STUDIES OF TREES IN WINTER 



white oak is used for, and is not distinguished 

 from it commercially. 



The former name, platanoides (platanus-like), 

 came from the generic name of the plane tree 

 or buttonwood, and refers to the bark of the 

 young trees, which, like that of the button- 

 wood, separates and curls off in large thin flakes 

 along the branches. 



The swamp white oak grows in low, wet 

 ground throughout the Northeastern States. 



-. p A large tree, sometimes i6o jcet 



Overcup, or high. The bark is corky, with 



Bur Oak corky ridges along the twigs. 



Quercus macrocarpa ^i^, ,, ,., j, ,,, 



The buds are like those oj the 

 swamp white oak, but the scales are more pointed. 

 Often the dried stipule or a piece oj it is left, as 

 it is persistent in this species. Alternate leaf- 

 scars. The acorn is almost entirely enclosed in 

 a thick cup with a mossy fringed border. 



The curious corky ridges along the twigs 

 distinguish the mossy cup oak at all seasons 

 of the year, and its aspect in winter is unusual 

 and picturesque, owing to this peculiarity. 



The branches are irregular, the buds are 

 small, and the acorns are large and enclosed for 

 more than half their length in a cup covered 

 with prominent scales and bordered with a 

 thread-like fringe. Michaux says that these 



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