OAKS. 471 



Quercus texana liuckl. I'roc. Acad. Phila. 1860 : 444. 1861. 



Tk.vax Oak. Southern Red Oak. Spotted Oak. 



SaiK-ent, Gard. & For. 7 : 81 ; Silv. N. A. 8 : 129. Coulter, Contr. Nat Herb. 2 : 416. 



Carol iniau and Louisiauian areas. From the Gulf and Southern Atlantic States to 

 Teunessee, western Keutucky, southern Indiana, southern Illinois, Iowa, southern 

 Missouri, Arkansas, and the Colorado Valley iu Texas. 



Alabama: Tennessee Valley to the coast In rich low woods. Morgan County, 

 Falkville. Cullman County. Monroe County, Claiborne. Clarke County, Choctaw 

 Corner. Mobile County, Pierce's Lauding. Baldwin County, Stockton. 



Econoniic uses : Important timber tree. The bark, under name of "red-oak bark," 

 is used medicinally. 



T\pe locality : Texas. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Quercus coccinea Mueuch. Hausv. 5 : 254. 1770. Scarlet Oak. 



Quercus rubra /i L. Sp. PI. ed. 2, 2 : 1414. 1763, 



Ell. 8k. 2 : 602. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 477. Chap. Fl. 422. Sargent, Silv. N. A. 8 : 133, 

 t. 412. 



Allegheuian and Carolinian areas. Southern Delaware to Tennessee, along the 

 mountains to Georgia. 



Alabama: Mountain region. Dry uplands, sandy and rocky soil. Table-land of 

 Warrior Kiver; freciuent. Highlands of Coosa Valley rarely below 800 feet. Law- 

 rence, Winston, Dekalb, Cullman, and Etowah counties. 



Economic uses: Of little value except for fencing and fuel. 



Type locality uot ascertained. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Quercus rubra L. Sp. PI. 2:996. 1753. Red Oak. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 602. Grav, Man. ed. 6. 477. Chap. Fl. 422. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2:416. 



AUegheniau and Carolinian areas. Canada to Georgia and Mississippi. ? 



Alab.\ma: Mountain region. Dekalb County, frequent on Lookout Mountain. 

 Jefferson County, Red Mountain, near Birmingham (Sargent). 



Type locality : " Hab. in Virginia, Carolina. ' 



Economic uses: Timber tree of moderate value. The bark is the "red oak bark," 

 Quercus rubra, of the U. S. Pharmacopoeia. 



Quercus velutina Lam. Encycl. 1: 721. 1783. Black Oak. Quercitron Oak. 



Quercus discolor A\t. Movi. Keyf. 3 ■.'So%. 1789. 



Q. tinctoria Bartram, Travels, 37. 1791. Name only. 



Q. tinctoria Michx. Hist. Chen. Am. no. 13, t. 25. 1801. 



Q. coccinea var. tinctoria Gray, Man. ed. 5, 4.")4. 1868. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 601. Grav, Man', ed. 6, 477. Chap. Fl. 422. Sargent. Silv. N. A. 8 : 37, 

 t. 415, 416. 



AUegheniau to Lonisianian area. Southern Ontario, Minnesota, soutliern Maine, 

 south to Florida, Louisiana, and Arkansas. 



Alabama : From the Tennessee Valley over the mountains to the Upper division 

 of the Coast Pine belt. In the Lower Pine I'egion of stunted growth. Flowers 

 April; fruit ripe in October. Frequent on the table-lands. 



Economic uses : Timber tree. Bark used in tanning and for dvestuff — " quercitron 

 bark." 



Type locality: "On le dit originaire de I'Ameriqne septentrionale." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Quercus cateabaei Michx. Hist. Chen. Am. no. 17, t. 29,30. 1801. 



Turkey Oak. Barren Oak. Forked-leaf Black .Jack. 



Ell. Sk. 2:603. Chap. Fl. 422. Sargent, Silv. N. A. 8: 143, <. 477. 



Louisiauian area. Coast of North Carolina, south to Cape Malabar, Florida, and 

 west to Louisiana (east of the Mississippi). 



Alabama: Central Pino belt to the coast. On sterile sandy pine ridges. Au- 

 tauga County, Kingston, and throughout the Coast Pine belt. Flowers March ; fruit 

 ripe in October. Small tree. Abundant in sandy iiine barrens. 



Economic uses: For fuel. 



Type locality uot ascertained. Locality in Michx. Fl. : " Hab. in Marylandia, Vir- 

 ginia, et Carolina.' 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



