SHINGLE OAK; LAUREL OAK (Quercus imbricaric., Michx.). 

 60 to 100 feet. Tall, pyramidal tree, becoming round-head- 

 ed and picturesque, with pendulous branches and slender, 

 ruddy twigs. Bark light brown, scaly, with shallow fissures 

 and wide ridges. Wood reddish brown, coarse-grained, heavy, 

 used for clapboards and shingles. Leaves oblong, usually entire, 

 acute at base and apex, with thickened, often wavy marg : n, 

 4 to 6 inches long, shining, dark green above, paler, pubescent 

 beneath; petioles stout, short, hairy. Flowers hoary tomen- 

 tose, of the oak type. Acorns biennial, broad, short, on stout, 

 short stalks; nut enclosed fcr \ to f its length in thin, close- 

 rimmed, scaly, red-brown cup. Dist.: Bottom land, Penn- 

 sylvania to Georgia; west to Nebraska and Arkansas. Planted 

 for its laurel-like foliage. Hardy to Boston. 



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