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FORESTRY INVESTIGATIONS IT. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



List of one hundred ipeeiet of trees of At 1'uilnl Slutex most raluable for timber, with note* onihrlr range of distribution, 

 cultural requirements, and the character and uses of their wood Continued. 



Name of species and limit of size. 



44. CAftOlf LIVE OAK. 



Regions of abundant growth. 



(MAUL OAK. VALPARAISO OAK.) 

 (Quemis chrysolepis Liebm.) 



Height, 80 feet + ; diameter, 

 5 feet+. 



45. TAN-BARK OAK 



(PEACH OAK.) 



[Quercus deniiflora Hook. & 

 Arnott.) 



Height, 00 feet + ; diameter, 

 2feet+. 



46. CHESTNUT OAK Northeastern 



(RocK CHESTNUT OAK.) 

 ( Quercus prinnt Linn.) 



Pacific States, 3,000 to .8, 000 feet 

 elevation. 



Pacific coast 



Best development in redwood belt 

 on California coast. 



Soil and climate, and characteristics of growth. 



"Warm, dry, sunny exposures. 

 Foliage evergreen. 



Well drained, rich soils. 

 Shade-enduring. 



Foliage evergreen. 



liest development in southern Al- 

 legheny Mountain*. 



Height, 80 feet + ; diameti r, 

 fe 



3 feet +. 

 47. til It OAK 



and northwest of any of the 

 Eastern oaks. 



East of the Rocky Mountains 



(MOBSY-CUP OAK. OVERCUP 

 OAK.) 



(Quercut inacrocarpa Miclix.) 



Height, 100 feet +; diameter, 

 3Jfeet + . 



48. POST OAK 



(IRON OAK.) 



(Qucrcut minor (Marsh.) Sarg.) 



Height, 80 feet hi diameter, 

 2Jfeet + . 



49. OVERCUP OAK 



(Quercvt lyrata Walt.) 



Height, 80 feet + ; diameter, 

 2 feet +. 



50. SWAMP WHITE OAK j Northeastern United States . 



For planting on rocky banks and hillsides; never in any but 

 well-drained situations. 



Mainly Northeastern United Requires better snil than White Oak deep, rich loam; more 

 States; extends farthest west shade-enduring. 



A Western substitute for White Oak, anil especially recom- 

 mended for prairie planting. 



Southeastern United States 



liest developed in Arkansas and 

 adjacent Texas. 



Quereus platanoidei (Lam.) ' Best development in region south 

 Sudw.) of the Great Lakes. 



Height, 90 feet -f ; diameter, 

 2 teet-f. 



51. RED OAK 



(Quercus rubra Linn.) 



Height, lOOfeet + ; diameter, 

 3j feet +. 



52. IU, \ K OAK .. 



(YELLOW-BARK OAK. YELLOW 

 OAK. QUERCITRON OAK.) 



(Quercus velutina Lam.) 



Height, 80 feet +; diameter, 

 3 feet +. 



53. SPANISH OAK 



(RED OAK.) 



(Quercut digitata (Marsh.) 



(Querc 

 Sudw. 



East of Rocky Mountains 



Most northerly of Atlantic oaks. . . 



Best development in Massachu- 

 setts. 



East of longitude 96, United 

 States. 



Best development in North At- 

 lantic States. 



Central, Southeastern, and South- 

 ern States. 



Best developmen t in South At- 

 lantic and Gulf States. 



Height, 80 feet + ; diameter, 

 3feet+. 



54. WATER OAK ' Central, Southern, and Southeast 



(DucK OAK. POSSUM OAK. 



ern States. 



SPOTTED OAK.) 

 (Quercus nigra Linn.) 



Height, 75 feet + ; diameter, 

 3 feet +. 



Greatest development in eastern 

 Gnlf region. 



Well drained gravelly uplands, clay barrens, and poor sandy 



loams. 

 Recommended for Western planting. 



Chiefly in wet or submerged swamps, but grows well in well- 

 drained bottom lands and on rich, gravelly, or sandy loam 

 uplands. 



In deep moist or. inundated swamps anil low banks of water 

 courses. Succeeds in all loose, rich, fairly moist upland soils. 



Thrives in all soils, except an undrained one. 



The most rapid in growth of all the oaks. Sprouts vigorously 

 from stump ; of importance for tan-bark coppices. 



Gravelly uplands ; poorer soils than WhiUi Oak requires. 



Next to the Red Oak in rapidity of growth. 



Dry, barren soils ; rapid grower. 



Heavy undrained soil ; exceedingly rapid grower. 

 A useful concomitant in Southern planting. 



