The Trees of Texas 17 
ond summer, solitary almost sessile, acorn ovoid 1/2’-2/3’ long 
about one-third enclosed in the turbinate cup. 
Mountains of New Mexico, Arizona, western Texas, and 
northern Mexico. The wood is heavy, hard, close grained, 
brown in color. 
17. Quercus rubra L. Red Oak. A large forest tree 70° 
to 80° in height and with trunk diameter of 2° to 4°. Trees 
crowing in dense forests are tall and straight with a rather 
narrow crown of few branches. Bark on young trees smooth 
and light gray, on old trunks regularly and coarsely fissured, 
1’-11,’ thick, dark brown with a tinge of red. Leaves obo- 
vate or oblong 5’-9’ long, 4’-6’ broad with 5-11 coarse toothed 
bristle tipped lobes, usually divided about half way to the 
midrib, lobes wedge-shaped tapering from the base, and mostly 
with three teeth at the apex. Thin and firm, hairy at first 
becoming smooth, dark green and dull above, pale yellow 
green below with occasional small tufts of rusty hairs in 
the axils of the veins. Acorns solitary or in pairs maturing 
in the autumn of the second season. Sessile or borne on short 
stalks. The cup is shallow, saucer-shaped enclosing only the 
base of the nut. Seales closely appressed, bright red brown 
somewhat glossy. Nut ovoid, flat at the base %’-1’ long rounded 
at the apex, gray or reddish brown, more or less pubescent. 
Nova Scotia and Minnesota, south to Florida and Texas. 
The wood is heavy, hard, close-grained, strong light reddish 
brown. It is used for building material, finishing, car and 
wagon stock. The red oak is also a very desirable tree for 
ornamental planting. It thrives best in a moist rich soil where 
it grows rapidly. 
18. Quercus Schneckii Britton. Schneck’s Oak. A large 
forest tree 150° high and 4°-6° in diameter, but usually smaller. 
The trunk is tall and straight with a butressed base. The 
lower branches are drooping while the upper are widespread- 
ing and form a wide, rounded open crown. Bark on young 
branches smooth and gray, on old trunks dark brown with a 
tinge of red, fissured, the ridges flat, furrows shallow. The 
leaves are ovate to obovate 3’-7’ long, wedge-shaped or trun- 
cate at base with 5-9 lobes which extend more than half way 
to the midrib; the lobes are wedge-shaped or oblong usually 
