FAGACEAE 



Scarlet Oak 



Quercus coccinea Muenchh. 



HABIT. A medium-sized tree 60-80 feet high and 1-3 feet 

 in diameter (max. 100 by 4 feet); open, rounded crown. 



LEAVES. Deciduous; obovate to oval; 3-7 inches long; 

 deeply 5-9 lobed with wide circular sinuses; lobes toothed and 

 bristle-tipped; bright, shiny green above, paler and glabrous 

 below; turning brilliant scarlet in autumn. 



FRUIT. Maturing in 2 years; sessile or nearly so; acorn 

 V^-l inch long, red-brown, subglobose, often with concentric 

 rings near apex; enclosed for Yi length or less in thick cup with 

 lustrous scales; inner surface of nut shell woolly; kernel bitter. 



TWIGS. Slender; red-brown. Winter buds: ^8-/4 inch 

 long. 



BARK. Similar to Q. velutina, but inner bark red, not bitter. 



WOOD. Important; similar but inferior to Q. borealis. 



SILVICAL CHARACTERS. Similar to Q. velutina; dry. 

 sandy sites. 



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 Blackjack Oak 



Quercus marilandica Muenchh, 



HABIT. A small, shrubby tree 20-30 feet high and Vi-X foot 

 in diameter (max. 50 by 2^ feet); rounded, contorted crown. 



LEAVES. Deciduous; variable, but typically obovate and 

 more or less 3-lobed at the apex; 5-7 inches long; lobes entire 

 or toothed, bristle-tipped; dark green and lustrous above, paler 

 and surfy-pubescent below. 



FRUIT. Maturing in 2 years; sessile or nearly so; acorn % 

 inch long, yellow-brown, subglobose; enclosed for Yz length in 

 bowl-shaped cup with large, loose, red-brown, hairy scales; 

 inner surface of nut shell woolly; kernel bitter. 



TWIGS. Stout, red-brown. Winter buds: H inch long, angled. 



BARK. Thick; early black; divided into rough, square blocks. 



WOOD. Unimportant; similar to Q. borealis. 



SILVICAL CHARACTERS. Similar to Q. velutina; poor, 

 dry sites. 



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