. North American trees : being descriptions and illustrations of the trees growing independently of cultivation in North America, north of Mexico and the West Indies . Trees. 35. TEXAN WHITE OAK — Quercus breviloba (Torrey) Sargent Quercus obtusifolia breviloba Torrey. Quercus Durandii Sargent, not Buckley Usually a shrub, this oak sometimes becomes a tree 9 meters tall, with a trunk diameter of 4 dm. It grows in hmestone soil in central and western Texas and adjacent Mexico, and as a shrub forms dense thickets. It is also called White oak, Pin oak, and Shin oak. The trunk is usually divided v
. North American trees : being descriptions and illustrations of the trees growing independently of cultivation in North America, north of Mexico and the West Indies . Trees. 35. TEXAN WHITE OAK — Quercus breviloba (Torrey) Sargent Quercus obtusifolia breviloba Torrey. Quercus Durandii Sargent, not Buckley Usually a shrub, this oak sometimes becomes a tree 9 meters tall, with a trunk diameter of 4 dm. It grows in hmestone soil in central and western Texas and adjacent Mexico, and as a shrub forms dense thickets. It is also called White oak, Pin oak, and Shin oak. The trunk is usually divided very near the base into several principal branches. The bark is about 6 mm. thick, grayish white or gray-brown, separating into thin, loose elongated scales. The twigs are slender, hairy, be- coming smoother and gray. The buds fig. 272. —Texan white 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 Britton, Nathaniel Lord, 1859-1934; Shafer, John Adolph. New York : H. Holt and Co.
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