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



Name of tree 



Chinquapin ( Castaneafloridana • 



margareita) . 

 (Ozark)* chinquapin (Castanea 



ozarkensis). 



Chinquapin (Castanea alaba- 



mensis). 

 Chestnut (Castanea dentata) 



Northern* red oak (Quercus 

 borcalis). 



Pin oak (Quercus palustris). 



Georgia oak (Quercus georgiana) . 



Texas red oak ( Quercus texana) . 



Shumard red oak (Quercus shu- 

 mardii) . 



Graves oak (Quercus gravesii).. 

 Jack oak (Quercus ellipsoidal is). 

 Scarlet oak (Quercus coccinea).. 

 Black oak (Quercus velutina) 



Smoothbark oak (Quercus leio- 



dermis) . 

 Turkey oak (Quercus catesbaei).. 



Bear oak, (scrub oak)* (Quercus 

 ilicifolia) (Quercus nana)*. 



Southern red oak (Quercus 

 rubra). 



Nuttall oak (Red River oak) 

 (Quercus nuttallii). 2 



Blackjack oak (Quercus mari- 



landica) . 

 Water oak (Quercus nigra) 



(Arkansas)* water oak (Quercus 



arkansana). 

 Water oak (Quercus obtusa) 



Willow oak (Quercus phellos)... 

 Laurel oak (Quercus laurifolia) . 



Blue-jack oak (upland willow 

 oak)* (Quercus cinerea). 



Shingle oak (Quercus imbricaria) . 



Myrtle oak (Quercus myrtifolia). 



Where the tree grows 



Gulf States region, Alabama 



to Arkansas. 

 Northwestern Arkansas, 



southwestern Missouri, 



eastern Oklahoma. 

 Northwestern Alabama 



Northeastern States and Ap- 

 palachian region to Florida. 



Northeastern quarter of United 

 States, south in Appalachian 

 Mountains and cool loca- 

 tions along streams. (Va- 

 riety. Maxima important 

 in southern Appalachian 

 region) . 



Eastern United States 



Central northern Georgia 



Central and western Texas 



Southeastern quarter of United 

 States. 



Southwestern Texas 



Michigan to Iowa and Minne- 

 sota. 



Northeastern United States. 

 Maine to Missouri, moun- 

 tains to Georgia. 



Eastern half of United States, 

 except Lake States region. 



Missouri and northward. 



Coastal plain, Virginia to 



Louisiana. 

 Northeastern United States, 



south in Mountains. 

 Southeastern United States. 



Abundant. 



Mississippi Delta region, first 

 and second bottoms. 



Eastern United States, except 



New England. 

 Southeastern United States. _. 



Southwestern Arkansas 



Southeastern United States- 



Atlantic and Gulf coastal re- 

 gion, New York to Texas. 



Coastal plain, North Carolina 

 to Louisiana. 



Coastal plain, Virginia to 

 Texas. 



Central-eastern United States. 



On coast and isiands, South 

 Carolina to Mississippi. 



Descriptive notes 



Leaves shiny beneath. 



Leaves 5 to 10 inches long, long-pointed, 

 toothed. Bur large with much- 

 prized nut. Good-sized tree. 



Leaves large, nearly smooth below. 

 Spines fuzzy. 



Leaves long, coarsely toothed, pointed. 

 Spiny bur with edible nuts. Trees 

 mostly killed back by blight disease. 



Acorn large, in flat shallow cup (fig. 5, 

 D). Leaves mostly with 7 to 11 

 uniform lobes, 6 to 9 inches long, 

 dull above, green below. High-grade 

 timber tree. (Beginning the black 

 oak group which has pointed leaf 

 lobes and requires 2 seasons to mature 

 the acorns.) 



Leaves small, deeply (mostly 5) lobed, 

 with hair clusters in axils of veins 

 and midrib. Acorn small, in saucer- 

 shaped cup. Branches numerous, 

 drooping. 



Leaves 3- to 5-lobed. Acorn \i inch 

 long, in flat cup. 



Leaves 3 inches long, 5- or 7-lobed. 

 Acorn % to 1 inch long in deep cup. 



Leaves deeply or shallowly lobed, 

 leafstalks slender. Acorn in shallow 

 cup. 



Similar to Texas red oak, but the 

 leaves have sharp-pointed lobes and 

 the acorns small cups. 



Leaves shiny, deeply and roundly 

 lobed, 3 to 5 inches long. Acorn top 

 shaped, often striped. 



Leaves with deep rounded sinuses, 

 lobes pointed. Acorn large, often 

 striped, in medium cup. 



Leaves mostly 7-lobed, the lower ones 

 rather full, others more deeply lobed. 

 Acorn deeply enclosed in scaly cup. 

 Inner bark orange. 



Leaves smaller, narrower and smoother 

 than black oak. 



Leaves of few prominent curved lobes. 

 Acorn, full rounded in flat cup. 



Leaves small, thick, silvery below. 

 Small tree or shrub.- 



Leaves urn-shaped at base, with finger- 

 like lobes or a 3-pointed outer end. 

 Acorn \b inch long in flat cup (fig. 

 4, E). Important timber tree. 



Bark smooth and tight, light to dark 

 grayish-brown. Leaves dull dark 

 green, usually 5 to 7 lobes. Acorn 

 oblong-ovoid, % to 1J4 inches long 

 and usually striped. 



Leaves full, thick, dark green, shiny. 

 Acorn small, in medium cup. 



Leaves nearly evergreen, oblong with 

 narrowing base, not toothed, but 

 sometimes 3-lobed. Acorn small in 

 shallow cup. 



Leaves resembling above, but broader 

 at outer end. Acorn }i inch long. 



Leaves not lobed or toothed, widest 

 beyond the middle, end rounded, 

 narrowed at base (fig. 3, A). 



Leaves narrow, willowlike, smooth, 2 

 to 5 inches long. Acoin small, 

 striped lengthwise, in shallow cup. 



Leaves glossy, dark green, elliptical, 

 3 to 4 inches long, smooth on lower 

 surface, everegreen. Bark dark, 

 rather smooth (black oak group). 



Small tree with blue-green leaves, 

 densely woolly below. Acorn small, 

 striped, soft, hairy. 



Leaves without lobes, dark green, hairy 

 below. Acorn in deep, thin cup. 



Leaves with broad rounded outer ends, 

 thick, leathery, shiny, evergreen. 



1 An unusual case of a varietal name only. 



2 Putnam, J. A., and Bull, Henry. The Trees of the Bottomlands of the Mississippi River Delta Re- 

 gion. 207 pp. So. For. Expt. Sta, 



