OAKS. 473 
ALABAMA: Central Pine belt to the Coast plain. Low rich woods. In great per- 
fection in the Central Prairie belt and Coast plain. Frequent. 
Economic uses: Little valued for the timber, most esteemed as an evergreen 
shade tree. 
Type locality not ascertained. Locality of Michx. Fl.; ‘‘ Hab, in Carolina meri- 
dionali et Georgia.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Quercus phellos L. Sp. Pl. 2: 994. 1753. WILLOW Oak. 
Ell. Sk. 2:593. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 479. Chap. Fl. 420. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 
2:417. Sargent, Silv. N. A.8:179, ¢. 235. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Staten Island, New York, along the coast to 
northeastern, Florida and the central parts of the Gulf States to the Sabine Valley, 
Texas. 
ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley to Central Pine belt. In the bottom lands, borders 
of swamps. Most freyuent in the coves of the Tennessee hasin in low woods of a 
cold damp soil. Morgan County, Falkville, 600 feet. Franklin County, Russellville. 
Tuscaloosa County. Farther south rare. 
Economic uses: Timber tree, 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in America septentrionali.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Quercus myrtifolia Willd. Sp. Pl. 4: 424, 1805. SEASIDE SCRUB OAK, 
Quercus phellos var. arenaria Chap. Fl, 420. 1860. 
EM. Sk. 2:597. Chap. F1. 420, ed. 3,445. Sargent, Silv. N. A. 8: 123, t. 408, 
Louisianian area. Coast from South Carolina to Florida, west to Alabama, 
ALABAMA: Littoral region. Scarcely over 6 to 8 feet high, covering the drifting 
sands of the seacoast and islands. Baldwin County, Fish River, Navy Cove, Per- 
dido Bay. 
Type locality: ‘ Hab. in Carolina,” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Quercus brevifolia (Lam.) Sargent, Silv. N. A. 8:171,¢ 497. 1893. 
UPLAND WILLOW OAK, BLUE JACK, 
(Quercus phellos brevifolia Lam. Encyel.1:722. 1783, 
Q. humilis Walt. FL Car, 234, 1788. 
(J. cinerea Micbx. Hist. Chen. Am. no. 8, t. 146. 1801. 
Ell. Sk. 2:594. Chap. Fl. 421. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2:417. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Gulf States west to the Brazos Valley, Texas. 
From Florida (Cape Malabar) along the coast to North Carolina. 
ALABAMA: Lower hills. Central and Coast Pine belt. Common in the dry sandy 
pine barrens. Walker County, South Lowell. 
Economie uses: Valuable for fuel. 
Type locality: “Il croit dans un terroir see et maigre” [in North America]. 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Quercus imbricaria Michx. Hist. Chen. Am. no, 9, ¢. 75, 16. 1801. SHINGLE OAK. 
Ell. Sk. 2:598. Gray, Man. ed.6, 478. Chap. F1. 420. Sargent, Silv. N. A. 8: 175, 
432. 
Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Western Pennsylvania through the Ohio Val- 
ley to southern Michigan, southern Wisconsin, southern Nebraska, southern Kansas, 
and Missouri, south to Virginia and Tennessee, and along the mountains to Georgia. 
ALABAMA: Coosa Valley. Etowah County, about 600 feet altitude, near Gadsden. 
One single tree at the present known. 
Type locality not ascertained. Locality in Michx, Fl: “ Hab. in montibus Alle- 
ghanis.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Quercus heterophylla Michx. f. Hist. Arb. Am. 2:87, f. 76, 1813, © BARTRAM Oak, 
Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 417. 
Believed to be a hybrid of Q. phellos and relutina or rubra or coccinea, 
Carolinian area. Sparsely diffused and local from Staten Island to Delaware, 
North Carolina, northern Alabama, and northeastern Texas. 
ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley. In low woods. Morgan County, Falkville, about 
600 feet. Associated with willow, black,and Texas oak. Only locality known in 
the State. 
Type (Michx. trans.) locality: ‘(On the banks of the Schuylkill River, four miles 
from Philadelphia.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
