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small size are to be found in Ward's thicket about one mile south of 

 Reynolds. Other trees of this species were noted south of the Dyer 

 school, five and three-fourths miles northeast of Brookston, near the 

 Carroll County line. It is found exclusively in swampy or low, moist, 

 rich soil. 



The leaves of the Swamp White Oak are broadly obovate or oblong- 

 ovate, rather coarsely round-toothed or pinnatifid. Unlike the White 

 Oak the veins nearly always end in a glandular sharp tip. In the case 

 of the White Oak there is more often a noticeable depression at the vein 

 ending in the lobe. The bark on the younger branches peels back and 

 curls over in a stiff and persistent papery layer, exposing the new lighter 

 brown bark. This is quite characteristic, as is also the long-peduncled 

 acorns. 



Qnercus Muhlenbergii Engelm. Chestnut or Yellow Oak, Chinquapin or 



Chinkapin, Oak, Tanbark Oak, etc. (Trans. St. Louis Acad. 3:391. 



1887), (Q. Prinus acuminata Michx. 1801. Q. acuminata Sarg. 



1895.) 



This oak is reported from 35 counties in all parts of the State. 



It is sometimes confused with Q. Prinus L., resembling it closely, as 



the historical account above indicates. In White County it was noted 



only along the Tippecanoe River. The acorns readily distinguish it from 



other oaks indigenous to White County. 



