Handbook of Tj;ees of the _Xi)i;tiiei;x States and ('anada. 1.'!7 



Tlie Chinquapin is a small tree and is ollen 

 t'ouml fi-uiliiii,' ill abinidanee as a shrub. 

 L'nder fmoralik' conditions it attains tlie 

 height of -IIJ or 5U ft. and a trunk diameter of 

 2 or 3 it., but these (.liuiensii.)ns are rare. 

 \\ hen isolated it de\elo|is a low l.udad roiimlcd 

 lop. similar to that id' the t'he>luut, but nuirh 

 smaller. It inludiits .hy hillsiilr^ and uplands 

 as well as rich Ijottoni-lands and, like the 

 Chestnut, is of greatest brauty \\lie)i iu early 

 smnmer. after the elose of tlu' Moweriug sea.~on 

 of ne.irly ;tll otlirr tree-., it jiuN (uit il^ numer- 

 ous fragrant y(d]uw catkins. in September its 

 well-guarded fruit, which it piitilnci'>. in abun- 

 dani'e. is ri|ie and libeiateil. and this, though 

 a small not. is dcli( inns in Ihnor and is oe- 

 easionally gathered fur nuirket. 



The wood is similar to that of the ('hestiiut 

 with \ery thin sap-wiiud. a cubic f(jnt. when 

 absolut(dy dry, weighing .'!(l.lin lbs., and is used 

 fur fence posts, railway ties, etc' 



LcarcK n.iri-(iw-(ililiin,^-, .':."'> in, Inni;, nioslly .iiailp 

 nt ;l|iex. naiaowi'd .■iinl weUi^c-sha|)eU nr iTMunleU al 

 base, cn;irsi't\' seiaaO' Willi slender jH.inted O'clh, 

 traaentose at lirst, at iiiaturily iilala-(uis dark ,enea 

 aitove, whitish tomentose iKaieaili; petioles short 

 stent and hrauehlets flic lirsl season piihesccat, 

 riiiii-cis ( ,T iine-,l nl,\ I : slaniiliale ainellls 2-f> in. 

 lea;;. Ilea r.V-l lanell I esc ; pislilhlle lloniTS al llle 

 liases nt I he apper a lid ro^yiinas aiiieals, sessile or 

 nearly sre Fniil: in\-nl acres 1-] ' ■_. in. in diameter, 

 commonly iu sidkc-lilic eliisoas. diaisely ercjwded 

 with slender sharp spines ciilsiiie. opeiiiai;- ::en- 

 erally hy 2 or :'. \-al\es and eniiiainiim a siii-1" 

 roand-oyoid liislnnis darl< I.niwn mil peinled and 

 white-pniieseent al ape.x, i ,-''i la. leiii; and eon- 

 tainiiia a lariic siyeel si'cil naked al ape.-c willi 

 scars of ahurtive inailes, 



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