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ripening and produce a long tap-root before winter. The white oak is 

 very deep-rooted and is very difficult to transplant after it reaches any 

 considerable size. 



Wood light brown, hard, durable, weight 46 lbs.; one of our most 

 useful woods for heavy construction, ship building, railway ties, interior 

 finish of houses, furniture, etc., also much used for fuel. The "white oak" 

 lumber of commerce is obtained indiscriminately from this and the two 

 following species; bark astringent, used for tanning and in medicine. 



Querela 



Quercus macrocarpa Micbaux 1801 Bur Oak 



Large tree 10-25 m. (33-82 ft.) high, 3 dm.-1.5 m. in diameter (in 

 the Ohio valley sometimes twice this size) or under unfavorable situations 

 stunted and sometimes barely 2 m. high, branches very strong and gnarled, 



