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Black Jack Oak (Quercus marilandica Muench.). 



A small scrub oak with large leaves that are very broad at the 

 end and generally without lobes. The acorn is large and seated in 

 a deep cup. This oak is very abundant in the sand hills and also 

 more or less plentiful in good soil. 



Willow Oak (Quercus Phellos L.). . 



A large and beautiful oak that is very common in the flat woods 

 and on edges of bays. The leaves are very long and narrow and 

 not lobed, resembling those of a willow. The acorn is small with 

 a shallow cup. This species and the Spanish oak are our most 

 desirable trees for decorative planting. 



Upland Willow Oak (Quercus cinerea Michx.). 



A low scrub oak that seldom reaches a height of twenty- five 

 feet. It is very common in the sand hills and in other poor, 

 sandy soil. The leaves are oblong and generally not lobed or 

 toothed. They are grayish wooly beneath and are not so long or 

 narrow as those of the willow oak. The acorn is about the size 

 of the willow oak's. See Plate IV for a very large specimen of 

 this oak. 



Hackberry (Celtis Smallii Beadle). 



A good sized tree with rough and warty bark. The leaves are 

 ovate-lanceolate, long pointed, toothed and rough. The fruit is a 

 small, sweetish, nearly black "berry" (really a drupe). The 

 hackberry is not native to Hartsville, but has become established 

 in a few places. There is a good sized tree near the edge of Snake 

 Branch about two hundred yards south of the High School 

 building, and several may be seen along the ditch-bank separa- 

 ting Major Coker's Upper Farm and the Old Norwood Place. 

 There are several large planted specimens in the yard of the 

 Kilgore Place at Kilgore's Mill. 



Red Mulberry (Morns rubra L.). 



A small tree with large rough leaves and edible fruits. It, 

 also, is probably not native to the region immediately around 

 Hartsville, but it is now established along ditches and gullies. 



Sweet Bay (Magnolia virginica L.). 



A small tree of swamps and bays. It has long, partially ever- 

 green leaves that have smooth edges and are very white beneath. 

 The fruit is a hard cone-shaped body from which the red seeds 



