Habitat. 



150 WOOD AND FOREST. 



47 

 WHITE OAK. STAVE OAK. 



Quercus alba Linnaeus. 

 Quercus, the classical Latin name; white and alba, refer to white bark. 



Habitat: (See map) ; 

 best on western slopes 

 of Southern Alleghany 

 Mountains, and in lower 

 Ohio river valley. 



Characteristics of the 

 Tree: Height, 80'-100'; 

 diameter, 3'-5'; trunk, in 

 forest, tallj in open, short ; 

 bark, easily distinguished, 

 light gray with shallow 

 fissures, scaly ; leaves, 

 rounded lobes, and sin- 

 uses; acorns., y/\" to 1" 

 long, ripen first year. 



Appearance of Wood: 



Color, light brown, sap- 

 wood paler; ring-porous; 

 rings, plainly defined, by 

 pores ; grain crooked ; 

 rays, broad, very conspic- 

 uous and irregular. 



Physical Qualities : 

 Heavy (8th in this list), 

 Leaf> 50 Ibs. per cu. ft. ; sp. 



