386 



Fagaceae 



Quercus 



50 



Map 792 



Quercus palustris Muench. 



50 



Map 793 



Quercus Shumardii Buckley 



year. To make a good specimen it is necessary to secure a branchlet that 

 has grown in the sun with its leaves and mature fruit. This oak, in most 

 of its area, grows on low ground but sometimes it is found on high ground 

 with white and black oak and on the bluffs of streams. 

 N. S. to Minn., southw. to Fla. and Tex. 



12. Quercus velutina Lam. Black Oak. Map 791. This species is 

 without doubt found in every county of the state. In abundance, it ranks 

 next to white oak, with which it is generally associated, except in very 

 poor soil where it will be the only species or associated with post and 

 chestnut oaks. It prefers a dry soil and is generally found on sandy and 

 clayey ridges. 



Maine, s. Ont., s. Iowa, s. Nebr., southw. to Fla. and Tex. 



13. Quercus palustris Muench. Pin Oak. Map 792. Infrequent to 

 common in all parts of the state. It may be absent from Benton County. 

 It is found only in wet habitats and prefers a hard, compact, clay soil 

 with little drainage. It is locally frequent to common in the northern part 

 of the state and in the southern part it is abundant in the lowlands along 

 streams and grows to great size in the low woods along the Patoka River. 

 It is also locally common in the "flats" in the southeastern part of the 

 state. 



In Indiana there are trees with two very distinct kinds of nuts. The 

 common form has a large nut which is depressed at the top. The other has 

 a much smaller, ovoid nut with a conical apex. I have this form from 

 Pike and Wells Counties. 



Mass., sw. Ont., Mich., to Iowa, southw. to Va. and Okla. 



14. Quercus Shumardii Buckley. SHUMARD Red Oak. Map 793. 

 Probably frequent throughout the state where its habitat occurs. Ralph 



M. Kriebel in 1937 studied its distribution in relation to its habitats in 

 different soil types and found it in sixty-four counties and I am indebted 

 to him for this information. He, however, was unsuccessful in Benton 



