TREES AND SHRUBS 217 
BLACK OAKS 
RED OAK BLACK OAK 
Quercus rubra Quercus velutina 
Bark Bark 
Slightly ridged with pale grayish | Dark with deep fissures, near 
plates above, darker near| ground breaks into small 
ground. Inner bark pink. square plates. Inner bark 
yellow. 
LEAVES LEAVES 
5’-9”" long, lobed, with sharp | 5’-6” long and quite deeply 
point at end of each lobe. lobed with sharp _ points. 
Rusty hairs on under side 
along ribs. 
FRUIT FRuiT 
Acorn 17-11” long with shallow | Acorn with square shoulders 
saucer (one-fourth length of | 3-2?” long; saucer 3 length of 
acorn). the acorn. 
RANGE RANGE 
Maine to Minnesota, South to| Maine to Minnesota, Florida 
Northern Georgia. Texas. Most prominent in 
the South. 
There are in addition twenty-two members of the 
black oak family. 
Fig. 29.—Leaf and acorn of red oak. The saucer of the black oak is 
much deeper. 
