Haxdbook of Tkees of the Northekn States axd Canada. 103 



Tlie Shingle Oak in the forest under most 

 favorable eonditions of growtli sonietinies at- 

 tains a heii;lit of 100 ft., witli straight columnar 

 trunk 3 or 4 ft. in diameter. Iiut is usually 

 not more than 50 or 00 ft. in height. When 

 isolated it develops an oblong or rnunded top 

 of numerous branches, and is conspicuous on 

 iccount of its large entire leaves, which are 

 very difl'erent from thos{' of all other .\merican 

 Oaks. It is a distinclly hamUomc Oik inhaldt- 

 ing both rich uplands and fertile Ixittom lands, 

 and is one of the most abundant Oaks of the 

 loner Ohio basin and the slate of Jlissouri. 



Its wood is heavy, a cu. ft. when absohitely 

 dry weighing 40.92 lbs., hard and strong, and 

 is used in interior finishing, furniture and to 

 a considerable extent for cla])hoards and 

 shingles — a use from whicdi it takes its name.i 

 lilon^-laii 



Leaves ol)Ioug or o 

 sometimes bristle-tipiiea. paiii 

 acute or obtuse at aftcx ai 

 rounded at base, with enlin- 

 margins, coriaceous, rcddisli 



laic. 4-n in. I.ms. 

 irl.v when youni^, 

 wcdge-sbaped or 

 slightl.v Lindidate 

 .vellowisb grcnn 



lalvnity vory iustroiis 

 id pnln'sci'Dt bencalli 



and tomentosp at first, at 



dark greeu above, paler : 



witb yellowish midril>s and pnnnini'nt vidns : 



petioles short, pitlii'sc<ail. rinirrrs staminate 



aments sti-'nder and nuna-i-nns. lioary-lnmentitsc, 



2-:i in. long with yrllcwish pniirsciair 4-li d 



calyx: pistil wifh shoil linncnlnsr pi'dnnch'^ : 

 stigmas reciu-vcd. Fruit SMlilar,\- < r L' ol- :\ \n- 

 gether with short pedunch's •.\ni\ suligloliose dark 

 brown or striated nut alum! i -^ in. long and i->U''. 

 tlni-d inclosed in a rlatlish i iiiiiiici Ic cup ot small 

 closely imbricated pubesrcnt scales 

 I. A. W., XI, 270. 



