OAKS. 473 



ALABAMA : Central Pine belt to the Coast plain. Low rich woods. In great per- 

 fection in the Central Prairie belt and Coast plain. Frequent. 



Economic uses: Little valued for the timber, most esteemed as an evergreen 

 shade tree. 



Type locality not ascertained. Locality of Michx. Fl. : " Hab. in Carolina nieri- 

 dionali et Georgia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Quercus phellos L. Sp. PL 2 : 994. 1753. WILLOW OAK. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 593. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 479. Chap. Fl. 420. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2 : 417. Sargent, Silv. N. A. 8 : 179, t. 433. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Staten Island, New York, along the coast to 

 northeastern, Florida and the central parts of the Gulf States to the Sabine Valley, 

 Texas. 



ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley to Central Pine belt. In the bottom lands, borders 

 of swamps. Most frequent in the coves of the Tennessee basin in low woods of a 

 cold damp soil. Morgan County, Falk/ville, 600 feet. Franklin County, Russellville. 

 Tuscaloosa County. Farther south rare. 



Economic uses : Timber tree. 



Type locality : " Hab. in America septentrionali." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Quercus myrtifolia Willd. Sp. PI. 4 : 424. 1805. SEASIDE SCRUB OAK. 



Quercus phellos var. arenaria Chap. Fl. 420. 1860. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 597. Chap. Fl. 420, ed. 3, -145. Sargent, Silv. N. A. 8 : 123, t. 408. 



Louisianian area. Coast from South Carolina to Florida, west to Alabama. 



ALABAMA: Littoral region. Scarcely over 6 to 8 feet high, covering the drifting 

 sands of the seacoast and islands. Baldwin County, Fish River, Navy Cove, Per- 

 dido Bay. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Carolina." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Quercus brevifolia (Lam.) Sargent, Silv. N. A. 8: 171, t 431. 1893. 



UPLAND WILLOW OAK. BLUE JACK. 



Quercus phellos brevifolia Lam. Encycl. 1 : 722. 1783. 



Q. humilis Walt. Fl. Car. 234. 1788. 



Q. cinerea Micbx. Hist. Chen. Am. no. 8, 1. 146. 1801. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 594. Chap. Fl. 421. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 417. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Gulf States west to the Brazos Valley, Texas. 

 From Florida (Cape Malabar) along the coast to North Carolina. 



ALABAMA: Lower hills. Central and Coast Pine belt. Common in the dry sandy 

 pine barrens. Walker County, South Lowell. 



Economic uses : Valuable for fuel. 



Type locality : " II crolt dans un terroir sec et maigre" [in North America]. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Quercus imbricaria Michx. Hist. Chen. Am. no. 9, t. 15, 16. 1801. SHINGLE OAK. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 598. Gray, Man, ed. 6, 478. Chap. Fl. 420. Sargent, Silv. N. A. 8 : 175, 

 432. 



Allegbenian and Carolinian areas. Western Pennsylvania through the Ohio Val- 

 ley to southern Michigan, southern Wisconsin, southern Nebraska, southern Kansas, 

 and Missouri, south to Virginia and Tennessee, and along the mountains to Georgia. 



ALABAMA: Coosa Valley. Etowah County, about 600 feet altitude, near Gadsden. 

 One single tree at the present known. 



Type locality not ascertained. Locality in Michx. Fl. : "Hab. in moutibus Alle- 

 ghanis." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Quercus heterophylla Michx. f. Hist. Arb. Am. 2:87, t. 16. 1813. BARTRAM OAK. 



Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 417. 



Believed to be a hybrid of Q. phellos and velutina or rubra or coccinea. 



Carolinian area. Sparsely diffused and local from Staten Island to Delaware, 

 North Carolina, northern Alabama, and northeastern Texas. 



ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley. In low woods. Morgan County, Falkville, about 

 600 feet. Associated with willow, black, and Texas oak. Only locality known in 

 the State. 



Type (Michx. trans.) locality: "On the banks of the Schuylkill River, four miles 

 from Philadelphia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



