218 THE BOOK OF FORESTRY 
WHITE OAKS 
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WHITE OAK | VALLEY OAK 
Quercus alba Quercus lobata 
BARK Bark 
Light gray, broken into thin flat | Covered with small light gray 
scales. On old trees up to 2’! scales tinged with brown. Up 
in thickness. to 6” in thickness. 
| 
LEAVES | LEAVES 
Oblong, 5”-9” in length with 21/-3” long, wedged shaped, 
rounded lobes. Generally re-, with rounded lobes. 
main on branches well into the 
winter. 
Freir : Fruit 
An acorn 3?” long with rounded | An elongated acorn 14-21” 
end; enclosed one-fourth its' long. Cup one-fourth the 
| length in brown cup. length of the acorn. 
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RANGE RANGE 
Southern Maine to Minnesota, ‘Valleys of Western California. 
South to Florida and Texas. 
In addition to above there are twenty-one members 
of the white oak family. From them is secured some 
of the most valuable woods of commerce. 
