. Concord area trees and shrubs. Botany; Trees; Shrubs. TREES ALTERNATE SIMPLE LEAVES MISCELLANEOUS SPECIES (ALL LEAVES TOOTHED, UNLOBED) PART B: Main side veins (3-5 not meeting at base) PROMINENT, RUNNING DIRECTLY TO LEAF EDGE AMERICAN CHESTNUT Castanea dentata Leaves coarsely single-toothed, long (13-23 cm.). Leaf teeth sharp and prominent. Dry, gravelly, mostly acid soil. Once abundant, now common as sprouts from roots and stumps of blight victims. Occasionally maturing enough to bear fruit before dying. AMERICAN BEECH Fagus grandifolia Leaves coarsely and distinctly single- toothed. 6-12
. Concord area trees and shrubs. Botany; Trees; Shrubs. TREES ALTERNATE SIMPLE LEAVES MISCELLANEOUS SPECIES (ALL LEAVES TOOTHED, UNLOBED) PART B: Main side veins (3-5 not meeting at base) PROMINENT, RUNNING DIRECTLY TO LEAF EDGE AMERICAN CHESTNUT Castanea dentata Leaves coarsely single-toothed, long (13-23 cm.). Leaf teeth sharp and prominent. Dry, gravelly, mostly acid soil. Once abundant, now common as sprouts from roots and stumps of blight victims. Occasionally maturing enough to bear fruit before dying. AMERICAN BEECH Fagus grandifolia Leaves coarsely and distinctly single- toothed. 6-12 cm. long, mostly with 12-16 pairs of side veins (introduced species with 9 or fewer and with indistinct teeth). Smooth, gray bark often subjected to initials carving. Rich woods. BEECH IRONWOOD (AMERICAN HORNBEAM) Carpinus caroliniana Small tree or shrub with distinctive smooth, sinewy-muscular-like bark. Leaves double-toothed, main veins seldom fork. Wood very hard and tough, used (at !east formerly) for axe handles. Low or wet woods, stream banks. 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 Angelo, Ray, 1948-; Angelo, Ray, 1948-. Cambridge, Mass. : Concord Field Station, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University
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