LARGER NORTH CAROLINA FOREST TREES. 25 



lobes ; acorn large ; cup with coarse, 



spreading- scales ; small trees with (JACK OR SAND OAK. 



rough, gray bark; on pine barrens, (p. 102.)--FORK-LEAF BLACK- 



*2) Leaves with a long and slender leaf- 

 stem, 1 to 3 inches long, green beneath. 

 Leaves over twice as long as broad, 

 the lobes acute; rare ; middle section BARTRAM'S OAK 1 . 



Leaves broader, generally not twice as 

 long as broad with many lobes on 

 each side ; large trees. 



) With deep and rounded hollows be- 

 tween the lobes of the leaves ; large 

 trees. 



Light gray bark on limbs : nut half 



covered by the cup ; common on 



dry, stiff or gravelly soils ; twigs 



brownish, (p. 99.) SCARLET OAK. 



With dark gray bark on branches ; 



only base of hut covered by the 



cup ; rare ; along streams of the 



middle counties ; twigs steel-gray, (p. 98.)..TEXAS RED OAK. 



$) With shallower, acute hollows 



between the lobes of the leaf. 



Leaves downy beneath ; cup cover- 

 ing half of the large nut ; bark 



rough and black, (p. 101.) ....BLACK OAK. 



Leaves smooth beneath ; cup very 

 shallow ; bark striped, dark, d"nd 



light gray ; western, (p. 97.) (NORTHERN) RED OAK. 



*3) Leaves whitened beneath ; leafstem 



slender ; nut small, globular, (p. 103.) SPANISH OAK. 



<3) Leaves more or less lobed or toothed, 

 the divisions rounded and not bristle- 

 tipped ; leafstems less than 1 inch long ; 

 bark gray, farrowed or shaggy. White 

 Oaks and Chestnut Oaks. 



Leaves deeply 5 to 9-lobed ; nut 



nearly covered by the cup ; in the 



eastern swamps, (p. 92.) OVEJICUP OAK. 



Leaves deeply 5 to 7-lobed ; cup 



ono-half the length of the acorn ; 



small trees, common on dry soil. (p. 91) POST OAK. 



Leaves 7 to 9-lobed ; cup of acorn 

 shallow ; large trees ; light gray 



bark; common, (p. 89.) WHITE OAK. 



Leaves thick with many, rounded, 

 shallow lobes ; bark deeply fur- 

 rowed ; dry soil ; western ; acorn 



very large, (p. 93.) ROCK CHESTNUT OAK. 



Leaves thin, velvety beneath, with 

 many rounded, shallow lobes ; bark 

 shaggy ; swamps and river banks 



eastward, (p. 95.) SWAMP CHESTNUT OAK. 



(e) Leaves more than 3 inches long, sharply 

 toothed on the sides and with prominent, 



iQuercus heterophylla, Michaux. 



