Tkees of Tin: xVoRTi-iERN Uniteu States 1)9 



■5. Quercus muhlenbergii Engclni. Chcstniu Oak. A 

 tree with close i;ray bark. Leaves oblong", lanceolate, or 

 iibovate, coarsely toothed with acute teeth, shining above, 

 pale and gray-tomentulnse ])eneath, 4-(! in. long; cup sessile 

 or very sliort-peduncled, lu-uiispheric ; acorn t)void about 

 twice as high as the cup. . sweet and edible. Self-prunes 

 al)un(lantly. Wood strong and durable, much like White Oak. 

 L^sually in dry soil, commonly (ju lime stone ridges. Vt. and 

 Ont. to Minn., Ala.. .\el)., and \\'\. 



1. Quercus prinoides Willd. Scrub Chestnut Oak. A 

 shrub (»r small tree with gray bark. Leaves obovate, coarsely 

 toothed. l)right green and sliining alwve, gray-tomentulose be- 

 neatli, narrowed at the base; cup sessile, hemispheric, thin; 

 acorn ovoid, 2-;3 times as long as the cup ; seed sweet and 

 edible. Self-prunes. In dry sandy or rocky soil. Ale. to 

 Minn.. Kan.. Ala., and Tex. 



• K Quercus bicolor Willd. Swamp White Oak. A 

 large tree with flaky gray bark. Leaves obovate, or oblong- 

 obovate, coarsely toothed or sometimes lobed nearly to the 

 middle, dull and glabrous above, densely wliite-tomentulosc 

 beneath ; peduncles of the hemispheric cup 2-") times as long 

 as the petioles; acorn oblong-ovoid, seed rather sweet. Self- 

 prunes. Wood similar in value to that of the White Oak. 

 Tn moist or swampy soil. Quebec to Minn., Ga., and Ark. 



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White oaks. 



(J. Quercus alba. L. White Oak. A large tree with. 

 a trunk U[) to iM ft. in circumference and with light gray bark 

 scaling off in thin plates. Leaves oljovate. pinnatilid, lobes 

 (dilong, toother or entire; cup depressed-hemispheric, its 

 bracts thick and warty, appressed ; acorn ovoid-oblong, 3-4 

 times as high as the cup, sweet, and edible. Autumn leaves 

 led and russet. Self-prunes extensively. Wood light-colored, 

 hard and lough; valual)le for man}- purpose.> ; an ideal wood 

 for railroad ties; used for pt)les, i)osts. and piling, fir fuel 

 and "acid wood," for cooperage, furniture, interior linishin<-: 

 lumber, farm implements, wharves, ship building, and car and 

 wagon work. Tin.' niosl \alual)le of the .American oaks. 

 Ilyiiridizes with Q. nuwrocar/'a, 0. sU'llalu and O. I'riiiits. Me. 

 to Out.. Alinn., I'^la., Kan., and fex. 



