472 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 



Quercus digitata (Marsh.) Sudworth, Card. A For. 5:98. 1802. 



Si'AMSii Oak. Kki> Oak (in iiortliom Alaliani.i ). 



(t>Hercu8 tiifira d'ujitata Marsh. Arli. Am. 12L \lXv>. 



y. CH»ie«/(/ Waufieiih. N. Am. llol/art. 78, /. fi, f. H. 1787. 



Q. fah'uta Michx. Hist. Oh<n. Am. no. 16, t. ;AS'. 1801. 



Ell*. Sk. 2 : TiOl. Gray, Man. ed. 6,47S. Chap. Fl. 422. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2:117. Sargent, Silv.N. A. 8:117, /. I.'n. 



Carolinian ami Lonisianian areas. From the valley of the Brazos, Texas, thronRh 

 tln' Cnlf and .\tlantic Southern States west to Tennessee, Arkansas, Missouri, and 

 north to N«'\v Jersey. 



Ai.ahama: Thn)M<^liont the Stato, excepting tlie highest summits, 1o thi- coast. 

 Of larjicst size in tiie lieiich lands of the Tennessee Valley and in rich bottoms. .Most 

 common, but ot inferior ((uality, on the nplauds. Mobile County. Flowers Man-h 

 and April; fruit ripe in (ictober. 



Economie uses: Valuable timber tree. The bark nsed for lauuing. 



Type locality : North America. 



Herb. Ceol. .Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Quercus pagodaefolia (Ell.) Ashe, Bot.Gaz. 24:37."). 1897. Spanish Oak. 



(Juer(ii>< faUiita viir.jxKJodae/olia Ell. Sk. 2 : 605. 1821-24. 



Carolinian and Louisiauiau areas. Georgia to North Carolina, west to Louisiana 

 and Arkansas. 



Alabama : Central Prairie region to the Tennessee Valley. I )amp alluvial forests. 

 Morgan County, Falkville. Hale County. 



To this species have been somewhat dubiously referred the forms (littering more 

 or less in their foliage from the tyjiical (J. ditjitdta of the uplands and eontined to the 

 rich damp forests of the valleys. 



Tree of large size, 90 to 100 feet high and from 2 to S feet and over in diameter. 



Economic uses: Fine timber tree. 



Type locality: ''This tree 1 first noticed on the banks of the Roanoke iu North 

 Carolina, along the road from Petersburg to Raleigh. 1 have since seen it near 

 Granby, S. C' 



Quercus maiylaudica Muench. Hausv. 5 : 2i53. 1770. Black J.\(K. 



Quercus nigra Wangenh. N. Am. Holzart. 133. 1781. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 600. Gray. Man. ed. 6. 478. Chap. Fl. 421. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2 :417. Sargent. Silv. \. A. 8 : 861, t. 4;^6, 427. 



Alleglieniauf to Lonisianian area. Long Island, New York; west from northern 

 Ohio to Minnesota, eastern Kansas, Indian Territory; south from New .lersey to 

 Florida, through the Gulf States to the Nueces Valley, Texas. 



Alabama: Over the State. Mobile County, April; common. 



Economic uses: For fuel. 



Type locality not ascertained. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Quercus nigra L. Sp. PI. 2 : 995. 1753. "Water Oak. 



Qiierc'iH nigra aijnaiica Lam. Encvcl. 1: 721. 1783. 



Q. aqnatha Walt. Fl. Car. 234. 1788. 



Kll. Sk. 2 :599. (iray, Man. ed. 6. 478. Chap. Fl. 421. Conlter, Contr. Xat. Herb. 

 2 : 417. Sargent, Silv. N. A. 8 : 165, t. 428. 



Carolinian and Lonisianian areas. From the Colorado Valley, Texas to Florida; 

 north to Delaware, southwestern Tennessee, and southern Missouri. 



Alabama : Tennessee Valley to the coast. Low rich woods and sandy pine-barren 

 swamps. Clay County, Talladega Creek, 1,000 feet. Cullman County, 800 feet. 

 Morgan County, Falkville. Madison and every county south. Flowers March; 

 fruit ripe in Octolier, November. Common. 



Economic nses: Timber tree. A common shade tree. 



Type locality : '' Hab. in America septentrionali." 



Herb. (Jeol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Quercus laurifolia Michx. Hi.st. Chen. Am. no. 10, /. 17. 1801. 



Laurel Oak. "Water Oak. 



Quercus phellon laurifolia Chap. Fl. 420. 1860. 



Ell. Sk. 2:597. Chap. FL 420. Sargent, Silv. N. A. 8 : 169, <. -^55. 



Carolinian and Lonisianian areas. Eastern (iiilf States to Florida (Mosquito 

 Inlet). North along the Atlantic coast to the Dismal Swamp in Virginia. 



