Bottomland Hardwoods Forest

Baldcypress (Taxodium distichum) Characteristics  Height: ’  Diameter: 3-5’  Needles: deciduous,.4-.75” long, single needles in 2 rows, flexible, dull, green  Cone:.75-1” long  Bark: brown or gray, scaly ridges Uses  Heavy construction

Pecan (Carya illinoensis) Characteristics  Height: 100’  Diameter: 3’  Leaves: pinnately compound, sickle-shaped leaflets, fine saw-toothed edges  Bark: forked, scaly ridges, light brown to gray Uses  bent wood parts

Eastern Cottonwood (Populus deltoides) Characteristics  Height: 100’  Diameter: 3-4’  Leaves: 3-7” long, 3-5” wide, triangular, shiny green color  Bark: smooth, light green color Uses  Matches, crates, plywood, and pulpwood

Water Tupelo (Nyssa sylvatica) AKA: Black Tupelo Characteristics  Height: 100’  Diameter: 3’  Leaves: 5-8” long, 2-4” wide, tooth-shaped leaf structures  Bark: dark brown to gray, ridges, scaly Uses  Furniture  Roots: cork for fishnet floats

Tropical Forest

Black Mangrove (Avicennia nitida) Characteristics  Height: 40’  Diameter: 1’  Leaves: evergreen, 2-4” long, salt crystals on surfaces  Bark: brown or dark gray, smooth