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Quercus prinoides Willdenow. 21 Dwarf Chinquapin Oak. 



Range. — Massachusetts (Essex County) to North Carolina and westward to 

 southeastern Nebraska, central Kansas, Oklahoma, and eastern Texas. 



NAMES IN USE 



Dwarf Chinquapin Oak. Chinquapin Oak. 



Scrub Oak. Running White Oak. 



Dwarf Chestnut Oak. 



Qnercns nndnlata Torrey. Rocky Mountain Shin Oak ; 



Range. — Colorado (mountains) and through New Mexico and Arizona to 

 southern Utah and Nevada. 



names in use 



Scrub Oak (Colo.) Rocky Mountain Oak (lit). 



Shin Oak. Rocky Mountain Shin Oak. 



Family TJLMACEJE 



ULMUS Linnaeus 



*Ulmns americana Linnaeus. American Elm. 



Range. — From southern Newfoundland to Lake Superior (north shores) and 

 to the eastern base of the Rockv Mountains (here up the Saskatchewan River 

 to latitude 5-4° 30"); south to Florida (De Soto County); west to North Dakota 

 (Turtle Mountains), South Dakota (Black Hills), western Nebraska, central 

 Kansas, Oklahoma, southwestern Arkansas (Rich Mountain), and Texas (Coke 

 County) . 



NAMES IN USE 



American Elm (Vt., Mass., R. I.. N. Y., Elm (Mass.. R. I., Conn.. N. J., Pa., 



Del., Pa., N. C, Miss., Tex.. 111., N. C. S. C. Iowa. V i Mont.). 



Ohio., Kans., Nebr., Mich., Minn., Orme Maigre (La.). 



Ont.). Swamp Elm. 



White Elm (Me.. N. H.. Vt., Mass., Rock Elm. 



R. I., N. Y., Pa., N. J., Del., Md., Springwood (N. C). 



Va., W. Va., N. C, S. C, Ala., Fla.. Gray Elm ^trade, lit.). 



Miss., La., Tex., Ark., Ky., Mo., 111., Soft Elm (trade). 



Ind., Kans., Nebr., Ohio, Ont., Iowa, Hard Grav Elm (trade). 



Mich., Minn., N. Dak., S. Dak.. 



Mont.). 

 Water Elm (Miss., Tex., Ark., Mo., 



111., Iowa, Mich., Ky., Ohio, Minn., 



Nebr.). 



VARIETIES DISTINGUISHED IN CULTIVATION 



Ulmus americana pendula Aiton. Weeping American Elm 



TJlmus americana columnaris Render. Columnar Americ?.n Elm 



*Ulmus racemosa Thomas. Rock Elm. 



Range. — From Quebec (eastern townships) through Ontario, and south 

 through northwestern New Hampshire to southern Vermont; and to northern 

 New Jersey; westward through northern New York; southern Michigan, central 

 Wisconsin (Lake Mendota, near Madison), and southwestern Minnesota to 

 northeastern Nebraska (Meadville), western Missouri, eastern Kansas, and 

 middle Tennessee. 



Note on nomenclature. — Formerly designated as Ulmus thojnasii Sargent. 



» For the most part this species is a low shrub forming dense patches. Very occasionally, however, 

 it becomes tree-like. 



A truly shrubby form of plant is Quercus prinoides var. rufescens Rehder, which occurs from Nan- 

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