turnery, handles, and for some other uses. 70
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