OAKS. 473 
ALABAMA: Central Pine belt to the Coast plain. Low rich woods. In great per- 
fection in the Central Prairie belt and Coast plain. Frequent. 
Economic uses: Little valued for the timber, most esteemed as an evergreen 
shade tree. 
Type locality not ascertained. Locality of Michx. Fl.: ‘‘ Hab. in Carolina meri- 
dionali et Georgia.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Quercus phellos L. Sp. Pl. 2:994. 1753. WILLow Oak. 
Ell. Sk. 2:593. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 479. Chap. FI]. 420. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 
2:417. Sargent, Silv. N. A.8:179, t. 433. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Staten Island, New York, along the coast to 
eres Florida and the central parts of the Gulf States to the Sabine Valley, 
‘exas, 
ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley to Central Pine belt. In the bottom lands, borders 
of swamps. Most frequent in the coves of the Tennessee basin in low woods of a 
cold damp soil. Morgan County, Falkville, 600 feet. Franklin County, Russellville. 
Tuscaloosa County. Farther south rare. 
Economic.uses: Timber tree. 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab.in America septentrionali.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Quercus myrtifolia Willd. Sp. Pl. 4: 424. 1805. SEASIDE SCRUB Oak. 
Quercus phellos var. arenaria Chap. Fl. 420. 1860. 
Ell. Sk. 2:597. Chap. Fl. 420, ed. 3,445. Sargent, Silv. N. A. 8: 123, t. 408. 
Louisianian area. Coast from South Carolina to Florida, west to Alabama, 
ALABAMA: Littoral region. Scarcely over 6 to 8 feet high, covering the drifting 
sands of the seacoast and islands. Baldwin County, Fish River, Navy Cove, Per- 
dido Bay. 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab. in Carolina.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Quercus brevifolia (Lam.) Sargent, Silv. N. A. 8:171,¢ 431. 1893. 
UPLAND WILLOW Oak. BLUE JACK. 
Quercus phellos brevifolia Lam. Encyel.1:722. 1783. 
Q. humilis Walt. Fl. Car. 234. 1788. 
Q. cinerea Michx. Hist. Chén. Am. no. 8, ¢. 146. 1801. 
Ell. Sk. 2:594. Chap. Fl. 421. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 417. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Gulf States west to the Brazos Valley, Texas. 
From Florida (Cape Malabar) along the coast to North Carolina. 
ALABAMA: Lower hills. Central and Coast Pine belt. Common in the dry sandy 
pine barrens. Walker County, South Lowell. 
Economic uses: Valuable for fuel. 
Type locality: ‘‘Il croit dans un terroir sec et maigre” [in North America]. 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Quercus imbricaria Michx. Hist. Chén. Am. no. 9, t. 15,16. 1801. SHINGLE Oak. 
Ell. Sk. 2:598. Gray, Man. ed.6,478. Chap. Fl. 420. Sargent, Silv. N. A. 8:175, 
432. . 
Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Western Pennsylvania through the Ohio Val- 
ley to southern Michigan, southern Wisconsin, southern Nebraska, southern Kansas, 
and Missouri, south to Virginia and Tennessee, and along the mountains to Georgia. 
ALABAMA: Coosa Valley. Etowah County, about 600 feet altitude, near Gadsden. 
One single tree at the present known. 
Type locality not ascertained. Locality in Michx. Fl.: ‘‘Hab. in montibus Alle- 
ghanis.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Quercus heterophylla Michx. f. Hist. Arb. Am. 2:87, ¢. 76. 1813. BaRTRaM Oak. 
Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2:417. ¢ 
Believed to be a hybrid of Q. phellos and velutina or rubra or coccinea. 
Carolinian area. Sparsely diffused and local from Staten Island to Delaware, 
North Carolina, northern Alabama, and northeastern Texas. 
ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley. In low woods. Morgan County, Falkville, about 
600 feet. Associated with willow, black,and Texas oak. Only locality known in 
the State. 
Type (Michx. trans.) locality: ‘‘On the banks of the Schuylkill River, four miles 
from Philadelphia.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
