. West Virginia trees. oecious ;the staminate in long pendulous catkins; the 2:)istillate borne above onshort stalks in the leaf axils. Fruit.—Acorns maturing in autumn after flowering; cup withsmall brown tomentose scales, enclosing about ^ of the nut; nutovoid, rounded at apex, light brown, shining; kernel bitter-sweet. Bark.—On old trunks rough with deep fissures, and ridges whichare often broken into short flat light gray scales. Wood.—Strong, heavy, close-grained, durable, light reddishbrown with thin sapwood. Range.—Maine and Minnesota to Florida and Texas. Distribution in West Virginia.
. West Virginia trees. oecious ;the staminate in long pendulous catkins; the 2:)istillate borne above onshort stalks in the leaf axils. Fruit.—Acorns maturing in autumn after flowering; cup withsmall brown tomentose scales, enclosing about ^ of the nut; nutovoid, rounded at apex, light brown, shining; kernel bitter-sweet. Bark.—On old trunks rough with deep fissures, and ridges whichare often broken into short flat light gray scales. Wood.—Strong, heavy, close-grained, durable, light reddishbrown with thin sapwood. Range.—Maine and Minnesota to Florida and Texas. Distribution in West Virginia.—Found in every county and inalmost every locality except at high elevations. Habitat.—Grows on many different types of soils and from moistbottom lands to the tops of dry ridges. Notes.—The \\hite Oak ranks as one of the most valuable timbertrees. It is known to more persons than any of our other oaks, andIS generally praised as a beautiful and useful tree. 90 W. VA. AGRL EXPERIMENT STATION [Bulletin 175. POST OAK September, litliO] WEST VIRGINIA TREES 91 POST OAK Quercus stellata, Wang. Form.—Height 50-75 feet, diameter 2-3 feet, trunk usually short;the crown rounded, with spreading branches. Leaves.—Alternate, simple, about 4-5 inches long, usually withfive lobes, the middle pair largest but all short and broad ; thick andleathery, nearly smooth above, covered beneath with dense gra3ishor yellowish stellate pubescence. Flowers.—May; monoecious; the staminate on long droopingcatkins ; the pistillate short-stalked and woolly, with bright red stig-mas. Fruit.—Acorn ripening in autumn after flowers; cup small, thin,hairy inside, scales flat and woolly; nut small, oval Yz-H inch long,brown, sometimes marked with nearly black longitudinal stripes. Bark.—Similar to that of White Oak, but usually rougher andmore yellowish. Wood.—Heavy, hard, close-grained, durable in contact with thesoil, brown with thick sapwood. Range.—New England, where it is a shrub,
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