. Common forest trees of Georgia: how to know them. A pocket manual. Trees -- Georgia. OVERCUP OAK {Qucrcus Iyrata Walt.) 'e>-i^<c^'< TTIiE overcup oak, sometimes known as swamp post oak, is a large tree with small, often pendulous branches rarely reaching a height of 100 feet and a diameter of 3 feet. It occurs in river bottoms and rich low grounds of the Coastal Plain and the Mis- sissippi basin, but is nowhere very abundant. The leaves are 7 to 9 inches long, 1 to 4 inches broad, oblong, wider towards the point, narrowed at the base, dark green above, whit- ish beneath, with 7 to 9
. Common forest trees of Georgia: how to know them. A pocket manual. Trees -- Georgia. OVERCUP OAK {Qucrcus Iyrata Walt.) 'e>-i^<c^'< TTIiE overcup oak, sometimes known as swamp post oak, is a large tree with small, often pendulous branches rarely reaching a height of 100 feet and a diameter of 3 feet. It occurs in river bottoms and rich low grounds of the Coastal Plain and the Mis- sissippi basin, but is nowhere very abundant. The leaves are 7 to 9 inches long, 1 to 4 inches broad, oblong, wider towards the point, narrowed at the base, dark green above, whit- ish beneath, with 7 to 9 distinct, deep, pointed lobes. They fre- quently turn to a bright scarlet or to scarlet and orange in the fall. The bark is rough, flaky, gray tinged with red. The flowers. OVBRCTJP OAK Leaf, one-third natural size. Twig, two-thirds natural size. open in April with the unfolding of the leaves. The acorn, or fruit, ripens the first year. It is thor- oughly characteristic of the species. Tlie large rounded or somewhat flattened acorn, one-half to 1 inch long, is nearly covered by the ovate or nearly spherical cup, which is thickened at the base but gradually grows thinner to the thin, often ir- regularly split, margin of the cup. The name of the tree comes from this characteristic. The wood is heavy, hard, strong and durable and is used for the same purposes as that of white oak. 35. 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 Mattoon, Wilbur R. (Wilbur Reed), 1875-1941; Burleigh, Thomas Dearborn. Athens, Ga.
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