ibily, 
Noble (Van Gorder); Parke (Hobbs); Posey (Schneck); Putnam 
(Wilson); Steuben (Bradner); Vigo (Blatchley); Wabash (Benedict 
and Elrod); Wayne (Petry and Markle). 
Additional records are: Montgomery (Evans); Putnam (Grimes) 
and (MacDougal); Tippecanoe (Coulter); Jennings, Steuben and 
Wells (Deam). 
Economic uses. Wood heavy, hard, strong, close-grained, light 
reddish-brown and sap wood thin. Used principally for building 
material, finishing lumber, car and wagon stock and heading. 
Horticultural value. The red oak is one of the most desirable 
of our oaks for shade and ornamental purposes. It is adapted to 
a moist, rich soil, grows rapidly, branches large and ascending, 
has a clean appearance and is generally free from injurious pests, 
10. Quercus palistris Du Roi. Pin Oak. Swamp Oak. 
Water Oak. Plate 53. Bark on mature trunks close with broken, 
shallow fissures, bark on small trees and branches smooth, from a 
gray to a dark brown in color; shoots at first hairy and reddish, 
becoming smooth and a dark reddish brown by the end of the season; 
winter buds ovate, taper-pointed at the apex, about 3 mm. (1% 
inch) long, scales blunt, light brown, nearly smooth, margins much 
broken and often ciliate; leaves ovate, oval to obovate in outline, 
6-15 cm. (214-6 inches) long, acute at the apex, truncate or wedge- 
shaped at the base, deeply divided into 5-7 lobes, sinuses wide and 
rounded at the base, the lobes varying from triangular to obovate 
in outline and sometimes falcate, hairy and reddish when they first 
appear, becoming thin, smooth, shiay and dark green above, paler 
and smooth beneath except for the tufts of brownish hairs in the 
axils of the principal veins; petioles 2-5 cm. (34-2 inches) long; 
acorns sessile or nearly so, solitary or in clusters; nut subglobose 
or ovoid, about 12 mm. (1% inch) long and about as wide, the ovate 
type about half as large and sharp-pointed at the apex, hairy, en- 
closed about 14 its length in the saucer-shaped cup; cup usually 
nearly flat on the bottom, sometimes slightly taper-pointed at the 
base, the ovate type of fruit always with the tapering base, with 
a few hairs on the inside; scales blunt, reddish-brown and hairy 
except on the darker colored margins. 
In all our area but one specimen has been noted that has the 
small ovate and sharp-pointed acorns. It was located in Wells 
County and has been destroyed. Dr. Geo. Engelmann says this 
form is found in the vicinity of St. Louis. 
Distribution. Massachusetts and Michigan, south to Tennessee 
and west to Missouri. Found throughout Indiana. Infrequent in 
