Trees of Indiana: First Revised Edition (Publication No. 13, Department of Conservation, State of Indiana)Deam, Charles Clemon
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Trees of Indiana: First Revised Edition (Publication No. 13, Department of Conservation, State of Indiana)
Deam, Charles Clemon
Trees -- Indiana
=Planèra aquática= (Walter) J. F. Gmelin. Planer-tree. Water Elm. This
tree was included in Coulter's catalogue upon the authority of Sargent,
who includes Indiana in the range of the species in his "Forest Trees of
North America," Vol. 9, U.S. Census Report, 1880, page 124. Dr. Schneck
spent a lifetime along the lower Wabash bottoms and very carefully
preserved specimens of all the flora of the region where this species is
reported to occur. In his report of the flora of this region in 1875 he
does not include this tree. An examination of his herbarium material
showed no specimens of this tree either from Indiana or Illinois. It is
fair to presume if he had been acquainted with the tree he would have
had it represented in his herbarium. Since the white elm is frequently
called water elm, as well as the planer-tree, it is easy to understand
how confusion might arise in separating these trees by non-professional
people.
=Morus nìgra= Linnæus. Black Mulberry. This species is reported by
Phinney[87] as one of the "more important and common forest trees
observed in Delaware County." He also enumerates _Morus rubra_. A
splendid example of careless work. This species is reported by Brown[88]
for Fountain County, and by McCaslin[89] for Jay County. These authors
reported this species as a native forest tree. Since this species is not
a native of the United States the citations no doubt should be referred
to our native mulberry, _Morus rubra_ (red mulberry).
=Ìlex opàca= Aiton. Holly. This species was included in Coulter's
Catalogue of the Plants of Indiana on the authority of Robert Ridgway. I
find no reference to this species in the writings of Ridgway.
In Shawnee Park on the west side of Louisville, Kentucky is a large tree
of this species. I was told that it was a native. A timber buyer of Tell
City told me that there was a native tree on his grandfather's farm in
the southern part of Perry County. Since this species has been reported
for Grayson County, Kentucky, which is less than forty miles to the
south, it is quite probable that a few trees were found as far north as
Indiana.
=Acer pennsylvánicum= Linnæus. Moosewood. The only record of this
species occurring in Indiana is in a report of the Trees occurring along
the Wabash River by Prince Maximilian. Since the report does not
definitely state where the species was observed or how frequently it
occurred and since the greater part of Maximilian's time was spent on
the Illinois side of the Wabash, it is more than likely that he observed
it on the Illinois side of the Wabash. While Indiana is within the
possible range of the species, it has not been discovered since. If not
extinct in our area it is most likely to be found among the hills of the
southern counties or in the vicinity of Lake Michigan. Robert Ridgway
says that he and Dr. Schneck saw it growing in a wooded cove near a
cavern called Flory's Cave in Johnson County, Illinois.
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