Handbook of Trees of the Noktiikrn States and Canada. 167 



The Post Ook is usually a tree of medium 

 stature attaining a lu'iglit of 50 or tiO ft., but 

 in the exeeptioual forests of the Ohio liasin it 

 is said to attain a ludyht of lUO ft. and ilS 

 trunk a diameter of about 3 ft. When growing 

 in the open fields it develops a rounded or 

 obovoid to[) with stout brauelilets and shining 

 dark ,i;reen foliage, whieh in autumn turns to 

 various shades of yellow and brdwn. 



It is oiH' of the most marked of our oaks in 

 the peculiarity of its leaves, wdiieh, tufted at 

 the ends of the branelilets in great star-shaped 

 einsters, suggests at once the appropriateness 

 of Wangenheim's imnie, Q. stcllnln. It inhabits 

 linieslonc ridges and sandy plains in company 

 with the Black .tack, l^ed. White and other 

 Oaks, the Sassafras, Oums, l''lowcring Dogwood, 

 Red Cedar, etc. 



Its heavy, hard and durable wood is valued 



in the manufacture of agricultural implements. 



casks, etc., and to some extent for fnrTiitnrc. 



It is also used extensi\-{dy for railway ties, 



fence posts, etc., and makes exeidlent fnid. 



A cubic foot when absolutely dry weighs .52.14 



Ibs.- 



Lpovcs broad'OhovatP. 4-8 in. Inrm. cvmfatc c- 

 rounded at hasc, deeply lyrate-pinnalitid wiHi 

 usually r> (sometimi's ;: or 7) wide diverjAcnt cn- 

 tlre or undulate rounded lohes, the central pair 

 much tlic largest and usually notched, at ma 

 turltv firm shinin-; dark sreen with scattcreil 

 Rtpllatc hairs abn\'c. ixraylsh oi- yellowish puhcs- 

 cpnt beneath : petiole.; "and midribs pubescent. 

 Floirrrfi: staminnfe calyx yellow wifli 5 laeiniately 

 cut lobes: stiemas shoi't. dilated. Fruit niatnriu ; 

 the Mrst .year, sessile or neai-ly so: acoi-n i.i\oid- 

 nblonff. Uj-l in. long, about half inclosed by the 

 Jiemispheric cup. 



1. Syn. Q. uliliiniliihii Mieh.\-. Q. strlliita Wan;. 



2. ,\. \Y., I\-. '.IL>. 





