. 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. 300 The Oaks lobed, or sometimes s-lobed, the apex bristle-pointed, sharp or rounded, the base narrowly wedge-shaped; they are thickish and firm, dull green and smooth on both sides, or sometimes with tufts of brown hairs beneath, the rounded midrib raised on the upper surface, the venation conspicuous; they usually persist into the winter before falling; the leaf-stalk is stout, flattened and grooved, 2 to 7 mm. long. Th
. 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. 300 The Oaks lobed, or sometimes s-lobed, the apex bristle-pointed, sharp or rounded, the base narrowly wedge-shaped; they are thickish and firm, dull green and smooth on both sides, or sometimes with tufts of brown hairs beneath, the rounded midrib raised on the upper surface, the venation conspicuous; they usually persist into the winter before falling; the leaf-stalk is stout, flattened and grooved, 2 to 7 mm. long. The flowers appear from February to April, the staminate in clustered slen- der-stenmied catkins 5 to cm. long, their calyx hairy, its 4 or 5 lobes ovate and blunt; stamens 4 or 5, slightly exserted, their anthers oblong, notched and yellow. The pistillate flowers are on short hairy stalks, the hairy involucral scales shorter than the calyx-lobes; styles short, reflexed, red. The fruit, ripening in the autumn of the second season, is sessile or nearly so, mostly soHtary; nut sub- globose, I to cm. long, yellowish brown, hairy and striped; shell thick, hairy inside; cup saucer-shaped or hemispheric, 12 to 15 mm. across, yellow and silky inside, embracing one fourth to one third of the nut, covered with ovate sharp- pointed close scales, which are reddish brown and hairy. The wood is hard and strong, close-grained and light brown; its specific gravity is about It is extensively used for fuel. It is also called Spotted oak. Duck oak. Punk oak, and Possum oak. 17. SMALL FRUITED OAK âQuercns microcaipa SmaU This shrub sometimes becomes a crooked branched tree 5 meters tall, known only from the rocky soils of Little Stone Mountain, Georgia. It is. â Small-fruited Oak. Fig. 252. The twigs are slender and quite smooth and dark brown. The winter buds are ovoid, about 4 mm. long, slightly hairy and light brown. The leaves are. Please note that these images are extracted fro
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