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Coast Sfrip.—Seasidc Park (UP), Fcrked River, Surf City (L), Atlantic 

 City (S), Beesley's Pt. (S), Five-Mile Beach. 



Cape Ma:y.— Court House (S), Dias Creek (S), Cold Spring, Cape May. 



Quercus ilicifolia Wang. Scrub Oak. 



Quercus ilicifolia Wangenheim, Nord. Am. Holz, 79, pi. 6, f. 17. 1787 [Ham- 

 stead, Long Island]. — Knieskern 28. — Willis 56. — Britton 224. 



Quercus Bannisteri ^Nlichaux Fl. Bor. Am. H. 199. 1803. — Pursh Fl. Am. 

 Sept. II. 631. 1814. 



Common in sandy soil throughout the State. One of the most 

 abundant oaks of the Pine Barrens, forming with Q. marilandica 

 most of the scrub growth of the Plains. 



Fl. — Early May to mid-May, when the leaves are partly ex- 

 panded. Fr. — Autumn of the second season. 



Middle District. — Farmingdale (S), Shark River, Belmar (UP), Sickler- 

 ville (S). 



Pine Barrens. — Waretown, Whitings, Speedwell (S), Bear Swamp (S), 

 Applepie Hill (S), E. and W. Plains (S), Cedar Brook, Albion, Landisville 

 (T), Egg Harbor City, Absecon (S), Dennisville (OHB), Hammonton 

 (UP), Williamstown Jnc. (UP). 



Coast Strip. — Seaside Park (S). 



Quercus marilandica Muench. Black-Jack Oak. 



Quercus marilandica Muenchausen, Hansv. V. 253. 1770 [ j. 



Quercus nigra Pursh Fl. Am. Sept. II. 629. 1814. — Knieskern 28. — Britton 

 223. 



Common in sandy ground from Middlesex and Mercer counties 

 southward; most abundant in the Pine Barrens. 



Fl. — Early May to mid-May, when leaves are partly expanded, 

 /^r.— Autumn of the second season. 



The Black-jack is the typical oak tree of the most barren 



stretches of southern New Jersey and the most characteristic 



tree of the Pine Barrens after the Pitch Pine and White Cedar. 



Its broadly obovate leaves and the bright rusty coloration of their 



under surface makes it a conspicuous and easily recognized 



species. While it becomes a mere shrub on the "plains," its 



normal growth is higher than that of Q. ilicifolia and it is usually 



a tree of ten to twenty feet in height. 



Middle District.— Keyport (NB), Farmingdale (S), New Egypt, Arneys 

 Mt. (S), Orchard (S), Mantua, Lawnside (S), W. Deptford, Swedesboro, 

 Yorktown, 2 mi. W. Bridgeton (S), Fairton (S). 



