FLORA OF THE UPPER SUSQUEHANNA. 



FAQACE/E. 



QUERCUS L. 



Q. alba L. White Oak. Common throughout in any soil. A 

 well-known tree, valued for its hard, durable wood. Fruit an- 

 nual. 



Q. macrocarpa Michx. Mossy-cup Oak. Burr Oak. Occa- 

 sional. Found usually near water. Cup fringed by the long 

 scales often so densely as to hide the acorn within. 



Q. platanoides (Lam.) Sudw. Swamp White Oak. Lowman's 

 swamp; infrequent, Lucy. Mutton-Hill Pond, Fenno. (Q. 

 bicolor Willd.) 



Q. Prinus L. Rock Chestnut Oak. Common in upland woods. 

 Not reported from the Chenango valley. Bark very rough and 

 heavy ; leaves somewhat like the chestnut. 



Q. Muhlenbergii Engelm. Yellow Oak. Chestnut Oak. Some- 

 what rare. Sullivan Hill, Lucy. Barton, Fenno. Elsewhere 



not reported. 



Q. prinoides Willd. Dwarf Chestnut Oak. Frequent, Lucy. 

 Barton; Apalachin; not common, Fenno. Occasional, Clute. 

 Elsewhere not reported. The smallest of our oaks, often fruit- 

 ing when but two feet high. 



Q. rubra L. Red Oak. Common. A well-known large tree, 

 N-alued for its wood. Acorns large. 



Q. coccinea Wang. Scarlet Oak. Tolerably common. Not 

 reported north, east, or south, of Broome county. A large tree, 

 in general appearance resembling the following. Foliage turn- 

 ing bright scarlet in autumn. 



Q. velutina Lam. Black Oak. Quercitron. Not uncommon. 

 Not reported from Susquehanna county. Bark very dark, inner 

 layers orange-colored. Used in dyeing. ((2- coccinea, var. 

 iinctoria Gray.) 



Q. llicifolia Wang. Scruh Oak. Bear Oak. Frequent, Lucy. 

 North of Waverly, Millspaugh. Shores of a pond two miles 

 west of Greene village, Coville. Not reported elsewhere. 



