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Sunday, June 13, 2010John Taggart points out the differences between bald and pond cypress
Symplocos tinctoria
horse sugar; sweetleaf; yellow-wood
bold yellow dye extracted from the bark and leaves for centuries
Quercus Stellata
post oak
Osmanthus americanus
devilwood; wild olive
note opposite evergreen leaves which can be used to distinguish it from the bays which have alternate leaves
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