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FOREST  TREES  OF  CANADA; 


COLLECTBD  BT 

DR.   A.   M.    ROSS,   F.L.S., 

AUTHOR    OF    "THE    BIRDS    OF    CANADA,"    "BUTTERFLIES    AND 

MOTHS  OF  CANADA,"  "FERNS  AND  WILD  FLOWERS  OF 

CANADA,"    "FLORA  OF  CANADA," 

ETC.,  ETC. 


TORONTO : 

ROWSELL   &   HUTCHISON, 

1876. 


FOREST  TREES  OF  CANADA 


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URTICACEAE.— iV^///^  Family, 

Ulmus  fulva — Slippery  Elm. 

U.  Americana — White  Elm.  ^ 

U.  racemosa — Corky  White  Elm. 

J  UGL  AND  ACE  AE.—  Walnut  Family. 

Carya  alba — Shell-bark  Hickory. 

C.  tomentosa — White-heart  Hickory. 

C.  porcina — Pignut. 

C.  amara — Bitter  Nut. 

C.  aquatica — ^Water  Hickory. 

Juglans  cinerea — Butternut. 

CUPULIFERA.— 6^rt>^  Family. 

Quercus  macrocarpa — Bur  Oak. 

Q.  alba— White  Oak. 

Q.  bicolor — Swamp  White  Oak. 

Q.  phellos— Willow  Oak. 

Q.  ilicifolia — Black  Scrub  Oak. 

Q.  palustris — Pin  Oak. 

Q.  rubra — Red  Oak. 

Q.  prinoides — Chinquapin  Oak. 

Castanea  Americana — Chestnut. 


4  Forest  Trees  of  Canada. 

Fagus  ferruginea — American  Beech. 
Corylus  rostrata— Beaked  Hazel  Nut. 
Carpinus  Americanus— Iron  Wood. 

BETULACEAE.— ////r/r  Family. 

Betula  lenta— Cherry  Birch. 

B.  lutea— Gray  Birch. 

B.  alva— White  Birch. 

B.  papyracea — Canoe  Birch. 

Alnus  virides— Green  Alder. 

A.  serrulata— Smooth  Alder. 

A.  incana— Speckled  Alder. 

SA\AQKC¥.K1^.— Willow  Family. 

Salix  longifolia— Long  Leaved  Willow. 

S.  pentandra— Bay  Willow. 

S.  lucida— American  Bay  Willow. 

S.  nigra — Black  Willow. 

S.  cordata — Common  Wild  Willow. 

Populus  tremuloides— Small  American  Willow. 

P.  heterophylla — Downy  Poplar. 

P.  grandidenta— Large  American  Poplar. 

P.  monilifera— Necklace  Poplar. 

P.  balsamifera— Balsam  Poplar. 

P.  candicans — Balm  of  Gilead. 

CONIFERA.— P/W  Family. 

Pinus  strobus— White  Pine. 

P.  resinosa — Red  Pine. 

P.  banksiana— Northern  Shrub  Pine, 


Forest  Trees  of  Canada.  I 

P.  mitis— Yellow  Pine. 

Abies  Canadensis— Hemlock  Spruce. 

A.  balsamea — Common  Balsam  Fir. 

A.  nigra — Black  Spruce. 

A.  alba — White  Spruce. 

Larix  Americana — Tamarack. 

Thujca  occidentalis— White  Cedar. 

Juniperus  virginicum — Red  Cedar. 

J.  communis — Common  Ground  Juniper. 

Taxus  Canadensis — Ground  Hemlock. 

OLERACEAE.— 6>/?V^  Family. 

Fraxinus  Americana — White  Ash. 

F.  pubescens — Red  Ash. 

F.  viridis — Green  Ash. 

F.  sambucifolia — Black  Ash. 

F.  quadrangulata — Blue  Ash. 

KOS^CEKE.—Rose  Family. 

Pyrus  sambucifolia — Elder  Leaved  Rowan  Tree. 

P.  Americana — Mountain  Ash. 

P.  augustifolia — Narrow  Leaved  Crab  Apple. 

Pennsylvanica — Wild  Red  Cherry. 

P.  pumila — Dwarf  Cherry. 

P.  serotina — Wild  Black  Cherry. 

P.  maritima — Beach  Plum. 

P.  Americana — ^Wild  Red  Plum. 

P.  virginica — Choke  Cherry. 

Crataegus  coccinea — Scarlet-fruited  Thorn, 


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6  Forest  Trees  of  Canada. 

C.  tomentosa — Black  Thorn. 
C.  crus  galli — Cockspur  Thorn. 

SAPINDACEA—^/^^/rtV^  Nut  Family. 

Acer  spicatum — Mountain  Maple. 
A.  pennsylvanicum — Striped  Maple. 
A.  saccharinum — Sugar  Maple. 
A.  dasycarpum — Silver  Maple. 
A.  rubrum — Swamp  Maple. 

ANACARDIACEA.— Ctfj//^  Family. 
Rhus  typhina — Staghorn  Sumach. 
R.  venenata — Poison  Sumach. 
R.  copallina — Dwarf  Sumach. 

Tll^lAKCEKE.— Linden  Family. 
Tilia  americana — Common  Basswood.