My First Summer 



foliage, bark, and wide- branching habit, 

 but in its tough, knotty, unwedgeable wood. 

 Standing alone with plenty of elbow room, 

 the largest trees are about seven to eight feet 

 in diameter near the ground, sixty feet high, 





MOUNTAIN LIVE OAK (Qucrcus chrysolepis], EIGHT FEET IN 

 DIAMETER 



and as wide or wider across the head. The 

 leaves are small and undivided, mostly with- 

 out teeth or wavy edging, though on young 

 shoots some are sharply serrated, both kinds 

 being found on the same tree. The cups of 

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