. Timber trees and forests of North Carolina . r to that of theblack oak. It is rarely used in this State except for coarsestaves and shakes, and for fuel. Quercus velutina, Lainai-ck.*(black oak.) A large^tree, with rough or deeply furrowed nearly black bark,grayish branches, a long clear trunk, and an oval crown, reachinga height of 160 and a diameter of 6 feet. ].t is very common on dry or gravelly uplands from Maine toMinnesota, eastern Nebraska, Kansas, and Indian Territory, andsouth to western Florida, and eastern Texas. It reaches its bestdevelopment in the valley of the lower Ohio rive
. Timber trees and forests of North Carolina . r to that of theblack oak. It is rarely used in this State except for coarsestaves and shakes, and for fuel. Quercus velutina, Lainai-ck.*(black oak.) A large^tree, with rough or deeply furrowed nearly black bark,grayish branches, a long clear trunk, and an oval crown, reachinga height of 160 and a diameter of 6 feet. ].t is very common on dry or gravelly uplands from Maine toMinnesota, eastern Nebraska, Kansas, and Indian Territory, andsouth to western Florida, and eastern Texas. It reaches its bestdevelopment in the valley of the lower Ohio river. In Xortli Carolina (fig. 25), where it attains an average heightof 80 to 90 and an average diameter of 4 to 5 feet, it is most abun-dant in the upper part, and occurs very sparingly, if at all, inthe lower. MAP OFNORTH CAROI/INA MILES LEGEND 1 Area in which the BLACK OAK is one of the! dominant trees (Quercus velutina, Zaw.) \ Area in which the BLACK OAK is a sub-; ordinate tree. Distribution of the LAUREL OAK (Quercus laurifolia, Mic/tx.). II Uniik Nulc It bears fruit abundantly at intervals of 2 or 3 years, and seed-lings are common under the light shade of the parent oak forms a large part of the second growth mixed hard- *Quercus tiuctoria, Bartram. 102 TIMBER TREES OF NORTH CAROLINA. wood forests in the middle and the lower part of the Piedmont-plateau. Large trees are often hollow or red-hearted. The forest tent caterpillar, Clisiocampa disstria, Huebner, isoften destructive to the foliage, and much injury is also caused,especially to young trees, by the oak pruner, Elaphldion villosum,Fabricius. The leaves are inversely egg-shaped, thicker and less deeplycut than those of the scarlet oak, and usually darker in color andless polished. The small acorn, nearly half enclosed in a thickscaly cup, contains a yellowish and very bitter kernel. The buds are thick, pyramidal, and downy. There are manydeeply penetrating lateral as well as superficial rnnning routs
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