Handbook of Tkees of the Xoetiieen ^States a.xd Canada. 177 



The Chestnut Oak u^ially attain? a height 

 of from GO to 70 ft., luit in f<ne^t^i where 

 condition? arc especially favorable sometimes 

 mu ft., with trunk .". or 4 ft in diameter vested 

 in a dark lirm broadly ridded bark. A tree 

 of this species of e.xccpt ioiial thi(d<ness of 

 trunk, as well as bein\' famous from historic 

 association, is the '■ \Va.-.hinglon Oak." located 

 on the east bank of the Hudson l!iver near 

 Fishkill. It is 7 ft. in dianudcr and the esti- 

 mated age of the tree, liased upon Ihe known 

 age of a fallen eompanicm, is eiglit or ten 

 centuries. 1 



The Chestnut Oak inlurbits well drained 

 slopes, uplands and rocky ridges in company 

 with the Shag-bark and Pig-nut lliekiiries, 

 various Oaks, the Tulip-tree, etc. 



A cubic foot of its absolutely dry wood 



weighs 46.7.3 lbs., and is iiseil for the same 



purposes as that of the White Oak.= Its bark 



is used for tanning leather. 



Leaves from obloug-laneeolate to ohovatc. ob- 

 tuse, acute or acuminate at apex, from obtuse to 

 subcordate at base, coarsely crenate, with 10 to 

 10 pairs of strai.i;ht primary veins, glabrous dark 

 j^reen above, paler aud puberulous beneath. 

 rifjieers: stamiuate with T-0 cal.yx lobes ; pistillate 

 \A'ith sfTort darl-: i-cd stiormns. Fniil sin.srlc or in 

 pairs with pedicels shorter than the petioles : nut 

 ovoid-oblong, lustrous brown, from 1-1 V^ in. long 

 and about half immersed in the thin pubescent 

 cup which is somewhat roughened outside by the 

 thickened centers and free tips of its scales. 



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