. West Virginia trees. oadening outward, withabout 3 broad and shallow lobes which are dentate ; leathery, darkgreen and lustrous above, paler and often coated with a rusty, scurfypubescence beneath. Flowers.—May. with the leaves; monoecious; the staminate flow-ers in long catkins, the pistillate on short pubescent stalks. Fruit.—Acorns mature the second autumn after the flowers; cupdeep, covering about 3^ of the nut, downy within, scales large, red-dish-brown and loose. Bark.—Rough, with deep fissures and dark ridges which arebroken into broad angular plates. Wood.—Heavy, hard, strong, dark b
. West Virginia trees. oadening outward, withabout 3 broad and shallow lobes which are dentate ; leathery, darkgreen and lustrous above, paler and often coated with a rusty, scurfypubescence beneath. Flowers.—May. with the leaves; monoecious; the staminate flow-ers in long catkins, the pistillate on short pubescent stalks. Fruit.—Acorns mature the second autumn after the flowers; cupdeep, covering about 3^ of the nut, downy within, scales large, red-dish-brown and loose. Bark.—Rough, with deep fissures and dark ridges which arebroken into broad angular plates. Wood.—Heavy, hard, strong, dark brown. Range.—New York to Florida and Texas, west to Nebraska. Distribution in West Virginia.—Observed only on the westernslope of Blue Ridge Mountains in Jefferson County. Habitat.—Sandy or heavy clay soils. Notes.—The Black jack Oak is very rare and scrubby in growthin this State. It has no value as a timber tree, but is desirable forornamental purposes. 114 W. VA. AGRL EXPERIMENT STATION [Bulletin 175. LAUREL OAK September, 1920] WEST VIRGINIA TREKS 115 LAUREL OAKQuercus imbricaria, Michx. Form.—Height 50-100 feet, diameter 1-3 feet; crown pyramidalor round-topped and open, with drooping lateral branches. Leaves.—Alternate, simple, 4-6 inches long, oblong or lanceolate,margins entire or sometimes undulate, with acute apex, dark greenand lustrous above, pale and hairy beneath. Flowers.—May, with the leaves ; monoecious; staminate flowersborne on long catkins ; the pistillate on short stalks. Fruit.—Acorns mature the second autumn after the flowers ; cupsaucer-shaped, brown and glossy inside, with reddish-brown scales,and enclosing about Yi of the ovoid, dark brown, often striate nut. Bark.—With shallow fissures and with ridges having brownscales. Wood.—Heavy, hard, coarse-grained, reddish-brow n. Range.—Pennsyhania to Georgia west to Michigan. Nebraskaand Arkansas. Distribution in West Virginia.—Locally distributed in manyparts of the State, but
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