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TIMBER TREES OF NORTH CAROLINA. 



* young plants are common in thinned and second-growth woods, 

 bearing well both deep shade and strong light. It does not 



sprout as freely as white oak. Although in favorable situations 

 the growth is rapid, in general it grows more slowly than the 

 white oak. 



The leaves are stiff, leathery, rough above, whitish and downy 

 below, and divided into 5 to 7 roundish divergent lobes, the 

 upper lobe large and often double. The acorns, borne on shdrt 

 foot-stalks, are small and sweet, and seated in deep, grayish, 

 smooth-scaled cups. The winter-buds are small, rounded, smooth, 

 and dark brownish -red. 



The wood is heavy, hard, close-grained, compact, checks badly 

 in drying, and is very durable in contact with the soil; dark or 

 light brown in color ; the sapwood lighter. It is used for construc- 

 tion, cooperage, shipbuilding, fencing, railroad ties, fuel, and 

 occasionally for carriage stock. Large quantities have been cut in 

 the Piedmont section for staves, and it is extensively used 

 throughout the middle and eastern counties for posts, ties, etc. 



Quercus lyrata, Walter. 



(oYERCUP OAK. SWAMP POST OAK.) 



A large tree, with rough flaky gray bark, and smooth gray 

 small often pendulous branches, reaching a height of 100 and a 

 diameter of 3 feet. 



It occurs in wet soil, from Maryland southward near the coast, 



