Handbook of Treks of the Noetiiebn States and Can/' 



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This Ix-aiitiful anil st;itrl_v Oak atlaiiis tlip 

 heifilit vt upwards of KM) ft. in forfst-yi'owlli 

 witli ^traiylil iijluninai- lianik 4 or 5 ft. in 

 dianit'ttT. \\ lirn isulatcil tiinn ollirr trees, as 

 (lei-asiiiiially funnii un ri\-er l)anks where it has 

 riiiim fur full (levelii|iineiit. its massive lnanel;(>s 

 fcirni a wiile rounded lop. aud ils ample parly- 

 cnlured leaves as they display sueeessively their 

 dark-gieen and sih ery-w hile surfaces, when 

 agitated hy the wind, make it a heantiful oh- 

 jeet The hark of trunk is cd' a dark ,uray eolor 

 fi-suiial into rather narrow ridyes of lirni small 

 scales. 



It i- di-tinctly a tree of alluvial hottom-hinds 

 and tlu' hanks of streams suhject to inunda- 

 tion, rcachinf; its greatest develupnicnt in 

 nnrtliern .^lissi3sip[ii and eastern Arkansas 

 ^liere it is a \cry ^'aluahle tindier tree. 



The wood is hea\"y, hard, ami strong and 

 useful for interior finishing, fuiuiiture, agri- 

 cultural implements, (de., nearly ei|ualing in 

 vahu-' the waiod of the While Oak and is really 

 one of the very best of tlu' TJeil (lak gr(uip. 



;...(/ax .i\al I" nUlnm; ii] "ill Mil.'. .'-10 in. Ion-'-. 

 Willi -luni'aTr, liaineali' ur reiuidi-d a1 hasi'. wilh 

 r>-7 \\iiii'-i)ased and ntleii t.tliah' narr'iiw'-[iiiintrd 

 niiistly entire brisl le-l i pped siirradirej Inlies, al 

 Diafurit.v lusti'ous dark ^^reiai alM)\-e, pale (nnieulnsi 

 tieneatb : braneblets rninetilose at lirsi. I-'niii 

 short-stalked with sluirl snb^leliose pnherulous 

 acorn about ■"', in. in iliameter and nearly half 



invi-stial by tbe Hal or sli-blly liirbinalr ell[i of 

 small piilierulrtits -r-n !.'s. 



