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UMBELLALES 



1. Quercus acuminata (Michx.) Houda. Yellow Oak. 

 Quercus muhlenbergia Engelm. 



Along streams in the southeastern part of the state. Nebraska City; 

 Nehawka; Nemaha; Peru; Richardson County. 



2. Quercus prinoldes Willd. Scrub Chestnut Oak. 

 Along streams in the southeastern part of the state. Nebraska City; 

 Nemaha; Peru; Richardson County. 



3. Quercus alba L. White Oak. 

 In the southeastern part of the state. Richardson County; Weeping 

 Water. 



4. Quercus macrocarpa Michx. Bur Oak. 

 Very common along streams in the eastern part of the state. Belle- 

 vue; Guide Rock; Lincoln; Nemaha; Ponca; Red Cloud; Valentine. 



5. Quercus rubra L. Red Oak. 

 Mostly along the the Missouri in the southeastern part of the state. 

 Nebraska City; Nemaha; Weeping Water. 



6. Quercus coccinea Wang. Scarlet Oak. 

 Along streams in the eastern part of the state. Peru; Richardson 

 County; South Bend. 



7. Quercus velutina Lam. Black Oak. 

 In the southeastern part of the state. Cedar Island; Table Rock 



8. Quercus marylandica Muench. Black-jack. 

 Alcng streams in the southeastern part of the state. Nemaha; Rule; 

 Table Rock. 



UMBELLALES. 



Styles 2-5, our species herbs. 



Fruit a 2-5 seeded berry. 1. Araliaceae. 



Fruit dry, splitting into 2 mericarps when mature. 2. Umbelliferae. 



Style 1, shrubs or trees. 3. Cornaceae. 



1. ARALLIACEAE. 



Leaves alternate, decompound, styles 5, fruit black. 1. Aralia. 



Leaves 3, whorled, 3-7 foliate, styles 2-3, fruit red or yellow. 2. Panax. 



1. Aralia. 667. 



Caulescent, leaves several, leaflets cordate. 1. A. racemosa. 



Acaulescent, leaf usually solitary, leaflets rounded or narrowed at 



the base. 2. A. nudicaulls. 



1. Aralia racemosa L. 



In woods along the Missouri. Nemaha; Nebraska City; Peru. 



2. Aralia nudicaulis L. Wild Sarsaparilla. 

 In moist woods. Ft. Niobrara; Ponca. 



2. Panax. 668. 



"\. Panax quinquifolium L. 



In woods along the Missouri. Albright; Bellevue. 



Ginseng. 



2. UMBELLIFERAE. 



Leaves simple, flowers in dense capitate clusters, white or blue. 



2. Ernygium. 



