YELLOW OAK; CHESTNUT OAK (Quercus acuminata, Sarg.) 

 80 to 120 feet. Tall, straight tree with round head of tremu- 

 lous, shining foliage. Bark thin, silvery, shedding in loose 

 scales. Wood heavy, hard, strong, coarse-grained, durable, 

 used for barrels, fencing, and railroad ties. Leaves crowded 

 on ends of twigs, 4 to 7 inches long, oblong-lanceolate, coarsely 

 and sharply toothed, yellow-green above, pale, often silvery 

 and velvety on lower surface, leathery, much resembling chest- 

 nut leaves. Flowers same as preceding species. Acorns much 

 like those 01 the preceding species, but smaller. Dist.: Dry 

 banks or bottom lands, Vermont to Minnesota; south to Dis- 

 trict of Columbia; along mountains to Alabama; west to 

 Arkansas and Texas. Rare and local in Atlantic States. 



