. Handbook of the trees of the northern states and Canada east of the Rocky mountains. Photo-descriptive. -mated age of the tree, based upon the knownage of a fallen companion, is eight or The Chestnut Oak inhabits well drainedslopes, uplands and rocky ridges in companywith the Shag-bark and Pig-nut Hickories,various Oaks, the Tulip-tree, etc. A cubic foot of its absolutely dry woodweighs lbs., and is used for the samepurposes as that of the White Its barkis used for tanning leather. Leai-cs from ohlong-lanceolato to obovate, ob-tuse, acute or acuminate at apex, from
. Handbook of the trees of the northern states and Canada east of the Rocky mountains. Photo-descriptive. -mated age of the tree, based upon the knownage of a fallen companion, is eight or The Chestnut Oak inhabits well drainedslopes, uplands and rocky ridges in companywith the Shag-bark and Pig-nut Hickories,various Oaks, the Tulip-tree, etc. A cubic foot of its absolutely dry woodweighs lbs., and is used for the samepurposes as that of the White Its barkis used for tanning leather. Leai-cs from ohlong-lanceolato to obovate, ob-tuse, acute or acuminate at apex, from obtuse tosubcordate at base, coarsely crenate, with 10 to16 pairs of straight primary veins, glabrous darkgreen above, paler and puberulous : staminate with 7-9 calyx lobes; pistillatewith short dark red stigmas. Fruit single or inpairs with pedicels shorter than the petioles ; nutovoid-oblong, lustrous brown, from 1-11/^ in. longand about half immersed in the thin pubescentcup which is somewhat roughened outside by thethickened centers and froe tips of its scales. 1. A. W., Ill,
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