664 THE VEGETATION OF THE LOWER WABASH VALLEY. 
BLACK WALNUT (Juglans nigra). 
Height 125 feet. Mean of 2 trees. 
Trunk 50 (z3 oe oo 66 ce 
Cire. 184 6e 66 “6 3 (z3 
Trunks of fifteen feet in circumference and forty or fifty feet 
long very common, so much so that in one locality in the 
“ bottoms ” five trees of this size stood within sight all at the 
same time in the thick woods. 
t SPANISH OAK” (Quercus coccinea var?). 
Height 1202 feet. Mean of 6 trees. 
Trunk 584 oo 66 «5 «6 
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Circ. 17% j g 6 
The most stately and symmetrical of all our oaks; trunk 
straight and columnar and top massive and dense, reminding one 
in its appearance of the pecan. A more usual size is one hundred 
and fifty feet high, the trunk fifty feet long and fifteen feet in 
circumference four feet from the base. 
BUR OAK (Quercus macrocarpa). 
Height oe feet. Mean of 5 trees. 
Trunk 66 (73 6666 6s 
Cire. oo c6 eng (23 
The most massive, in proportion to its height, of all our oaks. 
WHITE OAK (Quercus alba). 
Height 115} feet. Mean of 6 trees. 
Trunk 481 ‘“ 66 ve a 
Circ. 143 c 66 iy 
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COTTONWOOD (Populus monilifera). r 
a 142} feet. Mean of 4 trees. 
Trunk 13 66 66 wg 
Cire. 154 i U AG 
SWEET GUM (Liquidambar styraciflua). 
Height 117% feet. Mean of 7 trees. o 
Trunk 622 6s hye ee ae a 
Cire. Hg ~” w go 
