Hardwood Forestry Fund.
The Hardwood hardwood: see wood.
hardwood
Timber obtained from broad-leaved, flower-bearing trees. Hardwood trees are deciduous trees, except in the warmest regions. Forestry Fund has budgeted $74,000 to fund 10 new tree
planting projects totaling 226,438 acres. Red oaK, white oak, cherry,
maple, walnut walnut, common name for some members of the Juglandaceae, a family of chiefly deciduous, resinous trees characterized by large and aromatic compound leaves. Species of the walnut family are indigenous mostly to the north temperate zone, but also range from Central and other commercial hardwoods will be planted on public
lands in Indiana, Minnesota, North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N).
Facts and Figures
Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. , Pennsylvania, Tennessee and
Wisconsin by next spring
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