n6 Trees with Simple Leaves. [Am 



Found, on Long Island, southward and westward. Very 

 common through the Southern States. 



A small tree, eight to twenty-five feet high ; of slight 

 value except for fuel. 



Fig. 60. — Spanish Oak. Q. cuneata, Wang. Q. falcata, Michx. 



Leaves, simple ; alternate ; edge lobed (the edges of 

 the lobes mostly entire, but often with one to three 

 teeth toward the ends). 



Outline, abruptly spreading above the middle. Base, 

 rounded, sometimes slightly unequal. Ends of the 

 lobes and of the few teeth, when present, sharp and 

 bristle-tipped. 



Leaf, about three to six inches long ; dark, dull green, 

 and rough above ; below, grayish and downy. Lobes, 

 usually three, sometimes four or five, mostly long and 

 narrow, especially the end one. 



Bark of trunk, blackish and deeply grooved. 



Aeorns, nearly stemless. Cup, shallow, somewhat top- 

 shaped. Nut, about one third to one half inch long ; 

 rounded, sometimes slightly hollowed at the apex ; 

 bitter. October. 



Fo2tnd, in sandy soils and barrens, from Long Island 

 southward ; in the Northern States, only near the 

 coast and rare. 



A tree about twenty to thirty feet high in New Jersey ; 

 in the South, seventy to eighty feet ; with wood of slight 

 value except for fuel. 



