Forestry 



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and wood. Leaves 5 to 9 inches long. Texas to Minn, 

 and easterly. 



Yellow Oak, Chestnut Oak or Chinquapin Scrub Oak 

 {Quercus Muhlenbergii) 



A great forest tree; up to 160 feet high; wood 

 as usual, but the heaviest of all, when dry; a 

 cubic foot weighs 54 lbs; when green, it is heavier 



