. Trees of Texas; an illustrated manual of the native and introduced trees of the state . Fig. ]5. Qvierc-us Schneckii. darker lines, somewhat hairy, enclosed for about one-thirdits length in the saucer-shaped cup which is rounded or nearlyfiat. Iowa, Illinois, and Indiana souli to Florida and Texas. Uses similar to Quercus rubra. The Trees of Texa> 7j) 19. Quercus velutina/ Laniark. Black Oak. A laige for-est tree 150^ liigli and 3°-4° in diameter. ])iit usually smaller,70^-80^ high. The branches are slender, ascending, and withstout ])ranchlets form a widespreading, rounded crown. Barkon
. Trees of Texas; an illustrated manual of the native and introduced trees of the state . Fig. ]5. Qvierc-us Schneckii. darker lines, somewhat hairy, enclosed for about one-thirdits length in the saucer-shaped cup which is rounded or nearlyfiat. Iowa, Illinois, and Indiana souli to Florida and Texas. Uses similar to Quercus rubra. The Trees of Texa> 7j) 19. Quercus velutina/ Laniark. Black Oak. A laige for-est tree 150^ liigli and 3°-4° in diameter. ])iit usually smaller,70^-80^ high. The branches are slender, ascending, and withstout ])ranchlets form a widespreading, rounded crown. Barkon trunks thick, deeply fissured, not scaly, dark brown or. Fig. IG. Quercus velutina. almost ])lack, inner bark deep orange. Leaves ol)()vate tooblonii, (juite variable in size, and from 5-? long, 5-}), mostgenerally 7-lobed, the openings between the h)bes are wideand rounded, sometimes extending almost to the midrib; lobesbroad, oblong- to triangular, ])ristle ti])p(d. usually wedge- 80 Bulletin of the University of Texas shaped at base, thin and firm at maturity, smooth glossy,bright green above, paler or yellow green and smooth belowor with hairs in the axils of the veins. The acorn sessile ornearly so, solitary, or in pairs. Nut subglobose, ovoid oroblong, % to % long, somewhat hairy, especially at thesummit, enclosed for about one-half its length in the deeplycup-shaped cup; kernel yellow, bitter. The scales of the cupare coarse, loose above the middle, thin sharp pointed forminga fringed border to the rim. Maine to western Ontario, south to Florida and Texas. Itoccurs in east Texas and in rocky ravines and mountains nearthe mouth of the
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