LARGER NORTH CAROLINA FOREST TREES. 25 



lobes ; acorn large ; cup with coarse, 



spreading scales; small trees with (jack or Sand Oak. 



rough, gray bark; on pine barrens, (p. 102.)..FORK-LEAE BLACK- 



*2) Leaves with a long and slender leaf- 

 stem, 1 to 3 inches long, green beneath. 



Leaves over twice as long as broad, 



the lobes acute; rare ; middle section Bartram'S Oak 1 . 



Leaves broader, generally not twice as 

 long as broad with many lobes on 

 each side ; large trees. 



?) With deep and rounded hollows be- 

 tween the lobes of the leaves ; large 

 trees. 



Light gray bark on limbs ; nut half 

 covered by the cup ; common on 

 dry, stiff or gravelly soils ; twigs 



brownish, (p. 99.) Scarlet Oak. 



With dark gray bark on branches ; 

 only base of nut covered by the 

 cup ; rare ; along streams of the 

 middle counties ; twigs steel-gray. (p. 98.). .Texas Bed Oak. 



?) With shallower, acute hollows 

 between the lobes of the leaf. 



Leaves downy beneath ; cup cover- 

 ing half of the large nut ; bark 



rough and black, (p. 101.) Black Oak. 



Leaves smooth beneath ; cup very 



shallow ; bark striped, dark, and 



light gray ; western, (p. 97.) (Northern) Red Oak. 



*3) Leaves whitened beneath ; ieafstem 



slender ; nut small, globular, (p. 103.) Spanish Oak. 



(3) Leaves more or less lobed or toothed, 

 the divisions rounded and not bristle- 

 tipped ; leafstems less than 1 inch long ; 

 bark gray, furrowed or shaggy. — White 

 Oaks and Chestnut Oaks. 



Leaves deeply 5 to 9-lobed ; nut 



nearly covered by the cup ; in the 



eastern swamps, (p. 92.) Overcup Oak. 



Leaves deeply 5 to 7-lobed ; cup 



ono-half the length of the acorn ; 



small trees, common on dry soil. (p. 91) Post Oak. 



Leaves 7 to 9-lobed ; cup of acorn 



shallow ; large trees ; light gray 



bark; common, (p. 89.) , White Oak. 



Leaves thick with many, rounded, 



shallow lobes ; bark deeply fur- 

 rowed ; dry soil ; western ; acorn 



very large, (p. 93.) Rock Chestnut Oak. 



Leaves thin, velvety beneath, with 

 many rounded, shallow lobes ; bark 

 snaggy ; swamps and river banks 

 eastward, (p. 95.) Swamp Chestnut Oak. 



(e) Leaves more than 3 inches long, sharply 

 toothed on the sides and with prominent, 



iQuercus heteropliylla, Michaux. 



