AMERICAN SYCAMORE ([Fruit] and leaf, one-third natural size)
The LEAVES are [simple], [alternate], 4 to 7 inches long and about as broad; light green and smooth above, and paler below. The base of the [petiole] is hollow and in falling off exposes the winter bud. The [multiple FRUIT] forms a ball about 1 inch in diameter, which hangs on its flexible [peduncle]—3 to 5 inches long. During early spring the [fruit] ball breaks up, and the small [nutlets] are scattered widely by the wind.
The WOOD is hard and moderately strong, but decays rapidly in the ground. It is used for butchers’ blocks, tobacco boxes, furniture, and interior finish.
HAWTHORN (Haw)
Crataegus L.
Hawthorn, as treated here, represents about 30 different species and varieties distributed throughout the state. Members of the group occur on the poorest and richest soils, on the shallowest and deepest, and on the limestone hills as well as on the rich bottom and swamp lands. Most of the forms have a common likeness in possessing thorns and bearing white blossoms and red or yellow [fruit]. Some species are planted as ornamental trees, but otherwise the group is of little commercial value.
HAWTHORN (Leaf and twig, two-thirds natural size; [fruit], one-half natural size)
The [BARK] is generally thin, gray in color, and on the old stems broken up into thin, narrow [scales].
The LEAVES are [simple], [alternate], mostly [oval] or wedge-shaped, notched on the edges, and usually from 2 to 3 inches long.