. North American trees : being descriptions and illustrations of the trees growing independently of cultivation in North America, north of Mexico and the West Indies . Trees. 288 The Oaks it thrives, thus quickly yielding a supply of fuel. It is supposed to hybridize readily, as trees have been found in Lee county, Florida, that are considered crosses of this species with the High ground willow oak, Quercus cinerea Michaux, and the oak from BlufEton, South Carolina, described under the name of Q. sinuata (Lam- bert) Walter, is now considered a cross with the Laurel oak, Q. laurifolia Michaux.
. North American trees : being descriptions and illustrations of the trees growing independently of cultivation in North America, north of Mexico and the West Indies . Trees. 288 The Oaks it thrives, thus quickly yielding a supply of fuel. It is supposed to hybridize readily, as trees have been found in Lee county, Florida, that are considered crosses of this species with the High ground willow oak, Quercus cinerea Michaux, and the oak from BlufEton, South Carolina, described under the name of Q. sinuata (Lam- bert) Walter, is now considered a cross with the Laurel oak, Q. laurifolia Michaux. This tree is also known as the Scrub oak, Black jack, Barrenscrub oak. Forked leaf oak, and Forked leaf jack oak. 6. BLACK OAK — Quercus velntiiia Lamarck Qiiercus tinctoria Michaux A tree of dry uplands from Maine to western Ontario, south to Florida and Texas, reaching its greatest development of 50 meters tall, with a trunk diameter of m., in the central States. The branches are ascending or spreading, the tree oblong in outline. The bark is up to 4 cm. thick, rough and fissured into roimded ridges and broken into thick dark brown to nearly black close plates; on younger stems it is smooth and dark brown; internally it is deep orange-colored and tinges the saUva yellow on chewing. The twigs are stout and scurfy, becoming nearly smooth, red- dish or reddish brown, ultimately dark brown. The winter buds are ovoid, about 10 mm. long, angular, narrowed upward to a blunt point and woolly. The leaves are deep red and very hairy when unfolding, becoming greenish white at flowering time; they are oval to obovate in outline, i to 3 dm. long; the 5 to 7, rarely 9, „, , ^ , lobes are broad, oblong to triangular, bristle- FlG. 240. — Black Oak. ' . ° . ' pointed, usually bristle-toothed, the sinuses wide and rounded, sometimes extending nearly to the midrib; the base is usually wedge- shaped ; they are thick, or almost leathery, dark green and shining, with a promi- nent roim
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