Download or read book Native Trees of Georgia (Classic Reprint) written by G. Norman Bishop and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-26 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Native Trees of Georgia Description: Leaves or needles 3 to 5 inches long; bluish green on the upper surface, whitish below and occurring in bundles of 5 to a sheath. Fruit or cone 4 to 8 inches long, cylindrical, with flat, usually gummy scales. The small, winged seed mature in September of the second year. Bark on young stems and branches, thin, smooth and greenish in color, becoming on old trunks 1 to 2 inches thick, separat ing into broad, flat ridges, covered with grayish brown scales. A tree, characterized by its slightly ascending branches, occurring in regular whorls; at maturity, often 80 or more feet in height with a straight trunk 2 to 3 feet in diameter. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.