CUPULIFERAE 133 



WATER AND WILLOW OAKS. 



Quercus cinerea, AIx. (Q. brcvifoUa (Lam.) Sarg.) Turkey 

 Oak. (High-ground Willow Oak. Narrow-leaved Black- 

 jack. Blue-jack.) 



(Map 15) 



A small tree, seldom as much as a foot in diameter and 25 

 feet tall, with rough bark and narrow entire grayish leaves. The 

 wood does not attain sufficient dimensions to be used for anything 

 but fuel ; but the bark is said to yield a fine yellow dye. 



Its habitat and distribution are very similar to those of Q. 

 Catcshaci, with which it is commonly associated, but it seems to 

 prefer soils that are a trifle finer-grained or richer or more phos- 

 phatic, and it is less abundant, but ranges farther inland. It is 

 chiefly confined to regions where less than one percent of the area 

 was cultivated in cotton in 1S80. 



2A. A few small specimens of what appears to be this species grow 

 near Noccalula Falls at the south end of Lookout Mountain, Etowah Countv. 



2B. South Lowell, Walker County (Mohr). 



5. Hills near Coosa and Tallapoosa Rivers, Chilton and Elmore 

 Counties. 



6A. Tuscaloosa County to Macon County ; rather rare. 



6B. Common on hills. 



6C. Autauga. Elmore and Montgomery Counties. 



7. In sand, Dallas County. 



lOE. Frequent. 



low. Choctaw, Monroe and Butler Counties. 



11. Choctaw and Clarke Counties. 



12. Common. 



13. Common throughout. 



Quercus Arkansana, Sargent. {Q. Caput-riviiU, Ashe?) 



(Figs. 32-34) 



A small tree, seldom exceeding a foot in diameter and thirty 

 feet in height, with trunk usually a little crooked or leaning, and 

 gray bark, remarkably smooth for an oak, and somewhat resem- 

 bling the beech in that respect. The leaves are the largest known 

 in the water-oak group, being sometimes four or five inches long 

 and broad. v;edge-shaped and obscurely three-lobed. much like 

 those of Q. Marylandica, l)ut thinner and nearly smooth. The 

 flowers appear in March. The acorns are small, and scarcely dis- 

 tinguishable from those of the other water and willow oaks. 



