126 ECONOMIC BOTANY OF ALABAMA 



Grows in dry woods, in rather poor soils ; commonest north- 

 ward. In former years T may have sometimes confused it with 

 Q. Sclnicckii, althous^h the habitats of the two are usually quite 

 different. 



lA. Limestone and Colbert Counties. 



IB. Near Athens and Stevenson (the latter perhaps (J. Schiicckiif). 

 Flatvvoods north of Leighton. 



IC. Lawrence and Colbert Counties. 



2A. Very common, making probably nearly 3Vr of the forest. 



2B. Frequent; less than 1%. 



3. Scattered on dry ridges. 



4. Pope Mountain, Talladega County. Blue Ridge near Erin, Clay 

 County. 



5. Clay and Chilton Counties, and probably most of the others. 

 6A. Common in Franklin and Afarion Counties, less so southward. 

 6C. Autauga and Macon Counties. 



7. Var. tuberculata reported from Dallas County by Cocks. 



8. Barbour County. 



9. Sumter County. 



lOE. Barbour, Dalet?), Coffee and Covington Counties, 

 low. Choctaw and Conecuh Counties. 

 IL Choctaw County. 



Quercus Catesbaei, Mx. 



Turkey Oak. ( Forked-lkaf) Black-jack. 



(Map 14. Fig. 30) 



A small scrul)by tree, rarely more than a foot in diameter, 

 with hard rotigh blackish ])ark, and dee]:)ly lobed thick reticulated 

 shining pale green leaves which are much alike on both sides, and 

 turned at all sorts of angles to the horizon, so that they get about 

 as much sunshine on one side as on the other. The leaves turn a 

 brilliant red for a short time in the fall, and then brown, many of 

 them remaining on the tree in that condition all winter, so that it is 

 easily recognized at all seasons. The tree is hardly ever used for 

 anything except fuel, but it serves very well for that, being usually 

 of sizes easily cut. 



Grows in very dry. usually sandy soils, but not in extremely 

 sterile soils like the white sands along the coast. Almost confined 

 to the coastal plain. Nearly always associated with the long leaf 

 pine, and as indifferent to fire as that is. 



5. Summit of Bald Knob near Wetumpka. (See Plant World 9:266. 

 1907.) 



6B. Rather common thrfiughont, extending to a few miles west of the 

 Warrior River in Tuscaloosa County. Abundant in Autauga County. 



6C. On gravelly hills and in sandy creek bottoms. Autauga County. 



7. Sand in Dallas and Lowndes Counties. 



8. Pike Countv. 



