MOUNTAIN TREES 



zenus Oak mature in two years while 

 those of the Scrub Oak ripen the first 

 season. 



Dr. F. Wislezenus, after whom the 

 oak was named, was a botanist of Ger- 

 man birth who travelled extensively in 

 the Southwest. 



The best field marks of the Golden 

 oak are the golden yellow powder which 

 covers the underside of the young 

 leaves, and the golden fuzz-covered 

 cups of the acorns, hence the specific 

 term chrysolepis. "It is the only one 

 of our trees which possesses immunity 

 from wanton attack. Save for a definite 

 purpose no one meddles with it, its local 

 name, iron oak, being well merited." 



The California oak grows at an eleva- 

 tion of about 5000 feet and is a promi- 

 nent tree of the yellow pine belt. The 

 general, graceful, aspiring form of the 

 tree, and the deeply cleft leaves at once 

 distinguish it from the other three oaks. 

 It is our only deciduous-leaved moun- 

 tain oak. 



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