Handbook of Tkees of the Nokthekn States and Canada. 

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The Scarlet Oak att;iiii^ tlio lici 

 80 ft. with trunk dianieter of 2 ( 

 ered with a dark brown sliallow 

 reddish internally. Its lial)it of 

 isolated from otlicr trees is to for 

 or oblong head often (juite irrejiuia 



of 



r ."5 ft., cov- 

 lidj^ed bark. 

 ;ii)\vtli when 

 n a rounded 

 ■ and always 

 md- 



beautiful in summer on account of its 

 some deeply-lobed leaves. But it is not mil 11 

 it takes on its brilliant autumnal cidors IhaL 

 its beauty and individuality arc especially pro- 

 nounced. Then the appropriateness of its name 

 is at once evident, as it assumes a brilliant 

 scarlet color, and' other tints of icd, and re- 

 tains them until late in the autunm after the 

 leaves of many of its associates have withered 

 and fallen. It is an abundant tree over a 

 larj^e portion of its ran^e. jKuticularly in the 

 coast region, growing in sandy soil and on 

 gravelly slopes and uplands in compixny with 

 the Red, Black and other Oaks, the Pig-nut 

 and Shag-bark Hickories, the Sweet Birch, Red 

 Cedar, etc. 



Its wood is not distinguished from that of 

 the Red Oak in commerce or in uses. A cu. ft. 

 when absolutely dry weighs 40.15 Ibs.i 



Leaves broad obtivatc or oval in outline, trun- 

 cate or obtuse at base, deeply pinnatifid witb wide 

 rounded sinuses and ■')-!> spreadinu lobes, repand- 

 dentate, with few spri>adiiis liristle-pointed teeth 

 at, the ends, reddish and imle pul)eseent at first, 

 tlien light green and at iiiatiirily glabrous. lust- 

 rous above, paler and sunn'i iincs liaiiy tufted in 

 the axils of the veins beneath : petioles Ion:, 

 slender. Flowers staniinate anients slender, glab- 

 rous : calyx 4-5-Iobed : styles slender, recurved. 

 Fruit sessile or short-stalked, solitary or in pa'rs 

 with usually short ovoid brown and occasionally 

 striated acorns about half enveloped in a deep 

 large turbinate cup with thin closely imbricated 

 pointed scales. 



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