OAKS. 469 



Alabama: Throughout the State. In rich woodlands. Flowers in April; fruit 

 ripe iu October. Most frequent, and attaining greatest perfection, in the rich ter- 

 races above the alluvial bottoms and iu similar situations lu the valleys and coves 

 of the upper Alabama and Tombigbee rivers and their tributaries. .South of the 

 Central Prairie region of little importance. 



Economic uses: One of the most valuable of our hard wood timber trees. The 

 bark is the "white oak bark, Qucrcus alba," of the United States Pharmacopoeia. 



Type locality: " Hab. in Virginia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Quercus minor (Marsh.) Sargent, Gard. & For. 2 : 171. 1889. Post Oak. 



QuercHS alba minor Marsh. Arb. Am. 120. 1785. 



Q. stellata Wangenh. Am. 78, t. G,f. 15. 1787. 



Q. obtusiloba Michx. Hist. Chen. Am. no. 1, 1. 1. ISOl. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 606. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 475. Chap. 11. 423. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2 : 414. Sargent, Silv. N. A. 8 : 37, t. SGS, 309. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southern Ontario, southern ^ew England to 

 eastern Nebraska and Kansas, south to Florida and west t(j central Texas. 



Alabama: All over tbe State. Iu the uplands of the Tennessee Valley with a 

 richer clay soil a good sized timber tree. Most frequent in the open woods of the 

 Central Prairie region. In the Upper d. vision of the Coast Pine belt of a more sturdy 

 growth, inferior in size in the poorer soils of the Warrior table-lands, the lower hills, 

 and the pine barrens. Flowers in April; fruit ripe in October. 



Economic uses : Valuable timber tree. 



Type locality : North America. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Quercus lyrata Walt. Fl. Car. 235. 1788. Ovekcup Oak. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 607. Grav, Man. ed. 6, 475. Chap. Fl. 423. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2 : 414. Sargent, Silv. N. A. 8 : 47, t. 374. 



Carolinian and Louisianiau areas. North Carolina along the coast to Florida, west 

 to the lower Brazos. Texas, southern Arkansas, and southern Missouri. 



Alabama: Central Prairie region to the Mobile River. Of best development and 

 most frequently met with in the swampy alluvial bottoms of the Alabama River in 

 the center of the State. Much reduced in size near the coast. Montgomery County, 

 80 to 90 feet high, 2^ feet diameter. Mobile County, Battles Creek, small tree. 



Economic uses: Valuable timber tree. 



Type locality : South Carolina. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Quercus prinus L. Sp. PI. 2 : 995. 1753. 



Mountain Oak. Tax-bark Oak. Chestnut Oak. 



Quercus prinus monticola Michx. Hist. Chen. Am. no. 5, /. 7. 1801. 



Q. moutana Willd. Sp. PI. 4 : 440. 1805. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 609. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 476. Chap. Fl. 424. Sargent, Silv. N. A. 8 : 51, 

 t. 357, 376. 



Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Southern Ontario, southern New England, New 

 York, New Jersey, south throughout the Alleghenian Mountains to Georgia. 



Alabama: Mount tin region. Rocky woods and hillsides. Of large dimensions 

 and most frequent on the table-lands above 800 feet. Stunted, scarcely reaching 

 medium size, on rocky and gravellj^ ridges in the Coosa Valley. Cullman and Mor- 

 gan counties. Dekalb County, Lookout Mountain ridges. Winston, Marshall, Cle- 

 burne, and Talladega counties. Calhoun County, about Anniston, 800 feet, of low 

 growth. 



Economic uses: Valuable timber tree; most important for tan bark. 



Type locality: "Hab. iu .\merica boreali." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Quercus acuminata (Michx.) Sargent, Gard. & For. 8:93. 1895. 



Yellow Chestnut Oak. Chinquapin Oak (in Alabama). 



(Juereus prinus acuminata Michx. Hist. Chen. Am. no. 5, t. S. 1801. 



Q. castanea Willd. Neue Schrift. 3 : 391. 1807. Not Nee. 



(J. muhlenbergii Engelm. Trans. St. Louis Acad. 3 : 391. 1877. 



Ell. Sk. 2:610. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 476. Chap. Fl. 424. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2:415. Sargent, Silv. N. A. 8:55, /. 577. 



Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. New England (Vermont), northern New York, 

 Ohio Valley west to Missouri, south to New Jersey and along the mountains to 

 northern Alabama, west to Texas and Arkansas. 



Alabama : Tennessee Valley and Mountain region to Lower hills. Lawrence 



