. Handbook of the trees of the northern states and Canada east of the Rocky Mountains, photo-descriptive . Trees. Handbook of Trees of the Noetheejst States and Canada. 143 The Pin Oak occasionally attains the height of 70 or 80 ft. with trunk 2 or 3 ft. in diame- ter vested in a close smoothisli bark. When growing in the open it develops an oblong or narrow rounded top of many upright and spreading branches, the lowermost reaching downwards nearly to the ground. It is one of our most distinct and beautiful Oaks, with its leavesand smooth cohimnar trunks, and well worthy of
. Handbook of the trees of the northern states and Canada east of the Rocky Mountains, photo-descriptive . Trees. Handbook of Trees of the Noetheejst States and Canada. 143 The Pin Oak occasionally attains the height of 70 or 80 ft. with trunk 2 or 3 ft. in diame- ter vested in a close smoothisli bark. When growing in the open it develops an oblong or narrow rounded top of many upright and spreading branches, the lowermost reaching downwards nearly to the ground. It is one of our most distinct and beautiful Oaks, with its leavesand smooth cohimnar trunks, and well worthy of more extensive planting for ornamental purposes. It natu- rally grows in deep rich soil of bottom-lands and the borders of ponds and swamps in com- pany with the Sour Gum, Sweet Gum. Red Maple, Swamp Poplar, Water Beech. Horn- beam, etc., but thrives well when transplanted to dryer situations. The wood of the Pin Oak is used for in- terior finishing, shingles, clap-boards, etc., and in cooperage. A cu. ft. when absolutely dry weighs Leaves obovate and broad oblong in outline, 4-6 in. long, pinnatified with broad rounded sinuses and 5-7 spreading lobes wide near apex and usually each 2-3-toothed and bristle-tipped, at maturity lustrous dark green above, paler and with tufts of pale hairs in axils beneath ; petioles slender. Flowers: staminate araents slender, pubescent, in. long; calyx lobes denticulate; pistillate with tomentose peduncles and slender spreading bright red stigmas. Fruit: acorns maturing second year, subglobose or nearly hemispherical, about % in. In diameter, with light brown shell, tomentose in- side and with thin saucer-shaped or slightly tur- binate cup with thin closely appressed puberulous scales. 1. A. W., IV, 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 Hough,
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