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MISC. PUBLICATION 217, U. S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 



Name of tree 



"Where the tree grows 



Descriptive notes 



Live oak (Ouercus virginiana) . 



Shin oak ( Quercus vaseyana) 



Shin oak ( Quercus mohriana) . - . 



Shin oak ( Quercus laceyi) 



Shin oak (Quercus annulata) 



Durand white oak (Quercus 



durandii) . 

 Chapman white oak (Quercus 



chapmanii) . 

 White oak (forked-leaf white 



oak) * (Quercus alba). 



Post oak (Quercus stallata) 



Bastard white oak (Quercus 



austrina). 

 Bur oak ( Quercus macrocarpa) . . . 



Overcup oak (Quercus lyrata). 



Swamp white oak (Quercv^s bi- 

 color) . 



Swamp chestnut oak (basket 

 oak)*, (cow oak)* (Quercus 

 prinus) . 



Chestnut oak (rock oak)* 

 (Quercus montana). 



Chinquapin oak (Quercus 

 muehlenbergii) . 



Dwarf chinquapin oak (scrub 

 oak)* (Quercus prinoides) . 



American elm (white elm)* 

 ( Ulmus americana) 



Rock elm ( Ulmus racemosa) . 



Winged elm (wahoo)* (Ulmus 

 alata). 



Slippery elm (Ulmus fulva) ... 

 Cedar elm (Ulmus crassifolia) . 

 Red elm (Ulmus serotina) 



Planer tree (water elm) * (Plan- 

 era aquatica) . 



(Roughleafed)* hackberry (Cel- 

 tis occidentalis) . 



Sugarberry (southern hack- 

 berry)* (Celtis laevigata). 



Palo bianco (Celtis lindheimerii). 



Hackberry (Celtis pumila georgi- 

 ana). 



(Name?) Irema mollis) 



Red mulberry (Morus rubra) _ . . 



South Atlantic and Gulf 

 coasts, Virginia to Texas. 



Western Texas 



WesternTexas and Oklahoma - 



Western Texas.. 



Central and western Texas 



Southern Gulf region, Georgia 



to Texas. 

 Southeastern United States, 



South Carolina to Florida. 

 Eastern half of United States . . 



Central and southern United 

 States, Massachusetts to 

 Texas. 



Southern United States, South 

 Carolina to Mississippi. 



Northeastern and North Cen- 

 tral United States. 



Atlantic and Gulf coasts, New 

 Jersey to Texas. Near 

 water. 



Northeastern quarter of Unit- 

 ed States. In low or cool 

 ground. 



Central and southern United 

 States, New Jersey to Mis- 

 souri. Borders of streams or 

 swamps. 



Northeastern and central 

 United States. 



Central part of eastern United 

 States. 



Central part of eastern United 



States. 

 Eastern half of United States 



to the Great Plains. 



Belt across northeastern States 

 to Kansas. 



Southeastern quarter of Unit- 

 ed States. 



Eastern United States. 



Mississippi, southern Arkan- 

 sas, across central and south- 

 ern Texas. 



Kentucky south to Georgia 

 and west into Missouri, 

 Arkansas, and Oklahoma. 



Southern United States. 



Most of northeastern United 



States. 

 Southeastern quarter of United 



States. 

 Southern Texas 



Central part of southeastern 



United States. 

 Southern Florida (tropical) — 

 Eastern United States 



Leaves oblong, edges smooth but 

 incurved, thick, pale, fuzzy below, 

 evergreen (fig. 3, B). Bark grayish. 

 Acorn borne on long stem (peduncle). 

 (Beginning the white oak group, 

 whose leaf lobes are rounded and 

 whose acorns mature in 1 season.) 



Leaves with small lobes, wavy mar- 

 gins. 



Leaves narrow, gray-green, thick. 

 Acorn in deep cup. 



Leaves wavy -edged or 3-lobed. Acorn 

 in shallow cup. 



Leaves variable. Acorn in rounded 

 cup. 



Leaves widening toward apex where 

 slightly lobed . Acorn in flat cup . 



Leaves oblong, wavy margin. Acorn 



without stem (sessile) . 



Leaves deeply and wavy lobed. Acorn 

 in low flat cup (fig. 4, G) . Important 

 timber tree. 



Leaves like Maltese cross, thick, 

 leathery, woolly below. Acorn close 

 to branchlet, in deep cup (fig. 4, A). 



Leaves 5-lobed, shiny, smooth below. 

 Acorn in deep cup. 



Leaves deeply lobed and notched, 

 broadest toward apex. Acorn en- 

 closed in mossy or scaly cup. 



Leaves narrow with shallow lobes; 

 acorn nearly enclosed in fringed cup 

 (fig. 3, H.) 



Leaves notched and lobed, whitish 

 below. Acorn large in heavy cup. 



Leaves large, coarsely notched, often 

 silvery below. Acorn large, shiny. 



Leaves coarsely notched. Acorn large, 

 shiny, in warty cup. Bark exten- 

 sively used for tanning leather. 



Leaves oblong, sharply notched, silvery 

 on lower side. Acorn sweet, edible 

 (if roasted). 



Leaves smaller than the above, teeth 

 shorter. 



Leaves doubly and sharply toothed, 

 smooth above. Wings of seed with 

 tiny hairs (fig. 5, A) . Large tree with 

 drooping branches. Extensively 

 planted. 



Branchlets often with corky wings 

 Leaves smooth above, soft hahy 

 below. W r inged seeds hairy. 



Leaves small, variable in size. Seeds 

 winged, hairy (fig. 3, C). Young- 

 twigs often corky. Planted for shade 

 and ornament in South. 



Leaves rough, hairy above, soft downy 

 below. Winged seeds, not hairy on 

 edges. Inner bark muscilagenous. 



Leaves 1 to 2 inches long, coarsely 

 toothed, rough above. Flowers and 

 fruit late. 



Flowers in late summer. Seeds ripen 

 late fall, hairy. Tree upright in habit 

 of growth. 



Leaves resembling those of elms. 

 Fruit small nutlike. 



Leaves oval, thin, broad near base, long 

 pointed. Seed in a purple berry. 



Leaves long, narrow, smooth on edges. 

 Fruit nutlike, red or orange. 



Leaves smaller than those of sugar- 

 berry. Fruit red-brown. 



Leaves 2 inches long, thin, rough above. 

 Fruit red-purple with bloom. 



Leaves in 2 rows, 3 to 4 inches long. 



Leaves thin, variably heart-shaped, 

 sharply toothed. Fruit red or black. 



