150 WOOD AND FOREST. 



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White Oak. Stave Oak. 

 Quercus alba Linnaeus. 



Quercus, the classical Latin name; white and alba, refer to wliite bark. 



Habitat. 



Habitat: (See map) ; 

 best on western sloj^es 

 of Southern Alleghany 

 Mountains, and in lower 

 Ohio river valley. 



Characteristics of the 

 Tree : Height, 80'-100' ; 

 diameter, 3'-5'; trunk, in 

 forest, tall, m open, short; 

 bark, easily distinguished, 

 light gray vath shallow 

 fissures, scaly; leaves, 

 rounded lobes, and sin- 

 uses; acorns, -"^4" to 1" 

 long, ripen first year. 



Appearance of Wood: 



Color, light brown, sap- 

 wood paler; ring-porous; 

 rings, plainly defined by 

 pores ; grain crooked ; 

 rays, broad, verj' conspic- 

 uous and irregular. 



Physical Qualities ; 



Heavy (8th in this list), 

 50 lbs. per cu. ft. ; sp. 



