Handbook of Trees of the JSTortiiekn States and Canada. 149 



This abundant and widely distributed Oak 

 constitutes a considerable portion of tlie Oak 

 forests of the Atlantic staies. frequently at- 

 taining the height of 70 or 80 ft. and has been 

 known to considerably sur[)ass 100 ft. in height, 

 witli trunk 3 or 4 ft. in diameter. The bark of 

 trunk is tirnUy riilged, d:\vk brown or blackish 

 outside and distinctly yellowish within. When 

 growing apart from other trees it develops a 

 rather wide rounded or oblong top of which 

 a noticeable feature is its large lustrous leaves, 

 particularly those of its lower branches. In 

 autumn they assume tints varying from dull 

 red to orange and brown. 



The wood, of which a cubic foot when abso- 

 lutely dry weighs 43. DO lbs., is not distinguished 

 in commerce and uses from that of the Red 

 Oak.- The inner b;uk yields tannin, a yellow 

 dye, and is sometimes used in medicine. 



Leaves obovate to oblong in outline, .'^-12 in. 

 long, mostly obtuse but sometimes truncate or 

 rounded at base, pinnatel.v lobed generally to about 

 tiie middle with round-pointed sinuses and usually 

 7 more or less oblique lobes sparingly mucronate 

 dentate at apex, broader at base and the terminal 

 pair the larucst. red at first then hoary-pubescent 

 and at maturity lustrous t\;\vk iifeen aliov«>. paler 

 and pubescent and hairy-tufted in the axils of tlic 

 veins lieni'Uth. Leaves are sometimes found hardly 

 distinj;uislialil(> from those of the Scarlet Oak. 

 Fliiin rs: staminate ameiits 4-(; in. Ion,;; with calyx 

 pubescent and acute lobes ; pistillate aments with 

 short tomentose peduncles and red stigmas. 

 Fruit solitary or in pairs, sessile or short-stalked 

 with stout ovoid brown and often striated and 

 sometimes pubescent acorn, 1^-% in. long, almost 

 Im'f eover(>d witli the deep turbinate cup with 

 thin light brown scarions margined scales, closely 

 imbricated at the base and loosely so or somewhat 

 spreading nearer the edges of the cup. 



1. Syn. Qtnrcus tiiivtoriu Hartr. 



2. A. W., IV, 9:5. 



m^ 



.m^-;.^-/ 



