OAKS. 471 



Quercus texana Buckl. Proc. Acad. Phila. 1860 : 444. 1861. 



TEXAN OAK. SOUTHERN RED OAK. SPOTTED OAK. 



Sargent, Gard. & For. 7 : 81 ; Silv. N. A. 8 : 129. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 416. 



Carolinian and Louisiauian areas. From the Gulf and Southern Atlantic States to 

 Tennessee, western Kentucky, southern Indiana, southern Illinois, Iowa, southern 

 Missouri, Arkansas, and the Colorado Valley in Texas. 



ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley to the coast In rich low woods. Morgan County, 

 Falkville. Cullmau County. Monroe County, Claiborue. Clarke County, Choctaw 

 Corner. Mobile County, Pierce's Landing. Baldwin County, Stockton. 



Economic uses : Important timber tree. The bark, under name of " red-oak bark," 

 is used medicinally. 



Type locality : Texas. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Quercus coccinea Mueuch. Hausv. 5 : 254. 1770. SCARLET OAK. 



Quercus rubra ft L. Sp. PL ed. 2, 2 : L414. 1763. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 602. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 477. Chap. Fl. 422. Sargent, Silv. N. A. 8 : 133, 

 /. 412. 



Allegheniaii and Carolinian areas. Southern Delaware to Tennessee, along the 

 mountains to Georgia. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region. Dry uplands, sandy and rocky soil. Table-land of 

 Warrior River; frequent. Highlands of Coosa Valley rarely below 800 feet. Law- 

 reuce, Winston, Dekalb, Cullman, and Etowah counties. 



Economic uses : Of little value except for fencing and fuel. 



Type locality not ascertained. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Quercus rubra L. Sp. PL 2 :996. 1753. RED OAK. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 602. Gray, Man. ed. 6. 477. Chap. PI. 422. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2:416. 



Ailegheniau and Carolinian areas. Canada to Georgia and Mississippi. ? 



ALABAMA: Mountain region. Dekalb County, frequent on Lookout Mountain. 

 Jefferson County, Red Mountain, near Birmingham (Sargent). 



Type locality: "Hab. in Virginia, Carolina." 



Economic uses: Timber tree of moderate value. The bark is the "red oak bark," 

 Quercus rubra, of the U. S. Pharmacopeia. 



Quercus velutina Lam. Encycl. 1:721. 1783. BLACK OAK. QUERCITRON OAK. 



Quercus discolor Ait. Hort. Kew. 3:358. 1789. 



Q. tinctoria Bartram, Travels, 37. 1791. Name only. 



Q. tinctoria Michx. Hist. Chen. Am. no. 13, t. 25. 1801. 



Q. coccinea var. tinctoria Gray, Man. ed. 5, 454. 1868. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 601. Gray, Man. ed. 6,477. Chap. FL 422. Sargent, Silv. N. A. 8 : 37, 

 t. 415, 416. 



Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Southern Ontario, Minnesota, southern Maine, 

 south to Florida, Louisiana, and Arkansas. 



ALABAMA: From the Tennessee Valley over the mountains to the Upper division 

 of the Coast Pine belt. In the Lower Pine region of stunted growth. Flowers 

 April; fruit ripe in October. Frequent on the table-lands. 



Economic uses : Timber tree. Bark used in tanning and for dyestufF " quercitron 

 bark." 



Type locality: "On le dit originaire de 1'Aine'rique septentrionale." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Quercus catesbaei Michx. Hist. Chen. Am. no. 17, t. 29, 30. 1801. 



TURKEY OAK. BARREN OAK. FORKED-LEAF BLACK JACK. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 603. Chap. Fl. 422. Sargent, Silv. N. A. 8 : 143, t. 417. 



Louisianian area. Coast of North Carolina, south to Cape Malabar, Florida, and 

 west to Louisiana (east of the Mississippi). 



ALABAMA: Central Pine belt to the coast. On sterile sandy pine ridges. Au- 

 tauga County, Kingston, and throughout the Coast Pine belt. Flowers March ; fruit 

 ripe in October. Small tree. Abundant in sandy pine barrens. 



Economic uses: For fuel. 



Type locality not ascertained. Locality in Michx. Fl. : " Hab. in Marylandia, Vir- 

 ginia, et Carolina." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



