Uses: Railroad ties, fence posts, barrels, bridges; often planted as an ornamental.
Habitat: Swamps and low, wet woods.
Range: New Jersey across to southern Illinois and southern Missouri to eastern Texas, east to Florida.
Distinguishing Features: Bald Cypress is distinguished by the feathery appearance of its leaves and by its spherical, wrinkled cones.
BASSWOOD
Tilia americana L.
Other Name: Linden.
Growth Form: Medium or large tree to 80 feet tall; trunk diameter up to 2 feet; crown broadly rounded.
Bark: Brown, scaly, deeply furrowed.
Twigs: Slender, gray or brown, smooth; leaf scars alternate, half-elliptical, with 3 to several bundle traces.