Forest trees of the Pacific slope . more often mixed with scrub oak and chaparral ;less frequently with blue oak and California live oak. Climatic Conditioxs.—Similar to those of (.alifornia live oak, as is also its repro-duction. Tolerance.—Very tolerant of shade. Price Oak. Quercus pricei Sndworth. DTSTINGUISHIXG CHARACTERISTICS. Very little is known of the Price oak, and that only from a hurried exami-nation of a few trees found by the writer in October, 1904, on the banks of a Named in honor of Mr. Overton Westfeldt Price, Associate Forester, Forest Service;Forestry and Irrigation, vol. 13
Forest trees of the Pacific slope . more often mixed with scrub oak and chaparral ;less frequently with blue oak and California live oak. Climatic Conditioxs.—Similar to those of (.alifornia live oak, as is also its repro-duction. Tolerance.—Very tolerant of shade. Price Oak. Quercus pricei Sndworth. DTSTINGUISHIXG CHARACTERISTICS. Very little is known of the Price oak, and that only from a hurried exami-nation of a few trees found by the writer in October, 1904, on the banks of a Named in honor of Mr. Overton Westfeldt Price, Associate Forester, Forest Service;Forestry and Irrigation, vol. 13, p. 157. 310 FOREST TREES OF THE PACIFIC SLOPE. small stream in Monterey County. on a projierty known as Danis trees were closely mingled with Quercus af/rifolia. for which they weremistaken at a distance. In general torm they resemble that tree, especiallythe small branched trees of the latter grown in close stands. They were from25 to 30 feet high and from 8 to 12 inches in diameter. At the base of the trunk. Fli:. It:;.—QiirrcuK priori. the bark is l)lackish, very hard, and roughly and irregularly broken; 3 or 4feet higher up it is dark ashy-gray and smooth. Mature leaves (fig. 143),which probably remain on the trees two summers, are flat, smooth throughout,an<l a dwp shiny yellow-green on their upper surfaces and paler yellow-greenbeneath. The tlowers are not known. The acorns mature in the autumn of FOREST TREES OF THE PACIFIC SLOPE. Bll the second year, for in addition tf) rii)e acorns, innuature ones were found onthe seasons smooth, reddish-brown twigs. Mature acorns (fig. 143), regardedas the most distinctive character, were invariably of the same form on all ofthe trees seen. The sharply pointed nut is smooth, somewhat lustrous, and adull light brown, while the uniformly very shallow cups—on short stems—have\evy close, smooth, pale brown scales. Wood, not examined, but judged to be essentially like that of Qucrcuii icisli-seni. Nothing is
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