QUERCtTS 



olploriL'. 1-1 '■> in. liiicli. ciiiliraced one-third by the cup. 



(ji, 1,. 1,,, , A. -. I.. Mhli. ;md Ark. S.S. 8:380, 381. 



Km ; I , c, i , ; n is less desirable as an or- 

 11,1111 I 1 1 . • !: : ,1 .1 iuT species, but the wood is 

 viilii:iM-. n.' Iijiii LiM, I. ,u-k separating in large thin 

 S'*alf^ ami liiu iiumt-ruiis Miudl branches which appear 

 on the larger limbs and olten on the trunli, make it easy 

 to distinguish from allied species. 

 '_•:!. macrocArpa, Miohx. Bpr Oak. Mossy Cip Oak. 



s|in-ailiiig branches, forming a bri'^i". i '■'■': 



h-Mk light brown, deeply furrowed; >■ : i 



sohiclimes with corky wings: Ivs. ul"- . .: > >: ■ I ;i:.' 

 dip ivate, lyrate-pinnatifid, with 4-10 pan- .1 l.ia.-.iLc 

 li.wi-r ones smaller, separated by wide and dutp sinuses, 

 tin- upper ones much larger, or sometimes the Ivs. are 

 (inlv sinuately dentate above the middle, bright green 

 and" shining above, grayish or whitish tomentose be- 

 neath, 4-8 in. long: fr. sessile or short-stalked; acorn 

 broadly ovate or ovoid, %-lK in. high, embraced about 

 one-half by the large %-'i in. wide cup, with the upper 

 scales awned and forming a fringe-like bonier. Nova 

 .Sr.iii:, M r:i., v<. -I to Manitoba and T. s. s> ^ ::71. 

 :i7.' I : I ;i ' li.F. 2:500; 3:407. M: '1 



QUERCUS 



1481 





•^M 



Oak. Swamp, or Swamp 



with rather small, often 



a symmetrical, rouud- 



o obovate-oblong, deeply 



s of oblong or lanceolate 



smaller, separated by a wide 



sinus from the upper 



ones, dark green and 



shining above, whitish 



tomentulose beneath or 



short - stalked ; acorn 

 globose, K-1 in. high, 

 almost entirely en- 

 closed by the large 

 scaly cup. N. J. to 

 Fla., west to Mo. and 

 Tex. S.S. 8:.374.-Lit- 

 tle cultivated; hardy as 

 far north as Massachu- 

 setts ; prefers moist 



2.5. steliata, Wangh. 

 ((?. nhlimiloba, Michx. 

 Q.mhwr, Sarg.). Post 

 Oak. Tree, to 60, rarely 

 to 100 ft., with broad, 

 dense, round head, and 



■ with grayish brown, 

 deeply fissured bark: 

 Ivs. short - stalked, 



id, with 2 or usually 3 



■mg> 



urge 



ndu- 



o\..l ', ', i'l ii'^'li. embraced one-ilntil -i,' fi.' t f.y 



111. I.ihi-eolate, loosely appi' -i. M- ■■ to 



I'l , • . M h. and Tex. S.S. 8:::ii-. • ■ - I'l i r.l. 



i i < I i ,, iinisonie tree with 'i' i. , • .ni, 



gro.i.i.^ li.itural... in rather dry, sand> -: n.c„;. .-uil. 



2(1. Garryina, Dougl. Oregon Oak. Tree, to M. 

 r.inlv to 100 ft., with wide-spreading branches, sonie- 

 tiniei shrubby; bark light gray: Ivs. obovate. pinnati- 

 fid. with broad, obtuse, entire or toothed lobes, dark 

 greiii above, pubescent and yellowish green or whitish 

 below: fr. short-stalked; acorn ovoid, about 1 in. high, 

 embraced about one-third bv the saucer-shaped cup ; 

 scales usually thin. Wash, and Ore. to Calif. S.S. 8:364, 



365. G.F. 7:495. -The most important Oak of the Tacific 

 states as a timber tree. 



27. lobita, N^e {Q. Enndsii, Benth.). Vallet or 

 Weeping Oak (White Oak of the Pacific states). 

 Pig. 2046. Tree, to 100 ft., with great, wide-spreading 



..^u o.im ,,:i,...-. I- 1.. ..!i.- - I i'' -o'^'-- fr. 

 almusl .,,,,. -lie, aL-orinL.n-.a>.l, r-.nnul, 1.'. -.' in. high, 

 embraced about oue-third liy the cup; low.r scales tuber- 

 culate, upper one subulate. Calif S.S. 8:362. G.F. 

 3:611 ; I0:.55, 202, 205. -Graceful wide-spreading tree,but 

 has not been cult, successfully outside of Calif. 



28. 41ba, Linn. White Oak. Plate XXI. Figs. 

 1500, 2039,2041(2), 2047. Tree, to 100 ft., with stout 

 spreading branches forming abroad, open head: bark 

 light gray: Ivs. obovate or oblong -obovate, narrowed 

 at the base, with 3-8 pairs of rather narrow olituse and 

 sometimes toothed lobes, pubescent when young, soon 

 glabrous, bright green above, glaucescent beneath: fr. 

 short- or long-stalked; acorn oblong-ovate, 1 in. high, 

 embraced about one-fourth 

 by the shallow cup; scales 

 closely appressed. 

 "■ 1 Minn, and Tex 



Fla 



S.S. 



G.F. 



-Th 



the 



noril]' 1 )! .i.ii. - ill;. I a lii^aii- 



tiful park tree, where space 



can be allowed for its full 



development ; the foliace 



assumes a beautiful deep 



vinous red or violet-purple 



color in fall. Var. rep&nda, 



Michx., is a form 



the Ivs. have rather shall 



sinuses and the frui 



usually short-stalked, 



pinnatifida, Michx., has thi 



Ivs. deeply pinnatifld 



fruits 



. .1. S.S. 8:358. Hybrids of this 

 rnriirpa, Printis and slellala are 

 • il. A tree of the hybrid with Q. 



