The Trees of Texas TD 
12. Quercus Emoryi Torrey. Black Oak. A small round- 
topped tree 30° to 40° high with short trunk, stout drooping 
branches and slender reddish branchlets. Bark 1’-2’ thick, 
deeply divided, dark brown. Leaves oblong, lanceolate, 
pointed, entire or somewhat toothed, 1’-214’long, 44’-1’ wide, 
thick and glossy when mature, persistent until spring. Fruit 

Fig. 14. Quercus Emoryi. 
sessile or nearly so, ripening from July to September of the 
first year; acorn oblong or oval 14’-84’ long,14’ wide, enclosed 
for about one-third its length in the cup-shaped cup. 
On mountain sides and in canyons. New Mexico, Arizona, 
northern Mexico and Texas. In Texas it occurs in the Limpia 
and Chisos mountains. 
The wood is soft, strong, brittle, close grained, dark brown. 
The acorns are sweet and edible, being used as food by the 
Mexicans. 
13. Quercus breviloba (Torrey) Sargent. Texan White 
Oak. A shrub or small tree sometimes reaching a height of 
25°-30°. The trunk divides near the base to form several 
branches. The thin, silvery, gray bark separates from the 
