262 PRACTICAL FORESTRY 
portant for California forestry; perhaps also for that 
of Southern States. 
Harpwoops 
26. Wuire Oax (Quercus alba Linn.). Height, 
100 feet +; diameter, 3 feet +. North Central, Cen- 
WHITE OAK (Quercus alba). 
tral, and Eastern States. Best development on west- 
ern slopes of Allegheny Mountains and valley of Ohio 
River. Grows well on a great variety of soils, but 
best on deep, moderately moist, well-drained, loamy 
sand, and in warm situations. Slow but persistent 
