64 Native Trees of Kentucky 



No. 2. g. Swamp Spanis/i Oak Oitercus pagodaefoliit. 



This Oak, similar to forms of the Spanish Oak, is found 

 sparingly on swamp borders and along streams west of moun- 

 tain regions. 



The wood, hard, strong and tough, is valued highly for con- 

 struction. 



Tree tall, with massive trunk and narrow head. 



Bark thick, covered with brown plate-like scales. 



Leaves 5 to 11 lobes, with wide sinuses; dark green above, 

 persistently woolly beneath. 



Fruit acorns on short stalks ; nuts set about one-half of 

 length in hairy-lined, top-shaped cups. 



No. 2. h. Black Jack Onercits marilandica. 



The P>lack lack; or Barren Oak is found on dry, barren ridges 

 everywhere in Kentucky. The tree is of slow growth, checks 

 badly in seasoning, and is used commercially only in the manu- 

 facture of charcoal. 



Growing on the dryest, poorest soil with huckleberries and 

 reindeer moss, this black-trunked, stunted tree can easily be iden- 

 tified by the peculiar shape of its thick leathery leaves. Pear- 

 shaped in general outline, they vary in form from a broad tip 

 without lobes, to one, three, or five-lobed with sharp bristly points. 



