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Trees of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park

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  - Publications (documents)
- Type
  - Text
- Source institution
  - Western Carolina University
- Identifier
  - HL_PD_GSMNP40_02_17
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is distinctive. The fruit is a five-compartmented pod that may stay on through the next spring. The bark is sooty gray, very shallowly divided into thin plates that are a third of an inch long, half that in width. Not common, but found occasionally to altitudes of 2,500 feet. ROSEBAY RHODODENDRON leaves are long, leathery, and a dull, dark green, on thick, hairy, reddish twigs. The flower is white to light rose. The shrubby, evergreen tree is common at all altitudes, especially so along streams. This is the only rhododendron in the Park that becomes a tree. MOUNTAIN-LAUREL has small, leathery, evergreen leaves. The midrib is prominent, the veins not. The flower is white to pink, and the petals have pockets for the anthers. Generally a shrub, mountain-laurel may reach 25 feet. It is common to 4,500 feet. REDBUD is the only tree in the Park that has heart-shaped leaves without teeth on the margins. The flower is deep pink, in early spring, and the fruit a pink pod. This is a low elevation tree, below 2,000 feet, common only in the western end of the Park. DOGWOOD TRUNKS 'MAKE A LUMBER THAT IS SIMILAR TO THAT OF SUGAR MAPLE. AND THE ROOTS PRODUCE A RED DYE. Nome OF THt OTHER TREES ON THIS PAGE HAVE A COMMERCIAL USE. (FROM PAGE 2l) SUGAR MAPLE IS HIGHLY PRIZED AS A CABINET WOOD, AND 15 IN DEMAND FOR 6YMNASIUM FLOORS. THE woopor THE OTHER MAPLES IN THE PARK IS SOrT. SWEETGUM WOOD IS NICELY FIGURED, AND DYES WELL. IT IS USED AS A PLYWOOD VENEER OFTEN OVER A COKE OF TULIFTREE. ONCE USED FOR DUGOUTS TULIPffUE IS USED FOR CRATES AND BOTES HOLLOW SVCA(v\ORE LOGS WERE SAVED FOR STORAGE, ONCE.... TODAY THE WOOD MAKES fiuTCHER^ BLOCKS.ETC.AS |T H DOES NOT SPLIT. SASSAFRAS IS GOOD FOR TOOL HANDLES, AND THE ROOTS FOR Sassafras tea. 17

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This 32 page booklet titled “Trees of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park” was written by George B. Stevenson. It is a layman’s guide to tree identification and is organized by leaf shape and includes descriptions, images, and uses for the wide variety of trees found in the park.
Details
- Creator
  - Stevenson, George B.
- Format
  - Publications (documents)
- Type
  - Text
- Date
  - Date original: 1967
  - Date digitized: 1016-10-15
- Extent
  - Dimension: 8.5" x 5.5"
  - Pages: 36 pages
- Subject - Topic
- Location
  - Great Smoky Mountains (N.C. and Tenn.)
  - Great Smoky Mountains National Park (N.C. and Tenn.)
- Source institution
  - Western Carolina University
- Source Collection
  - Printed Documents
- Identifier
  - HL_PD_GSMNP40_02
- Repository
  - Western Carolina University Hunter Library

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