. Common trees of Ohio : a handy pocket manual of the common and introduced trees of Ohio. Trees -- Ohio. 60 Common Trees T CHESTNUT OAK Quercus Prinus, Engelmann HE Chestnut Oak, also called Rock Oak and Tanbark Oak, is an important forest tree. The leaves are simple, alternate, stiff, 5 to 9 inches long, 2 to 4 inches wide, coarse- ly toothed along margin. The flowers are similar and the wood ranks close to White Oak. The fruit is a large acorn, maturing in one season. The nut is 1 to 1 ^2 inches long, oval, smooth, glossy, chestnut- brown. The cup is thin, deep, hairy inside, covers one-thi
. Common trees of Ohio : a handy pocket manual of the common and introduced trees of Ohio. Trees -- Ohio. 60 Common Trees T CHESTNUT OAK Quercus Prinus, Engelmann HE Chestnut Oak, also called Rock Oak and Tanbark Oak, is an important forest tree. The leaves are simple, alternate, stiff, 5 to 9 inches long, 2 to 4 inches wide, coarse- ly toothed along margin. The flowers are similar and the wood ranks close to White Oak. The fruit is a large acorn, maturing in one season. The nut is 1 to 1 ^2 inches long, oval, smooth, glossy, chestnut- brown. The cup is thin, deep, hairy inside, covers one-third of nut. The bark on young stems and branches is smooth, thin, yellowish- brown. On old trunks it is thick, brown to black, deeply furrowed. The bark ridges are high, sharp and angular. At the bottom of the fur- «T,^r.»,»r„m ^.^ , , , . CHESTNUT OAK rows the bark is Cmna- One-tWrd natural site, mon red. It is rich in Twig section and bud scales, enlarged. tannin. The twigs are slender, angular, orange-brown. The buds are light brown, }i to y2 of an inch long, sharp-pointed, and clustered at tip of twigs. The Chestnut Oak is found from Maine to Ontario, south to Alabama and Tennessee. It reaches its best development in the Alleghenies of Pennsylvania and southward. In Ohio it reaches its best development in the unglaciated southeastern part. It occurs sparingly in Licking and Cuyahoga counties. A closely related tree occurring in southern Ohio is the Yellow Oak—Quercus Muhlenbergii, Engelmann. This tree, also called Chinquapin Oak, Pigeon Oak and Sweet Oak, is limited largely to the main valleys and the bordering lower slopes. It is most abundant in southwestern, infrequent in southeastern Ohio, and rarely found north of Columbus. .. 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 Illick, Joseph S. (
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