THE TREES OF NORTH CAROLINA. 61 



Division 1st. Division 3d. 



Live Oak, (Quercus virens.) Spanish Oak, (Q. falcata.) 



Willow Oak, (Q. Phellos.) Black Oak, (Q. tinctoria.) 



Shingle Oak, (Q. inibricaria.) Scarlet Oak, (Q. coccinea.) 



Laurel Oak, (Q. laurifolia ) Red Oak, (Q. rubra.) 



Upland Willow Oak, (Q. cinerea.) Scrub Oak, (Q. Catesbrei.) 



Bear Oak, (Q. ilicifolia.) 



Division 2d. 

 Water Oak, (Q. aquatica.) 

 y Black Jack, (Q. nigra.) 



7. Live Oak. (Q. virens, Ait.)— Well known 

 under this name wherever it exists, and needing no 

 description. It is found along the sea-shore from 

 near Norfolk, Va., to the coast of Texas. It is com- 

 monly 40 or 50 feet high, and 1 or 2 feet through the 

 trunk. Of all the Oaks this is the most highly 

 prized for ship-building, the timber hardening with 

 age, and being closer grained and more durable than 

 any other. The bark also is excellent for tanning. 



8. Willow Oak. (Q. Phellos, Linn.) — This 

 beautiful tree, remarkable for the narrowness of its 

 leaves, which gives the foliage much the appearance 

 of that of a Willotv^ and by which it is easily recog- 

 nized at considerable distance, extends north as far 

 as New Jersey. It aifects cool moist situations, and 

 is not uncommon on the borders of swamps in the 

 Lower District, where it rises to the height of 50 to 

 60 feet, with a diameter of 2 feet. In the Middle 

 District it is more scatteringly found in similar situ- 

 ations. It is more to be admired for its beauty than 

 its use, as the wood is very coarse grained, and ill 



