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3. SWAMP WHITE OAK (Quercus platanoides) : Most abundant in the 



Lake States, but with range as in white oak. 



4. YELLOW OAK (Quercus prinoides) (chestnut oak, chinquapin oak) : 



Southern Alleghenies and eastward to Massachusetts. 



5. BASKET OAK (Quercus michauxii) (cow oak): Locally abundant. 



Lower Mississippi and eastward to Delaware. 



6. OVER-CUP OAK (Quercus lyratd) (swamp white oak, swamp post 



oak) : Rather restricted ; ranges as in the preceding. 



7. POST OAK (Quercus minor') (iron oak) : Texas to New England and 



northward to Michigan. 



8. WHITE OAK (Quercus durandii) : Medium- to small-sized tree. 



Texas, eastward to Alabama. 



9. WHITE OAK (Quercus garryana) : Medium-sized tree. Washington 



to California. 



10. WHITE OAK (Quercus lobata) : Medium-sized tree ; largest oak on 



the Pacific coast. California. 



11. RED OAK (Quercus rubra) (black oak) : Medium- to large-sized tree ; 



common in all parts of its range. Maine to Minnesota and south- 

 ward to the Gulf. 



12. BLACK OAK (Quercus velutina) (yellow oak) : Very common in the 



Southern States, but occurring north as far as Minnesota and 

 eastward to Maine. 



13. SPANISH OAK (Quercus digitata) (red oak) : Common in the South 



Atlantic and Gulf region, but found from Texas to New York 

 and northward to Missouri and Kentucky. 



14. SCARLET OAK (Quercus coccined): Best developed in the lower 



basin of the Ohio, but found from Maine to Missouri, and from 

 Minnesota to Florida. 



15. PIN OAK (Quercus palustris) (swamp Spanish oak, water oak) : 



Common along borders of streams and swamps. Arkansas to 

 Wisconsin and eastward to the Alleghenies. 



16. WILLOW OAK (Quercus phellos) (peach oak): New York to Texas 



and northward to Kentucky. 



17. WATER OAK (Quercus nigra) (duck oak, possum oak, punk oak) : 



Medium- to large-sized tree, of extremely rapid growth. Eastern 



