Native Trees of Rhode Island: A Study for School and Home1898 - Trees |
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acorns American elm appearance ash trees aspen attractive autumn beauty beech biennial black birch black oak blossoms branches branchlets bristly points buds butternut butternut tree Buttonwood catkins characteristics chestnut oak color dark different trees early elastic England feet flowers foliage fruit furrowed grow head height hickory inches long kind leaf leaflets leaves light limbs lobes lofty Look margins native trees northern notice numerous nuts old trees open ground paper birch pitch pine plant plantations poplar prominent red ash red maple red oak red pine rock maple roots season seedling seeds seen shade shallow cup shape shell-bark shoots short footstalks shrub slender smooth soil species specimens spray stem sterile stout straight strike summer swamp sylvan tall thick timber and fuel timber tree tough trunk usually valuable vary walnut white ash white oak white pine willow oak wood yellow yellow birch