Trees, Stars, and Birds 



U. S. Forest Service 

 FIG. 60. Young pin oaks on Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D. C. 



Have you seen many large oak trees? How old do 

 you suppose they are? How do live oaks get their 

 name? Where do they grow? Which kind of oak 

 do you consider the most valuable? Why? 



Relatives of the oak. To the same family as the oak 

 belong the beech and chestnut. All these trees produce 

 stamina te and pistillate flowers on the same tree. The 

 flowers have no corolla, and the pistillate flowers are 

 rarely noticed. They give rise to nuts which have no 

 partition and contain but one seed. The seed or meat 

 contains nourishment to start the growth of a new tree. 

 Beechnuts, chestnuts, and acorns constitute a large 

 part of the food of many birds and mammals. 



