i26 Trees with Simple Leaves. [Am 



Found, from the valley of the Connecticut to Central New 

 York, southward to Delaware and the District of 

 Columbia ; in Southern Wisconsin and southward ; 

 usually along streams and on low, wet land. Most 

 common and reaching its finest growth west of the 

 Alleghany Mountains. 



A handsome tree forty to sixty feet high, usually with 

 a pointed top and with light and delicate foliage. The 

 wood is rather coarse and not durable. It takes its name 

 of Pin Oak from the peg-like look of the dead twigs and 

 short branches with which the lower parts of the tree are 

 usually set. 



Fig. 65. Willow Oak, Peach-leaved Oak. Q. Phellos, L. 



Leaves, SIMPLE ; ALTERNATE ; EDGE ENTIRE. 



Outline, long and narrow. Apex, pointed and bristle- 

 tipped. Base, pointed. 



Leaf, three to four inches long (sometimes five) ; one half 

 to seven eighths of an inch wide ; rather thick and 

 stiff; smooth and shining above ; somewhat dull be- 

 neath ; very young leaves, light green above and soft, 

 whity-downy beneath. 



Bark, thick and smoothish. 



Acorns, small, nearly stemless. Cup, rather shallow, 

 saucer-shaped, or somewhat rounded top-shape. 

 Nut, about three eighths of an inch long, rounded, 

 brown ; kernel, bitter and bright orange. October. 



Found, from Staten Island and New Jersey southward 

 along the coast to Northeastern Florida and the Gulf 

 States, and from Kentucky southwestward. Usually 

 on the borders of swamps and in sandy woods. 

 A tree thirty to fifty feet high, with poor wood. 



