. Bulletin. Natural history; Natural history. 120 Illinois Xaitual Hlstciuy Sikvky sandv situatii)ns. On the pure sands of Lee County, where it is a pioneer tree, it grows large enough to be cut for raih-oad ties. It grows on the Lee County sands with hickory, Black and Scrub oaks, and sometimes with Burr Oak. while in La Salle County it is common in the dry oak forests, called locally "woodland pastures," in company with the Black, White. Chin(|uapin, and Shingle oaks. i'scs: The wood of the Jack Oak is similar to that of the Black Oak and can be used for such purposes as
. Bulletin. Natural history; Natural history. 120 Illinois Xaitual Hlstciuy Sikvky sandv situatii)ns. On the pure sands of Lee County, where it is a pioneer tree, it grows large enough to be cut for raih-oad ties. It grows on the Lee County sands with hickory, Black and Scrub oaks, and sometimes with Burr Oak. while in La Salle County it is common in the dry oak forests, called locally "woodland pastures," in company with the Black, White. Chin(|uapin, and Shingle oaks. i'scs: The wood of the Jack Oak is similar to that of the Black Oak and can be used for such purposes as posts, railroad ties, rough construc- tion, and fuel. QUERCUS PALUSTRIS Muenciihausen Pin Oak Swamp Spanish Oak The Lin Oak is a moderately large tree, with an open head of droop- ing, ridged branches, upon which are numerous small, drooping branch- lets. The deeply 5- to T-Iobed leaves are 4 to 6 inches long by 3 to 4 inches wide: they are thin and firm, dark-green and very shiny above, ])aler and with tufts of pale hairs in the axils of the large veins below; and they stand on slender, yellow petioles y2 to 2 inches long. The staminate catkins are 2 or 3 inches long, and the jjistillate flowers are often in pairs on short, hairy stalks. The globose acorns, about 3^2 inch in diameter, rest in thin, saucer-like, shallow cups. which are closely covered by thin scales. The buds on the slender, tough twigs are about yi inch long and arc covered by light-brown, finely hairy scales. The trunk, commonly not over 2 to 3 feet in diameter, is generally smooth. The tree attains a height of TO or SO feet. Distribution: The Pin Oak is found on the borders of swamps and on river bottoms from Connecticut west to Iowa and south to North Car- olina in the East and Oklahoma in the West. It is found in characteristic situations throughout Illinois, but grows most commonly in the extreme south, although trees of a good size occur also on some of the older and. Fig. 42. Characteristic stand of Pin
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