. A guide to the trees [microform]. Trees; Botany; Arbres; Botanique. 24^ TREES GROWING IN SANDY SOIL. SPANISH OAK. {Plate CXXXI.) Quire us dig it at a. FAMILY SHAPE HEIGHT RANGE TIME OF BLOOM Beech. Roiind-topfied: io-y>or%ofeet. southward and May^ June. branches^ spreading. westward. Fruit: Oct. Bark: brownish red or almost black; rough and broadly-winged. Leaves: simple; alternate; obovate or oblong, widening towards the middle and forming from three to seven long, slender lobes; the terminal one some- what scythe-shaped; entire or sparingly toothed and bristle tipped; the b
. A guide to the trees [microform]. Trees; Botany; Arbres; Botanique. 24^ TREES GROWING IN SANDY SOIL. SPANISH OAK. {Plate CXXXI.) Quire us dig it at a. FAMILY SHAPE HEIGHT RANGE TIME OF BLOOM Beech. Roiind-topfied: io-y>or%ofeet. southward and May^ June. branches^ spreading. westward. Fruit: Oct. Bark: brownish red or almost black; rough and broadly-winged. Leaves: simple; alternate; obovate or oblong, widening towards the middle and forming from three to seven long, slender lobes; the terminal one some- what scythe-shaped; entire or sparingly toothed and bristle tipped; the base wedge-shaped or rounded, frequently one-sided. Dark green and glabrous above, rusty grey and pubescent underneath. Acorjis : small; almost sessile. Citf^: shallow. Nut: rounded and slightly hollowed at the apex. Kernel: bitter. It is not difficult to recognise the Spanish oak although its leaves are very variable and often occur on separate trees or even on branches of the same tree in two distinct forms. They are always downy underneath. Glanc- ing upward through one of these trees, when its foli- age is beginning to dry and fall in the autumn, it will be noticed to have a more. sharply cut and angular look than that of any other of the oaks. The effect is owing to its deeply incised and slender lobes. Soil and climatic conditions greatly influence the tree's growth. In the northern Quircus digitkta. Atl antic states it is not com- mon, and it clings to the coast. In southern New Jersey, where it is mor frequent, it chooses gravelly places and barrens for its habitat ; but it iocs not then attain the stately and slender height that it does southward. It there grows in swamps, often side by side with ,.. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Lounsberry, Alice; Rowan, Ellis, 1858-1922. Toronto :
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