n8 Trees with Simple Leaves. |Ain 



Fig. 61. Scarlet Oak. Q. coccinea, Wang. 



Leaves, SIMPLE ; ALTERNATE ; EDGE DEEPLY LOBED (edges 

 of lobes mostly entire, but notched and toothed 

 towards the ends). 



Outline, broadly oval or broadly reverse egg-shape. Base, 

 very short wedge-shape or squared. Ends of the 

 lobes and of the teeth pointed and bristle-tipped. 



Leaf, four to eight inches long, bright green above, slightly 

 lighter below ; both surfaces smooth and shining. 

 Lobes, five to nine, usually seven with the hollows 

 rounded and very broad, and reaching about two 

 thirds of the way to the middle rib. Most of the 

 lobes widen and are deeply notched toward their end. 



Bark of trunk, thick and rough, usually not quite as dark 

 or as straight-furrowed as that of the Black Oak. 

 The inner bark reddish. 



Acorns, variable. Cup, very thick, top-shaped, with large, 

 somewhat triangular egg-shaped, scales. Nut, one 

 half to three fourths of an inch long ; round or 

 rounded egg-shape, about one third covered by the 

 cup ; kernel bitter and whitish. October. 



Found, from Southern Maine southward and westward; 

 most common in the Middle and Southern States. 



A tree fifty to ninety feet high, with wood of less value 

 than some of the other oaks. In the fall the leaves turn 

 to a bright scarlet, or orange-scarlet, or crimson and red. 

 They often cling throughout the winter. 



