Trees that every child should know : easy tree studies for all seasons of the year . Leaves, mossy-cup acorns and warty twigs of the bur oak. The horizontal limbs of the pin oak form a regular pyramidal head The Black Oak 49 in most of the species of the Black Oak Group. The large, downy, pointed buds of this oakwill often determine its name for us when weare confused by the shapes of the leaves. Oftenthe red oak and the black oak run together in their leaf forms. To determine the treesname we must call in the buds, the acorns, andtheir cups, and the general shape of the trees,and consider all
Trees that every child should know : easy tree studies for all seasons of the year . Leaves, mossy-cup acorns and warty twigs of the bur oak. The horizontal limbs of the pin oak form a regular pyramidal head The Black Oak 49 in most of the species of the Black Oak Group. The large, downy, pointed buds of this oakwill often determine its name for us when weare confused by the shapes of the leaves. Oftenthe red oak and the black oak run together in their leaf forms. To determine the treesname we must call in the buds, the acorns, andtheir cups, and the general shape of the trees,and consider all these points together. Black oak leaves are thick, coarse, and one in your hand, and you cringe atthe harsh scratching noise it makes. They varyfrom four to ten inches in length, and from twoto six inches in breadth. The margins are deeplycut into seven or nine broad, bristly-toothed lobes,with rounded bays between. The upper surfaceis dark green in summer, shining and smooth, orsometimes hairy. The lining is brownish anda remnant of the scurfy down is found in theneighbourhood of the veins. In autumn theseleaves turn
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